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The Willies - American Reporter
BRADENTON, Fla. — The presidential debate Wednesday night never mentioned the words $2.2 trillion: that’s how much the banks, brokerage and investment houses and insurance companies have so far taken from the American people’s Treasury of the United

Orderly change tribute to nation, Obama says - Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama says in his weekly radio and Internet address today that his inauguration will be more than simply a transfer of power; it should be a celebration of the American spirit. Obama said his swearing-in Tuesday

Glitter abandons register challenge - Crewe Guardian
Paedophile Gary Glitter has abandoned his legal battle against being forced to sign the sex offenders register, Harrow court staff said. The former 1970s glam rock star signed the register on his return from Vietnam, where he served nearly three

Morris courts: Man gets probation for faking son’s death for insurance - Morris County Daily Record
A 35-year-old Newark man was sentenced Friday to three years probation for trying to collect on a $25,000 life insurance policy by pretending that his 7-year-old son had died in North Carolina of an asthma attack. Anthony Myers Sr. pleaded guilty

Best things in life aren t always free - Cape Breton
I recently discovered that Cape Breton University is considering selling a piece of itself, a piece of art work that most students never knew existed. I was browsing the CBU website and decided to click the art gallery link, wondering what pieces

Bush a ‘good man’ but mistaken - Straits Times
WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama said on Friday President George W. Bush was a ‘good guy’ who loved his country, but warned he would leave the United States struggling with the result of ‘bad choices’. When he is sworn in on Tuesday, Mr

Bank of America gets new 20 billion dollar injection - Hindustan Times
The US government threw Bank of America a new 20-billion-dollar lifeline on Friday as once-rock steady firms such as Japan’s Honda cut thousands of jobs piling on a new round of gloomy news for governments battling recession. But Asian and European

Citizens, Inc. Reports Acquisition of Integrity Capital - PR Newswire
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA) announced a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Integrity Capital Corporation (”Integrity Capital”) in exchange for shares of Citizens, Inc. Class A

Satyam board to meet today - Hindu
NEW DELHI: The expanded board of crisis-ridden Satyam Computer Services is slated to meet in Hyderabad on Saturday to thrash out issues pertaining to fund raising to keep the IT major s business running, as also the controversy over its selection

UPDATE 3-Conn. insurance regulator sees bigger US govt role - Forbes
NEW YORK, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Connecticut insurance regulator Thomas Sullivan sees the federal government stepping in to play some role in monitoring systemic risk in the insurance industry, he told an industry gathering on Tuesday. Insurance

Thinking about driving without insurance? Experts have advice for - Grand Rapids Press
GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — Donna Zellar was injured in a wreck earlier this decade that temporarily left her unable to lift anything heavy. The truck Zellar was in was totaled. While Zellar, 42, of Flint Township had insurance, the other driver, who

Picking pet insurance - Lynchburg News and Advance
Pet owners in North America spend more than $10 billion annually on health care for their pets. The cost of veterinary care has been increasing in the last few decades, primarily due to the rapid advancements in medical technologies used by

Wax Obama unveiled at Europe’s Madame Tussauds - Columbia Missourian
Barack Obama’s wax doppelganger took office in several European capitals Thursday _ five days before the real-life Obama takes over in Washington. In Amsterdam, Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush was booted to the sidewalk, complete with baggage

Is it time to ditch medical insurance? - Times Online
This time last year the UK’s private health industry was on a roll. The number of people covered by medical insurance (6.5 million) was at a record high, with many more dipping into their own pockets to go private . Today the future is not so

Insure.com Offers Practical Ways for the ‘Uninsurable’ to Find Life - StreetInsider.com
DARIEN, Ill., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Even if you have a history of cancer, heart disease, diabetes or other conditions, an underwritten life insurance policy isn’t necessarily out of reach. Many insurance companies sell life insurance to

In Hawaii, the doctor is always in online - Yahoo News
HONOLULU Patients with a sore throat , high fever or mystery rash in Hawaii will now be able to bypass the waiting room and find a physician’s care just a click away. Doctors here plan to start making online house calls Thursday in the nation’s

Civil Service Employees Insurance Group Promotes Kelli L. Schulhofer - PR Inside
Civil Service Employees Insurance Group (CSE Insurance), a leader in providing civil service employees with quality protection at affordable rates, today announced the promotion of Kelli L. Schulhofer to Vice President of Sales from Regional

Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade - BusinessWeek
TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) — Due to slower spending on prescription drugs, health-care spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a decade in 2007, a new federal report found. Yet despite the slowdown, most health-care costs

Farmers, InsWeb Form Partnership for Farmers Fast Quote and - TechWeb
Leads purchased by Farmers agents through InsWeb AgentInsider will be automatically populated to the Farmers Fast Quote system. Los Angeles-based Farmers Group, Inc. has partnered with InsWeb Corporation (Sacramento) to allow leads purchased by

Amid echoes of FDR, debate rekindles over New Deal - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - As Barack Obama prepares for his inauguration, the echoes of one of his greatest inspirations - Franklin D. Roosevelt’s handling of the Great Depression - resound everywhere. Obama’s call for Congress to “act boldly and act now” on his

Private medical insurance - MyFinances.co.uk
Private medical insurance provides cover for private health treatment for disease, illness or injury. There is a large choice of private health insurance products available from a range of insurers and so finding affordable health insurance can be

InsWeb and Farmers Announce AgentInsider/Farmers Fast Quote - Consumer Electronics Net
InsWeb Corporation (NASDAQ:INSW) and Farmers Group, Inc. announced today that they have partnered to allow leads purchased by Farmers agents through InsWeb’s AgentInsider Lead Program to be automatically populated to the Farmers Fast Quote system

Provider Insurance Group Web Site Gets Personal for Massachusetts and - PR Inside
2009-01-14 22:42:41 - Provider Insurance Group, Inc. has launched a revamped web site, making it easier for customers and clients searching for insurance in Massachusetts to access information relevant to their insurance needs. ‘Our web site now

Whole life insurance - MyFinances.co.uk
Whole life insurance policies are designed to protect the policyholder for the whole of their life and guarantee a lump sum payout. The advantages of whole of life insurance is the added peace of mind however, it also adds to the price of premiums so

Picking pet insurance - Lynchburg News and Advance
Pet owners in North America spend more than $10 billion annually on health care for their pets. The cost of veterinary care has been increasing in the last few decades, primarily due to the rapid advancements in medical technologies used by

AIG close to deal for Canadian life unit: source - Reuters Canada
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc (AIG.N: Quote ) is close to a deal to sell its Canadian life insurance business, a source close to the transaction said on Friday. The two sides are still in negotiations and a deal has not been

A Raisin in the Sun Begins Performances at Arizona Theatre Company Jan - Playbill
Lorraine Hansberry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Raisin in the Sun a Cleveland Play House-Penumbra Theatre Company-Arizona Theatre Company co-production arrives in Tucson Jan. 10. Lou Bellamy, artistic director of the Penumbra Theatre

CA Reaches Health Insurance Settlement With Blue Shield - eMaxHealth.com
According to the new settlement that has been reached between the Blue Shield and California Health Inurance Department over rescission practices, every affected consumer will eceive full reimbursement for medical costs. California Insurance

Home equity tapped out? Here are income options for seniors - Los Angeles Times
The safety net is almost gone, the nest egg is cracking. Many Americans have recently found themselves changing their retirement plans after losing a substantial amount of home equity as the housing market and the overall U.S. economy struggle. These

State settles suit with Blue Shield - Los Angeles Daily News
SACRAMENTO - California insurance regulators reached an agreement Tuesday with Blue Shield to provide new health coverage to nearly 700 consumers whose policies were canceled. The settlement resolves a 2007 lawsuit filed by the state insurance

Fitch Affirms Woodhaven, MI GOs at ‘A+’; Outlook to Negative - PR Inside
In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings affirms the ‘A+’ rating on the city of Woodhaven, Michigan’s approximately $2.7 million of outstanding series 2002 limited tax general obligation (GO) bonds. The Rating Outlook is revised to

‘OUR VIEW’ EDITORIAL: Laptop computers for Lorain students in tune - Morning Journal
No comments posted. Lorain City Schools are launching another innovative approach to education. Bulky, and expensive, paper textbooks for the district’s 922 ninth-graders are being replaced with electronic textbooks loaded into laptop computers

Insuring heroism - Portsmouth Herald
The other day we had a 59 car pile-up. My first thought as I watched the news was that someone had teleported me back to California, and accidentally dropped me in SoCal. Thank God for coffee. After waking up properly and discovering to my relief I

Refer to a friend - PR Inside
HealthMarkets, Inc. ( www.healthmarkets.com ) announced today that its health insurance subsidiaries have begun rolling out Carewise Utilization Management to their PPO plan members. Carewise is provided through a contractual relationship between

State Farm Life Insurance Affiliates Expect to Pay Policyholders $633 - PR Newswire
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ — State Farm Life Insurance Company, State Farm Life and Accident Assurance Company and State Farm International Life Insurance Company Ltd. announced an increase in the total dividend payout for 2009. The

Decision due on Equitable Life - Channel 4 News
A long-awaited Government decision on compensating Equitable Life members over the collapse of the insurance firm will be announced this week, the Treasury has confirmed. Treasury Chief Secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to give details to MPs on

Dave Zweifel’s Plain Talk: State Life Fund still a great bargain - Wisconsin State Journal
Perhaps I shouldn’t bring this up because every time I do some legislator beholden to the insurance conglomerates introduces a bill to abolish the State Life Fund. The State Life Fund? You never heard of it? The insurance industry would rather you

AIG sells Canadian operations for $375 million - Newstrack India
Toronto, Jan 14 (IANS) Bank of Montreal (BMO) Tuesday announced it is buying Canadian business of the troubled global insurance giant American International Group (AIG). The bank said it is acquiring the AIG Life Insurance Company of Canada (AIG Life

Harry Gross: Look to N.Y. state for insurance assurance - Philadelphia Daily News
Dear Harry: I am in the seventh year of a 10-year term-life-insurance policy. My agent has been calling me for the last couple of months to talk about canceling this policy and getting a new one with a lot lower premium. He said that the new company

Mostajo sentencing continued for two weeks - Union
The sentencing was continued for a Grass Valley woman accused of taking money from the memorial fund of her former brother-in-law. Laura Mostajo now is set to be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 26 on charges of felony grand theft. She pleaded no contest

Japanese businessman linked to 1979 L.A. murder - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Three months after a Japanese businessman hanged himself in an L.A. jail after being accused of killing his wife, Los Angeles police detectives are saying Kazuyoshi Miura killed another woman 30 years ago. In the late 1970s, Tokyo resident Chizuko

The Cost Of Insurance Ignorance - Forbes
Today everyone wants to increase cash flow. All kinds of cost-saving ideas are shared and written about by professionals around the country, but no one is discussing the number one area that can dramatically reduce your cash expenditures. That area