Many small-business owners are caught in a bind created by the federal health-care overhaul that has made choosing health-insurance plans for their workers a trickier calculation.

Wash. man charged with insurance fraud over silk tie collection thefts

A Lynnwood, Wash., man faces charges of insurance fraud for allegedly claiming car thieves stole the same $33,000 collection of silk ties -- not once, not twice, but three times in nine years, according to state insurance regulators.  Read Story

U.S. House passes bill in first step to restoring NFIP

The U.S. House passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program, the first step in restoring the program, which expired May 31.  Read Story

In the early 1990s, the Internal Revenue Service issued a technical advice memorandum on how unused vacation or sick pay can be transferred to 401(k) plans. The IRS ...  Read →  Read Story

Bill mandating autism coverage heads to Paterson’s desk

A bill requiring health insurers to cover autism-related screenings, diagnoses and treatments is on New York Gov. David Paterson’s desk, awaiting action.  Read Story

In the two years since auto insurance reform went into effect in Massachusetts, coverage seems to have become, on average, more affordable. But more changes must be made ...  Read →  Read Story

A Massachusetts life settlement bill supported by the life settlement industry is expected to pass out of the Joint Committee on Financial Services tomorrow after previous approval by ...  Read →  Read Story

With heat from the White House to stop unjustified insurance rate hikes, the state’s insurance commissioner has delayed a decision about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s request ...  Read →  Read Story

Below are the top five most-efficient companies in the Property & Casualty Insurance industry as ranked by Revenue Per Employee (RPE). Analysts use RPE as a measure to ...  Read →  Read Story

Obama: Insurers should not raise rates in response to health reform

President Barack Obama, marking the 90th day since passage of federal health reform legislation, met with chief executives from more than a dozen insurance companies, warning them against raising rates in response to new requirements placed on them.  Read Story