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• Use Auto Insurance Quotes To Find Low Mileage Discounts! - Benzinga

  29-03-2015 18:30 via benzinga.com
  NerdWallet (blog)
  Use Auto Insurance Quotes To Find Low Mileage Discounts!
  Benzinga
  Autoinsurancequotesave.com (http://www.autoinsurancequotesave.com/) announces a new blog post, "What Is Low-Mileage Discount And How You Can Get It?" (PRWEB) March 29, 2015. Autoinsurancequotesave.com has released a new blog post ...
  Online Auto Insurance Quotes Can Help Drivers Find Affordable Collision ...Insurance News Net
  What You Need to Know About Car Insurance Quotes in No-Fault StatesNerdW
  
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• Will Marijuana Be Covered by Your Insurance Plan? - Motley Fool

  29-03-2015 17:41 via fool.com
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  Will Marijuana Be Covered by Your Insurance Plan?
  Motley Fool
  In 1995 marijuana was not legal in any states, and according to Gallup, just 25% of its survey respondents were in favor of legalizing the drug. Then the wheels of change started spinning with California's legalization of medical marijuana in 1996 ...and more »
  
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• Illegal Aliens Gain Non-Obamacare Health Insurance If Obama's Executive ... - Breitbart News

  29-03-2015 16:49 via breitbart.com
  
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  Illegal Aliens Gain Non-Obamacare Health Insurance If Obama's Executive ...
  Breitbart News
  Add non-Obamacare government health insurance to the benefits that foreign nationals currently illegally present in the United States could receive should President Obama's November 2014 executive action be determined constitutional in the courts.
  
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• When it Comes to Life Insurance, This is the Company Consumers Trust Most - Motley Fool

  29-03-2015 16:15 via fool.com
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  When it Comes to Life Insurance, This is the Company Consumers Trust Most
  Motley Fool
  There are few products as widely disliked as insurance. Few people I know enjoy the idea of prepaying -- whether it be for health insurance, car or home insurance, or life insurance -- for a crisis that might never happen. Yet insurance of all forms ...
  When it Comes to Life Insurance, This is the Firm Consumers Trust MostChicago Daily News
  When it Comes to Life Insurance, This is the Business Shop
  
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• Comparing America's Next 3 Accident And Health Insurance Companies - Seeking Alpha (registration)

  29-03-2015 14:00 via seekingalpha.com
  
  Comparing America's Next 3 Accident And Health Insurance Companies
  Seeking Alpha (registration)
  The Accident & Health Insurance industry is expected to underperform the S&P broader market substantially this and next quarters, underperform moderately next year, then outperform modestly beyond. Mean/high targets for the next 3 U.S. Accident ...and more »
  
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• Cyber insurance uptake lags amongst UK firms - Business Insurance

  29-03-2015 13:19 via businessinsurance.com
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  Cyber insurance uptake lags amongst UK firms
  Business Insurance
  U.K. buyers often have very different concerns than U.S. buyers when it comes to transferring cyber risks to insurance, an issue that insurers, brokers, buyers and the U.K. government are looking to rectify. The rapidly growing risk is an issue for U.K ...and more »
  
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• Congress seeks solutions on cyber risk that include insurance - Business Insurance

  29-03-2015 13:19 via businessinsurance.com
  Business Insurance
  Congress seeks solutions on cyber risk that include insurance
  Business Insurance
  Following a year of several widespread cyber breach incidents, Congress is poised to encourage the insurance industry to take a lead role in bolstering cyber security. That was evident earlier this month as the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee ...and more »
  
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• U.S. reinsurers report growth in competitive market

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  National Indemnity Co. drove a 78.4% increase in net written premiums among 18 U.S. reinsurers in 2014.
  
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• Supreme Court's UPS ruling widens scope of accommodating pregnant workers

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court's revival of a part-time worker's pregnancy discrimination suit against UPS puts employers on notice that they should review their light-duty programs with respect to pregnant women.
  
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• States strive to fill loopholes in rules on prescription drug repackaging

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  State efforts to restrict prices for physician-dispensed prescriptions have helped lower drug spending for workers compensation claims, but experts say future reforms likely will need to limit or ban physician dispensing in order to prevent prices from...
  
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• Overlooking high-deductible health plan rule could cost employers

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  Recent federal regulatory health care reform law guidance will require many employers with high-deductible health care plans to redesign those plans to reduce claim costs picked up by employees with family coverage.
  
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• London market eyes insurance-linked securities to regain market share

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  The London reinsurance market, which has been hit by a shift of business to alternative risk transfer vehicles, could regain some of that lost ground by becoming a domicile for insurance-linked securities.
  
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• Job climate a factor in worker health, productivity

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Employees working in poor job climates are more than twice as likely to miss work due to common ailments, but embracing all factors in an employee’s well-being is twice as effective in curbing productivity losses — an...
  
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• Gender bias lawsuits target white-collar companies

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  The “good old boy'' corporate culture at white-collar firms could allow gender discrimination to continue to flourish, despite employers' efforts to alleviate it.
  
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• Energy sector strives to cut silica exposure from fracking

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  Companies in the energy sector are working to get ahead of new federal rules to protect workers from inhaling crystalline silica, which is used in many industries, by improving processes and investing in new technologies.
  
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• Cyber insurance uptake lags amongst U.K. firms

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  U.K. buyers often have very different concerns than U.S. buyers when it comes to transferring cyber risks to insurance, an issue that insurers, brokers, buyers and the U.K. government are looking to rectify.
  
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• Congress seeks solutions on cyber risk that include insurance

  29-03-2015 13:00
  
  Following a year of several widespread cyber breach incidents, Congress is poised to encourage the insurance industry to take a lead role in bolstering cyber security.
  
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• Hazleton City Authority awards insurance contract - Standard Speaker

  29-03-2015 10:03 via standardspeaker.com
  Hazleton City Authority awards insurance contract
  Standard Speaker
  Hazleton City Authority board awarded the 2015 insurance coverage package to Weiss Schantz Insurance Agency of Hellertown at Thursday's meeting. The bid by Weiss Schantz was for $42,871, nearly $1,000 more than a bid submitted by Brown and Brown ...
  
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• UA System schools face 19% insurance-cost rise - Arkansas Online

  29-03-2015 09:51 via arkansasonline.com
  
  UA System schools face 19% insurance-cost rise
  Arkansas Online
  All of the University of Arkansas System's campuses are reviewing options to handle an increase in employee health insurance premiums. The increase will take effect July 1, though most campuses hope to have a set plan by May 1. It comes as Arkansas ...and more »
  
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• Letter: Tax on health insurance must be cut from budget - Albany Times Union

  29-03-2015 08:22 via timesunion.com
  
  Letter: Tax on health insurance must be cut from budget
  Albany Times Union
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo claims his $69 million health insurance tax will only increase costs a little. This type of statement shows a dire lack of understanding about the gravity of this state's health insurance crisis. Federal reform has brought about many ...and more »
  
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• Surry woman accused of insurance fraud - Mount Airy News

  29-03-2015 07:26 via mtairynews.com
  
  Surry woman accused of insurance fraud
  Mount Airy News
  RALEIGH — A Surry County woman has been charged with insurance fraud for allegedly inflating the loss from a fire at her home last year. The arrest of Amanda Nicole Anderson, 39, of 720 Shoals Road, Pinnacle, was announced Wednesday by state ...and more »
  
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• NYC Mayor: Someone May Have ‘Inappropriately’ Tapped Gas Line

  29-03-2015 05:15
  
  Someone may have improperly tapped a gas line before an explosion that leveled three apartment buildings and injured nearly two dozen people, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday, March 27, as firefighters soaked the still-smoldering buildings …
  The article NYC Mayor: Someone May Have ‘Inappropriately’ Tapped Gas Line appeared first on Insurance Journal.
  
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• Boston area expects flood of insurance claims in wake of record winter - The Columbian

  29-03-2015 03:25 via columbian.com
  
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  Boston area expects flood of insurance claims in wake of record winter
  The Columbian
  Lynn Leary walks past houses damaged by ocean waves during a winter storm in January in Marshfield, Mass. New England's epic winter is on pace to produce an epic number of insurance claims. Thousands of homeowners are filing claims as they begin to ...
  New England Insurance Claims Up Following Harsh WinterMaine Public Broadcasting
  After record New England winter, region expects a flood _
  
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• Rise in government insurance rates to mirror rising waters, flood debt - Washington Post

  29-03-2015 01:11 via washingtonpost.com
  
  Tampabay.com (blog)
  Rise in government insurance rates to mirror rising waters, flood debt
  Washington Post
  At her small beach house that sits in a flood zone, Nancy Loft-Powers worries. The prospect of rising water, she said, isn't what bothers her. It's the expected rise in the cost of her $7,500 yearly flood insurance. “My insurance is more than my ...
  On April 1, homeowners' will see flood insurance rates increaseTampabay.com (blog)
  Beginning April 1, property owners to see sub
  
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• Massachusetts Governor Asks for Snow Disaster Declaration

  29-03-2015 00:14
  
  Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker formally asked the federal government on Friday, March 27, to declare a disaster in 10 Massachusetts counties after a relentless series of winter storms brought record snowfall and frigid temperatures, causing 25 deaths and costing the …
  The article Massachusetts Governor Asks for Snow Disaster Declaration appeared first on Insurance Journal.
  
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• Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Rate to Decline for 4th Year

  29-03-2015 00:04
  
  The cost of workers’ compensation insurance is declining for the fourth consecutive year in Pennsylvania. The state departments of Insurance and Labor & Industry said on Friday, March 27, that overall rates will decline by 5.99 percent while benefits for …
  The article Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Rate to Decline for 4th Year appeared first on Insurance Journal.
  
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