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New Business Scarce For Mortgage Insurers In Volatile Market

By ⋅ December 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(CNN.com) -CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- New residential mortgage insurance applications continued a year-long decline in November, while the continued market upheaval drove up both mortgage defaults and cures, according to a survey of the biggest private mortgage insurers.
Insurers received 39,098 new applications for mortgage insurance in November, the lowest monthly number in at least a year, [...]

S.F. to fight bias in health insurance costs

By ⋅ December 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(san francisco chronicle) - In a practice known as gender rating, women in California pay up to 39 percent more than men for coverage in the individual insurance market, which is where people who aren’t covered by employer plans or state health programs get their insurance. Nationwide, about 7 percent of women buy their health [...]

Local Parkinson’s Patient Finds Insurance Break

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(digtriad.com) Pfafftown, NC - Imagine paying $1200 dollars a month for health insurance. That’s what a local Parkinson’s patient is paying after his work insurance plan expired.
It was more than enough to make him wonder. “How am I gonna stay within my budget?” asked Chris Estes. “What’s gonna happen if and when we run out [...]

City waits for insurance before repairing offices

By ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(the daily news) LA MARQUE — Since Hurricane Ike tore the roof of La Marque’s city hall, workers have been crammed into the council chambers and municipal court.
Officials are working on folding tables and from cardboard boxes as the city hassles with its insurance company to pay for the repairs.
Things were already snug when the [...]

Millions await Obama’s action on health insurance

By ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Philidelphia Inquirer) - Karen Goroncy, a home health aide in Washington, Pa., has taken care of people for 25 years but can’t afford health insurance to take care of herself.
A reader has promised to buy Goroncy insurance after she was profiled this fall in The Inquirer, and she hopes to have hernia surgery in the [...]

AFI Helps Fans Thank Soldiers at Armed Forces Bowl Adventure Area

By ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

At the Armed Forces Bowl on New Year’s Eve, spectators will be treated to more than a good football game. As the title Partner of the Armed Forces Adventure Area, Armed Forces Insurance will ensure fans get the opportunity to learn more about the Armed Forces — including a chance to appear in a photo-mosaic [...]

Alumni of The American College Invited to Important Webinar on Managing Volatile Clients

By ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

With the fabric of Wall Street unraveling as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis, professional financial advisors are increasingly interested in ways they can successfully manage client and staff stress. In an effort to assist graduates of The American College’s world class educational programs during these volatile times, the institution’s Alumni Association announced [...]

Individual Texas Health Insurance Through Employers

By ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Satellite Navigation Guru) - Sometimes, as an individual, it’s not always an easy task on deciding on the right kind of health insurance in Texas. There are so many to choose from, but sometimes it can be difficult to know which health insurance plan would benefit you.
Anyone who has a job where that [...]

Federal agency offers crop insurance for beekeepers

By ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(The morning call ) -The buzz in the honeybee industry these days is about crop insurance — now available to beekeepers in Pennsylvania and 20 other states for the first time.
Some say the new pilot program is expensive and amounts to betting on the weather. Others say it’s better than having no protection at all.
”In [...]

NoClaimsDiscount.co.uk - Free Car, Home & Pet Insurance Giveaway

By ⋅ December 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

As part of it’s consumer help programs, www.noclaimsdiscount.co.uk is giving away free insurance to it’s news readers starting New Years Day 2009.
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire (PRWEB) December 29, 2008 — www.NoClaimsDiscount.co.uk provides thousands of consumers and industry professionals with insurance related news all year long. Now, they are helping out their readership during this tough financial period [...]

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