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AUGUST 2010

		California Health Insurance Exchange Coverage after Cobra DeMarrais: Credit Score Drives Insurance Rates In Wake of Katrina, Insurance is More Expensive and Harder to Get Lloyd's Aims to Void Stanford's Insurance Policy Planning Proves to Be a Roadblock for Participation in Flood Insurance Program Calif. Advances Bill for Health Insurance Exchange Hundreds of Illinoisans Apply for Federal Health Lawmakers Face Deadline on Health Care Bills Republican Candidate Makes Last-minute Loans for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Bid State Targets 'Unreasonable' Insurance Rate Hikes Whitman Softens Stance on U.S. Health Care Law Blue Cross Blue Shield to Help Those in Need Chinese Consortium May Bid for 30 Percent of AIA Florida Supreme Court to Weigh Ballot Measure Banning ObamaCare's Insurance Mandate Health Insurance on Your Back-to-school Checklist? Insurance Commissioners' Meeting to Focus on Retained Asset Accounts Opposing View on Insurance Mandate: Breathing is not Commerce Federal Insurance Plan Info Offered Flood Insurance Rates Dip Lesson in Higher ed: 'Tuition Insurance' Earns Failing Grades National Association of Insurance Commissioners considers leaving Crown Center Pennsylvania Insurance Chief Joel Ario Will Join the Obama Administration Royal Bank Said to Seek Buyers for its U.S. Insurance Unit Liberty Life FHA Tells Congress: Mortgage Insurance Claims are Down; Home Prices a Concern HCC Insurance Says Net Income Falls in 2Q Insurance Companies Profiting from Fallen Soldiers is Alleged Mass. Requires Insurance Coverage for Autism Missouri Voters Approve Challenge to Federal Healthcare Law NJ Opens Federally Funded Insurance Program

JULY 2010

		Anthem Blue Cross of California Names Pam Kehaly President How Many Small Businesses Will Learn to Love Obamacare? Importance of Dental Care Insurance to the Basic Health of Your Body Irate Lake Delhi Flood Victims ask: why no Federal Insurance? Patrick Team Signs Insurance Change it Opposed Screening: Insurance and Colorectal Cancer A Jump in Enrollment Helps UnitedHealth Flood Insurance Program Extended Homeowners Insurance Rates up in Ohio Senate Approves Unemployment Insurance Extension for 2.5 Million State to Provide Health Insurance for those with Pre-existing Conditions US Insurance Companies Giving out Affordable Medical Insurance Plans AIG up 6% on Life Insurer IPO Reports Crop Insurance Companies Agree to Subsidy Cuts Insurance Brokers Accused of Stealing $200K from Perth Amboy Plead not Guilty Insurance Plan for People with Pre-existing Conditions Maine Seeks Health-care Waiver Obama Short-term Agenda: Wall Street Rules, Unemployment Insurance, Business Loans Citizens Insurance Mail Fraud Scheme Stopped Don't Buy Fake Health Insurance Insurance Get Together Reform Flood Insurance or Pull out of it Ritter Details Colorado's New High-risk Health-insurance Pool State Caps More Health Insurance Rates FYI, WellPoint Health Insurance Customers New Coverage for Uninsured People in Poor Health New Unemployment Insurance, Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension Legislation Schwarzenegger Signs Bills Creating Insurance Pool Short-term Insurance Buyers Drive up Cost in Mass. The Financial Reform Bill's Hidden Blunder

JUNE 2010

		A.M. Best Downgrades Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Subsidiaries Anadarko Debt-insurance Cost Rises on Downgrade, BP Fight Federal Reserve Presses Banks to Curb Risky Pay Practices High-deductible Health-insurance Plans Grow more Attractive to Employers Mass. may Find US Health Care Changes Costly Regulators Rein in Murky Life Policies Congress Retroactively Raises FDIC Deposit Insurance Limits, Aiding Indymac Account Holders D.C. Agency Failed to Make Millions in Payments on Life Insurance Premiums Geico Suit Alleges Insurance Scam in Queens Health Insurance Expenses Skyrocket under ObamaCare Health Insurance Group Spent $1.8m on 1Q Lobbying Small Firms May not Keep Current Health Plans after White House Decision Auto Insurance Measure Heading Toward Approval Connecticut Applying for $1 Million Grant to Study Health Insurance Rates Court Sides with Paper Mill in Fox River Cleanup Mass. Official: Gov Premium Caps Faulted in E-mail To Justify AIG's Bailout, Regulators Overlooked its Colossal Problems Voters Approve California Open Primary Auto Insurance now Required for Wisconsinites Crist Vetoes Bill Sought by Insurance Industry Florida Governor Signs Commercial, Professional Lines Deregulation Bill Keep Federal Government Out of Insurance Business Kenya's CFC Insurance Holdings Reorganizes Insurance Units New Law Offers Temporary Aid to Small Firms Seeking Health Insurance for Workers

MAY 2010

		AIA Ex-CFO Roder Predicts Insurance Industry 'Feeding Frenzy' FTC Rule Requires Banks to Disclose if They Lack Deposit Insurance Healthcare Reform Raises the Stakes in California Insurance Commissioner Election Judge Wants to Know 'Who's on First' on Allen Stanford's Legal Team Justice Dept. Orders Storm Troopers to Review Health Insurance Mergers States to Play a More Crucial Role on Health Care Ask Questions when You Renew Your Insurance Policy Health Bill Helps Small Businesses If Uninsured and in ICU, Higher Death Risk Letter: don't Admit Errors on Flood Insurance The Fine Print of Pru's Asia Pitch WellPoint CEO is Grilled AG, Insurers Agree to Cut in Employers' Costs Ex-Denver Insurance Broker Sentenced in Embezzlement ING Swings to Profit, Helped by Gains on Asset Sales Insurers Brace for Start of Hurricane Season Rules Let Youths Stay on Parents' Insurance Should Blanche Lincoln Return WellPoint Donations? Anadarko Rig Insurance Coverage More than $160m Arizona Rejects Federal Funds for High-risk Insurance Pool Consumer Groups Call for Reviews of Insurers' Pending Rate Hikes Legislation Opposing Health Insurance Requirement Advances in Missouri MMC Reports First Quarter Profits up 41% Some Retirees Will Receive Aid to Pay Health Bills Allstate to Raise Illinois Homeowners Insurance Rates Changes in Health Insurance Loom for Employers Healthcare Bill a Mixed Bag for Local Providers Missouri Gov Signs Law to Speed Insurance Payments ObamaCare's Health Insurance Reform President Obama Pushes Insurance for Young Adults

APRIL 2010

		Assembly Panel OKs Insurance 'exchanges' Bill Colo. Governor Signs Health Care Legislation Flood Insurance Program is Back -- for Now NC Court Rejects Appeal of Coastal Insurance Jump Travel Insurance and the Volcano Unitedhealth 1Q Profit Climbs, Enrollment Improves FDIC Weighs Changes in its Fees for Big Banks Georgia Insurance Commissioner Balks at Request on New Health Law Health Care Providers Worry about Burden on Primary Care Doctors List Rates or Pay, State Tells Insurers Mercury Insurance Group May Face Fines for Overcharging People without Insurance Wait Longer to Seek Treatment for Heart Attacks AIG to Pay $9 Million to Settle Antitrust Allegations in Ohio Insurance Decision Could Have Major Effects Massey Opted Against Business-Interruption Insurance Republicans to Taxpayers: Brace for IRS Enforcement of Health Care Law Tenn. Companies Deny Selling Phony Insurance With Insurance, Bases Covered on Beckett Governor: Health Care Law Good News Health Care Reform's Impact on Maryland Health Care Reforms Insurance, Taxes for Wisconsin Long-term Care Insurance Enters the Mix Only One Thing is Certain about Flood Insurance: it's Complicated You Can't Have it Both Ways

MARCH 2010

		Abbott under Fire for Support of State Health Insurance Plan Health Care and the New Nullifiers Lloyd’s of London in Study for N.Y. Insurance Market Rep. Mary Grant of Beverly 'Very Happy' about Health Insurance Reform Small Businesses See Pros, Cons of New Health Care Law Why I Voted for Health Insurance Reform A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Investors Heritage Life Insurance Company and Investors Heritage Capital Corporation Arizona Drops Children’s Health Program Eastern Alliance Insurance Group Announces ParallelPay(R) Program Reaches $10M Milestone Insurance-rate Regulation Dropped from Latest Health Bill Missouri Senate Approves Bill for Mandated Autism Insurance Coverage Workers Paying More Toward Insurance Premiums Battle over Insurance Measure Continues in Court Friday Health Reform Myths Is Green Insurance Worth the Price? Montana Governor Wants to Get Drugs from Canada Senate Health Bill would up Costs for Millions in Middle Class, Analysis Finds WTC Captive Reaches Settlement of 9/11 Rescue Claims AIG Board Said to Approve Sale of non-U.S. Life Unit to MetLife Fire Captain Allegedly Torches House Twice to Collect Insurance Money Many Roads Lead to Health Care Reform Obama: no "Straight Answer" from Health Insurance CEOs, Warns of More Premium Hikes to Come Without up or Down Vote "The Office": Birth of a Baby, and a Better Health-care Insurance-reform Argument than Obama's? Wall Street Analysts: Wellpoint (and the Rest of the Insurance Companies) Would Benefit Most if Reform Fails

FEBRUARY 2010

		Bill would Give Passport Surplus to State Fitch Puts Zenith National Insurance Debt on Watch Health Insurers' Outlook Uncertain Medicare Advantage Premiums Rise 14% Obama Targets Connecticut Health Insurance Rates Risk Managers Hope to Blunt Effect of Insurance Commission Rule Allstate CEO: We are Ready to Grow in Auto and Financial Anthem Individual Health Insurance Prices - Worse than Reported Insurance Giants' Earnings Disappoint N.J. Doctors will Gain Easier Access to Paperwork via Web State View: Government Intervention won’t Solve Health-care Woes University and Pickens Sue over Fund-Raising Plan AON Results Top Views as Market Pressure Continues Bill Would Apply Antitrust Laws to Insurance Five Ideas for Getting Health Care Reform Back on Track Goldman's Payment Demands on AIG Probed: Report Insurer May Have Violated Law, Report Reveals My Turn: Setting Health Care Writer Straight AXA Launches Car Insurance for Older Drivers MetLife to Merge Two Insurance Ventures in China Obama Seeks to Trim Farm, Insurance Subsidies Rep. Miller to Press Ahead on Democratic Health Insurance Reform State Health Plans in Jeopardy We Cannot Ignore Health Care Reform

JANUARY 2010

		6 Ways to Reduce The Cost of Health Care and Health Insurance Connecticut Insurance Department Recovered over $3m in 2009 Geovera Boosts Earthquake Insurance Premiums Obama's Predictable State of the Union Address Attacked Banks, Insurance & Bush The Latest AIG Story Why not Government Hospitals Instead of Government Insurance? FHA Seeks Higher Mortgage Insurance Premiums Initiative Backed by Car Insurer Makes Ballot MetLife Bets on Restoring Alico's Reputation Ryan Predicts Popular Components of Health Insurance Reform Will Pass Congress US FDIC Geared up for Busy Year of Bank Failures Gov. Jay Nixon Calls for Budget Cuts, Autism Insurance Coverage and Campaign Donation Limits Arizona, Chicago Sales Show Insurance Demand Persists Measure Targets Health Efforts National Survey Shows Children's Health Insurance Lacking Obama Seeks to Resolve Lawmakers’ Differences over Health Care Obama’s Bank Tax Seeks $90 Billion to Repay Bailout Paul Nitze: Let's not Ax the Cadillac Tax Alamo Insurance Group, Inc. Joins Brown & Brown, Inc. CEO of Defunct Workman's Comp Firm is Focus of Ga. Insurance Department's Criminal Probe CIGNA's New Chief: Hometown Fit Personal Choice Nongroup Premiums Rising Rate of Growth in Health Care Spending Slows in 2008 Health-care Reform Bill's Proposed Tax on High-cost Plans Raises Questions

DECEMBER 2009

		Is Requiring Health Insurance Even Legal? Seal the Health Care Deal The Health Care Debate The Nation: Reid's Reform Passes; the Fight Goes on Twenty-Four Charged in Cross-State Car Insurance Fraud Case Congress Needs More People Like Slaughter Md. Insurance Chief to Leave for FDA Job N.J. Subpoenaes South Amboy's Insurance Records Should Stupak Language Hold? It Maintains Current Federal Law on Abortion State House OKs Bills Revamping Car Insurance Strains Felt in Health Coverage for Jobless Texas Consumer Advocate Wants Ban on Health Insurers' Blanket Clauses Wanted by Senate Democrats: a Republican or Two to Support Health Bill State Seeks Better Student Health Care Proposed Michigan Insurance Ballot Proposition Stirs Conflict Millions of Laid-off Workers Lose Subsidies for Health Insurance Hurricane-proofing Discounts Attacked by Insurance Industry Fdic : 12% of Georgians Lack Bank Accounts

NOVEMBER 2009

		House Narrowly Passes Health Care Bill Stupak's Amendment Folly FINRA Fines MetLife Securities, Affiliates At 2,074 Pages and $849 Billion, Senate Health Bill Arrives Senate Health Care Bill Faces Crucial First Vote on Saturday Business Sours on Overhaul as Legislation Veers to Left Long-term Care Insurance Program Gains in House ING Executive: Life Insurance Industry in 'Conundrum' Following Financial Crisis Democrats Try to Shore Up Support as House Health Vote Nears House Passes Reform Bill Group Divided on Worker's Comp Privatization Climate Insurance Is in the Cross Hairs as Negotiators Prep for Copenhagen

OCTOBER 2009

		Harrington Briefs Capitol Hill on AIG, the Economic Collapse and Regulatory Reform In Massachusetts, Obama Won't Promote State's Plan Insurers Say they Still Want Health Overhaul Deal Senate Bill May Have Public Insurance Plan Health Insurers' Support of Bill Seen Wavering Democrats Push to End Insurers' Antitrust Exemption 'You Lie' Makes Wilson Conservative Celebrity Key Health Care Vote Set for Tuesday Knotty Issues Ahead for Insurance Overhaul Pelosi Says Windfall Profit Tax on Insurers Studied Health Debate: Who Will Pay? Insurance Panel Seeks Rate, Solvency Answers

SEPTEMBER 2009

		Life Settlements-backed Securities Draw Scrutiny, Skepticism U.S. Hispanics Lag in Health Insurance-study GOP to Block Health Nominees in Medicare Spat Trade Concession with Canada Puts all U.S. Drivers at Risk Insurance Companies Should End Medicare Scare Tactics, State Regulators Warn Despite Slump, a Few Companies are Bursting with VA Sales Hartford CEO: to Focus on Insurance as Co Rebuilds Insurance Tax May not Hit Just Top Executives Dole, Politics Aside, Pushes for Health Care Plan Greater Gains Ahead for Insurance Stocks The Ides of September: the Insurance Industry a Year After the Financial Meltdown Latest Wall St. Scam? Life Insurance Bonds

AUGUST 2009

		Kennedy Legacy Shapes Health Care Reform Debate Bracing for COBRA’s Bite Annuities are Good for Retirees, if Insurers Make a Few Changes, MarketWatch Says Company Offers Insurance Coverage for Fantasy League Owners Health Care Debate May Shift Focus to Consensus Farmers Insurance to Slash Workforce at 21st Century Unit in Woodland Hills Health Care Town Halls Will Press on, Could Get Heated Obama Flays Insurance Companies NY Fines Health Insurer over 'Misleading' TV Ads Democrats Oppose Public Plan Requirement for Congress Contingents Returning for Biggest Brokers? HMOs Beat PPOs on Cost, Customer Support and Billing Services Younger Generations Ignored By Insurance Industry Top GOP Says Health Bill Could Handicap Small Businesses Reid: No Health Care Vote in Senate Until Fall Pols Vow to Take Health Care Fight to Home Front House Passes National Flood Insurance Program Extension Fitch: Ratings of U.S. Life Insurers Remain Under Pressure

JULY 2009

		'Cash for Clunkers' Requires Year of Continuous Auto Insurance Coverage on Trade-In New Retirement Security Bill Proposes to Make Portion of Guaranteed Lifetime Income Payments Tax-exempt With Extra Green, You Can Go Green After Disaster SEC Charges Five With Insider Trading Related to Liberty Mutual Purchase of Safeco Economic Downturn May Favor Leaner, More Affordable Long-Term Care Insurance Products Treasury Department Proposes an Office of National Insurance ACLI Appreciates USTR Efforts to Make Japan a Level Playing Field for U.S. Life Insurers Quirky PEMCO Ad Campaign Wins Eight IMCA Awards Wells Fargo Student Insurance Division Creates Play It Safe Concussion Care Growth in Health Insurance Industry Slows, Says Conning Research USAA Members Get Exclusive Deal on New Mercedes Car Purchase from Zag.com New MetLife Resource Guides Smaller Businesses in Making the Most of Benefits Programs