Regional news: Archive for July, 2010
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner to “quickly pass” legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program for five years. Read Story
A Missouri judge is to hear arguments Tuesday on a lawsuit seeking to block a statewide vote on a measure challenging the federal health insurance law.
Read StoryProperty-casualty agents are seeing business shrink in a continuing soft market, with the recession just adding to their already existing woes.
Health insurance agents have been ambushed by a president and ... Read → Read Story
A federal appeals court has voided Rule 151A, a regulation that would have treated indexed annuities as securities, placing them under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read Story
Hub International Ltd. says its Transportation Insurance operating unit acquired the retail book of business from Maple Leaf Insurance Agency, a brokerage serving trucking companies throughout the U.S. Read Story
New York Gov. David Paterson said he was surprised to hear that a no-bid federal contract providing coverage to uninsured state residents with pre-existing conditions went to the company that also employs his wife. Read Story
A Durham, N.H., man has been accused of trying to swindle an elderly widow out of $35,000 by telling her he needed a liver transplant.
Read StoryWith a vote on the final version of legislation to overhaul the nation’s financial regulatory system pending in the Senate, Andrew Ross Sorkin turned to Henry M. Paulson ... Read → Read Story
Regional health insurer CareFirst wants its customers to stay healthy and is prepared to reward them for doing so. Read Story
More hedge funds should be launched, fewer should close and greater regulation of the industry is highly likely, according to a new survey of senior managers at 381 firms. Read Story
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