SOS: Will insurance cover missed trip?News from 77Square.com: It’s vacation travel season. Here’s hoping you never have to write a letter like the one Donna Meinholz did to East Coast travel agent Ken Hieber in March: “It has been 13 months since we were to leave for Cairo and still no refund,” she wrote in [...]
On health care, GOP imitates Dems’ budget strategyNews from Washington Examiner: Sun, 2012-05-20 20:40 In 2010, Republicans pledged to “repeal and replace” Obamacare. Though the party has cast symbolic votes on repeal since taking over the House of Representatives, they have never coalesced around a plan to institute market-oriented reforms to the system. Last week, [...]
Some electric vehicle owners find savings on insuranceNews from Detroit Free Press: Early adopters of electric vehicles have to dig deep into their wallets to make the purchase, but some are reaping unexpected savings on their insurance bills. Insurance premiums vary widely based on driving history, local crime and vehicle theft rates, but experts said [...]
ING’s Asia life insurance sale shifts into top gearNews from Reuters: By Denny Thomas HONG KONG | Fri May 18, 2012 6:55am EDT HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global insurers Manulife Financial Corp (MFC.TO), Metlife (MET.N) and Prudential Financial Corp (PRU.N) are among suitors expected to place first-round bids on Friday to buy ING Groep’s (ING.AS) [...]
Health-care protest bills get Missouri OKNews from Christian Science Monitor: Health-care bills taking a swipe and President Obama’s health-care program passed the Missouri legislature this week. One allows employers to refuse health insurance for birth control; the other would let voters decide whether to allow the creation of a health-insurance exchange. By David A. Lieb, Associated [...]
Travel insurance FAQ: Buying a policy, filing claims and moreNews from Washington Post: Ensure that you know when to insure Travel insurance used to be a cottage industry that protected people against the loss of a big-ticket vacation such as a safari or a round-the-world cruise. But the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and a [...]
On TV: If only those car insurance ads rang up trueNews from News Sentinel: Watching television can save you money. Sure, most of the time it just entices you to spend more of your hard-earned cash on junk you don’t really need. But if you pay close enough attention, you can find a way to [...]
Backers of health insurance rate regulation edge closer to ballotNews from Los Angeles Times: Supporters of a proposed ballot measure seeking tighter regulation of health insurance rates in California turned in 800,000 petition signatures, confident that they will qualify for the Nov. 6 election. In the coming weeks, county election offices and the California secretary [...]
Catholic college dropping student health-insurance plan over contraception mandateNews from Columbus Dispatch: By JoAnne Viviano The Columbus Dispatch Friday May 18, 2012 3:44 AM A Catholic university in eastern Ohio is ending health-insurance coverage for students in response to a much-debated federal mandate. Ohio Dominican and Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Catholic schools in central [...]
State makes auto insurance more accessible for the low incomeNews from San Bernardino Sun: About one out of four drivers pulled over by San Bernardino police in 2011 received a citation that included a violation for not having auto insurance. “San Bernardino is a low-income community,”said San Bernardino police Sgt. Brett Birnbaum, a former supervisor [...]
