Fla. judge joins Va. court in ruling health reform law unconstitutional

A federal judge in Florida has become the second to rule unconstitutional the health reform law passed last year by Congress and President Barack Obama.  Read Story

Agents want health reform’s mandates stricken, their commissions saved

If Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are going to offer a replacement to the federal health reform law, insurance agents favor efforts to save their commissions and eliminate mandates, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.  Read Story

N.C. Republicans pushing to force Cooper to join health reform battle

The new Republican majority in the North Carolina General Assembly is working to add the state to the roster of jurisdictions fighting the federal health reform law passed by Democrats in the U.S. Congress last year.  Read Story

10 accused of bilking insurers of $72,000 with staged crashes in N.C.

Ten people were arrested in North Carolina and accused of participating in a staged auto accident ring operating in Nash, Edgecombe and Franklin counties and costing insurers an estimated $76,000 in fraudulent claims.  Read Story

Consumers put more pens to life insurance applications in 2010

Life insurance application activity fell 1.2% last year, compared declines of more than 3% for the prior three years, according to a new report.  Read Story

Md. lawmakers weighing health exchanges, other health reform efforts

Three bills introduced in the Maryland General Assembly, if passed, would be the first major steps toward implementing federal health reform in the state.  Read Story

In the past your options were limited with the traditional IT model of buying hardware, software, hiring IT vendors and then buying more hardware. With the advent of cloud computing options exist for you to off-load all those headaches to a trusted partner and instead use your energy on agency development.  Read Story

My astrological sign has apparently changed, along with a lot of people's, because the gravitational pull of the moon was wrongly interpreted, or so say some astronomers. They have traded my easy to pronounce Sagittarius (Dec. 17 date of birth) with the new, no-way-to-pronounce Ophiuchus. Yes, astronomers have told astrologers that their readings were all wrong.  Read Story

Anthem, Aetna, PacifiCare agree to delay California premium rate hikes

California’s insurance commissioner says three insurers have agreed to comply with his request that they delay increasing health insurance rates for 60 days past the effective dates for their recent filings with the California Insurance Department.  Read Story

MIA picks firm for health reform rate review work

The Maryland Board of Public Works awarded a contract to Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting to perform rate review services, using part of the $1 million the state received from federal officials.  Read Story