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The Dutch parent company of Transamerica Corp. says this month it will repay 500 million euros ($643 million) of the aid it received from that government in 2008.
Health insurer Kaiser Permanente says its members are embracing online communication methods in their medical care.
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said new regulations designed to combat illegal rescissions will go into effect on August 18.
Man to pay IRS $2.9 million for role in investment fund Ponzi scheme
A California man was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.9 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for his role in a Ponzi scheme involving a bogus foreign currency exchange investment fund.
A consumer group says California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to “withdraw weak pseudo-reforms” of the health insurance industry would bar strong regulation of health insurers.
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled July 28 that state hearings into Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico’s previously approved 21% rate hike request can continue.
Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat from Kansas, has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate alleged abuses of federally sanctioned risk retention groups (RRGs) by some state insurance regulators.
The public option is not dead. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it’s just a matter of time until its passage.
The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives doesn’t want to trim Social Security benefits to ease the federal deficit.
Health Net of California, one of the largest health insurers in the state, says it will provide a $5,000 check to mid-sized employers if their employees’ Health Net identification cards are not in the mail within 10 days of their enrollment.

Federal health reform would add 10,000 jobs, $4.4 billion to Calif.
Lautenberg, Rubio want to cap TRICARE fees for military retirees
Health care cost at all-time high, despite lower rate of increase

Life insurers sell shares in British tech firm to Pa. company
FINRA estimate for IA SROs excludes monetary, administrative details
Most insurance agencies seeing better results than last year

Pa. broker adds $181,000 commission to $2.1M false insurance invoice
A.M. Best rates Pa.-based insurer’s outlook ‘negative’
With five-year plan stuck, House passes new short-term NFIP extension


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