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Attorneys general urge Supreme Court to rule individual mandate legal

Bob Graham — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:37 +0000

Attorneys general from 11 states and Washington, D.C., have filed court papers in the federal health reform law case, arguing that the individual mandate forcing all Americans to buy health insurance, starting in 2014, is constitutional.

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Keystone Insurers Group eyes expansion into Georgia by June

IFAwebnews Staff — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:07:17 +0000

A Northumberland, Pa.-based company with more than 230 independent insurance agency franchise partners in seven states, intends to add partners in Georgia in the second quarter.

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Iowa staffing firm head admits shifting payroll to trim workers’ comp.

Bob Graham — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:12:28 +0000

The president of a Des Moines, Iowa, staffing company pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud in connection with the defrauding of workers' compensation insurers.

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Insurance agent launches Spanish-language radio station in Iowa

IFAwebnews Staff — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:35:56 +0000

An insurance agent from Des Moines, Iowa, launched a 5,000-watt, Spanish-language radio station for non-English speaking Hispanics.

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Former Virginia insurance commissioner Al Gross dies

Bob Graham — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:50:33 +0000

Alfred W. Gross, one of the longest serving insurance commissioners in the U.S., died this week, less than seven months after he gave up his post has Virginia's insurance regulator.

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Lawsuit may result in climate change regulations for P-C insurers

Jaime L. Brockway — Fri, 20 May 2011 08:47:51 +0000

A lawsuit heard before the Supreme Court recently, the “most significant case for the property-casualty insurance” this term, addressed greenhouse gas emissions and the use of public nuisance lawsuits to resolve climate change disputes.

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New York man, others elected to lead AIMS Society

IFAwebnews Staff — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:43:16 +0000

Curt Pearsall, founder and principal of a Whitesboro, N.Y., insurance consulting firm, was elected president of the American Insurance Marketing & Sales (AIMS) Society, a professional organization dedicated to building insurance sales, marketing and technical expertise

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United Fire & Casualty completes acquisition of New Jersey firm

IFAwebnews Staff — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:07:14 +0000

United Fire & Casualty Co. completed its acquisition of Mercer Insurance Group, a New Jersey-based insurance company, for $191 million.

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U.S.-EU dialogue to sync insurance regulations continues

Jaime L. Brockway — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:38:03 +0000

Insurance representatives from the U.S. and Europe met in Washington, D.C., for two days earlier this month, as part of the ongoing dialogue concerning challenges with international insurance regulation.

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In light of court ruling, is Obamacare nightmare just beginning?

Tony Ondrusek — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:27:47 +0000

The recent judicial trend seems to be that the signature legislation of President Obama and congressional Democrats is that their effort to seize one-fifth of the U.S. economy from the private sector and empower the federal government to dictate that Americans purchase health insurance violates what our nation’s founders deemed, “The Supreme Law of the Land.”

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