Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart fined Allstate Insurance Co. and Encompass Insurance Co. a total of $50,000 for violating state insurance laws, which the insurers blamed on computer problems.

Two Petersburg, Va., men — an insurance agent and a minister — pleaded guilty recently to their roles in a $400,000 insurance fraud scheme.

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.

The Maryland Insurance Administration recently reported the following cases, which are summarized based on information obtained from the agency.

New brain-training software could reduce the number of at-fault vehicle accidents involving older drivers, and insurers could offer discounts for people over 50 years old who complete the training.