Regional news: 
Archive for April, 2011
A Pikesville, Md., man who lost his Maryland insurance license in 2008 pleaded guilty April 1 to two charges in connection with a reverse-mortgage scheme that defrauded an elderly woman of $274,000 three years ago. Read Story
Statistics and experience demonstrate that 80% of what we have we never use. In a time when businesses desperately need to reduce costs and increase productivity, keeping "information clutter" makes no sense. Read Story
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is hoping the state's General Assembly will join him in prohibiting the state's health insurance exchanges from covering abortions. Read Story
A former insurance adjuster in California, dubbed the “Westside Rapist,” was sentenced to seven life terms in prison for raping and killing seven women in the Los Angeles area more than two decades ago. Read Story
Insurance agents and financial service professionals hold an equal number of client meetings in their own offices as in the client's office, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll. Read Story
A King County, Wash. , woman was arrested for allegedly pocketing more than $1 million in retirement funds from five elderly insurance clients. Read Story
Two new federal reports appear to justify keeping self-insured health plans from greater regulation, according to a self-insurance plan trade group. Read Story
Only months from their 65th birthdays and the switch from employer-offered health coverage to Medicare, Phillip and Diann Green of Forney realized they had a problem. After retirement, ... Read → Read Story
Maryland's acting insurance commissioner, Beth Sammis, approved the sale of Baltimore, Md.-based life insurance company to Harbinger Group. Read Story
The U.S. Senate plans to vote April 5 to repeal a tax-reporting requirement included in last year's federal health reform law that has angered small business owners. Read Story
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