Obama Plan for Government Insurance Draws Criticism (Update1)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama?s plan for expanding government health insurance to compete with private coverage drew fire from a leading Senate Republican during a nomination hearing for former U.S. Senator Thomas A.

Obama Plan for Government Health Insurance Draws GOP Criticism
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama ?s plan for expanding government health insurance to compete with private coverage drew fire from a leading Senate Republican during a nomination hearing for former U.S. Senator Thomas A. Daschle to run the Health and Human Services Department.

Daschle to Face Tough Questions on Competition in Health Insurance
At a confirmation hearing Thursday, Tom Daschle will most likely be asked about Barack Obama?s call for a new public health insurance plan.

Fire victims advised to get insurance info in order
Boulder residents who fear they might have to evacuate their homes should start planning now for insurance purposes.

N.J. charges seven in alleged insurance scam
New Jersey authorities have charged seven people in an alleged workers' compensation scam that they say left many people without insurance.

ING Insurance appoints CFO
ING Insurance Bhd has appointed Anusha Thavarajah as chief financial officer and chief risk officer effective January 1, 2009. Anusha has been with ING since May 2005 and was its chief insurance risk officer and the head of product development and marketing.

Fresh Off Two Agency Deals, BB&T Insurance Eyes More
With organic growth expected to stay in the single digits this year, BB&T Corp. is positioned to continue buying independent insurance agencies.

KPD Insurance Agency Merges With Jones Kendall Sauer
KPD, an Oregon based insurance and risk management company, has merged with Portland insurance agency Jones Kendall Sauer. The insurance office will be located at One Lincoln Center near ...

Software AG Supports Ping An Insurance Group?s Business Expansion
Software AG announced that Ping An Insurance of China will use its webMethods product suite to support its business expansion plans. Ping An will drive its 20-25% growth plans through offering full insurance, banking and asset management services to over 40 million customers in China. The new ?one account? service offering one-stop-shopping of Ping An?s full range of financial products was ...

Michigan Insurance Department Recovers $17 Million in 2008
Michigan Insurance Commissioner Ken Ross recently announced that the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) had recovered $17,487,531. According to Ross, $6,782,777 of the ...

Can Madoff payouts break the insurance bank?
The Securities Investor Protection Corp. insures brokerage accounts for up to $500,000 each when customer assets are stolen or missing. But if clients of Bernie Madoff wipe out the insurance fund, will there be any protection for everyone else? In interviews...

Arch Insurance moving offices to Jersey City waterfront
A New York City-based insurance company announced it will be relocating its exectitive offices the Jersey City waterfront, an online business trade journal is reporting today. Arch Insurance Group Inc. announced it will bring 300 new jobs to Wall...

57T indigent-households to get health insurance
THE newly created Provincial Health Insurance of Negros Oriental (Phino) has targeted to get 57,000 indigent beneficiaries for the province?s local health program.

Florida's FCCI Now Owns 100% of Mississippi's Brierfield Insurance Co.
FCCI Insurance Group (FCCI), a Sarasota, Florida-based commercial property and casualty insurer writing in excess of $500 million written premium in 14 states, has purchased Mississippi Insurance ...

Aviva continues insurance JV with ABN
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Insurer Aviva said its Dutch-based business Delta Lloyd and ABN Amro Bank Netherlands are to continue their insurance joint venture ABN AMRO Insurance.

Nearly 11 Million Americans Have Individual Health Insurance Policies, But Some Only For A Short Time
About 10.9 million Americans under age 65 purchased individual health insurance policies at some point in 2006, but only 7million were covered by these policies for the full year, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The 3.

Bill seeks to help veterans gets insurance
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A bill has been filed in the state Senate to help Oklahoma military veterans get health insurance. Sen. Andrew Rice, an Oklahoma City Democrat, says thousands of veterans do not qualify for health care through the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department.

Wilson insurance agent indicted on fraud charges
A third Wilson County area man has been indicted on fraud charges in what federal investigators have dubbed "Operation Under the Barn." The federal indictment, which was filed Nov. 12, alleges that Robert Carl Stokes, 926 Brookside Drive, Wilson, participated in a scheme with tobacco farmers, tobacco warehousemen and crop insurance adjusters that ...

Study Reveals At-Home Loan Officers, MLM and Insurance Agents May Double in 2009
A study performed by CallFire ? reveals that interest in at-home Virtual Call Center? services has nearly doubled in the first week of operation of 2009. Weekly sales inquiries for at-home Virtual Call Centers have increased year over year by over 52%. CallFire?s ?new-user? sign up rate for Loan Officers , MLM agents and Insurance agents has also shown a 33% increase.

Woman accused in false abduction charged with insurance fraud
JAY ? A Kansas woman has been charged with insurance fraud after claiming her vehicle was vandalized when she was abducted by would-be rapists on her way home from meeting with Garth Brooks.