- Health Insurance is taxing enough- taxing premiums is unconscionable.

… . Aside from the downside to employees’ already eroded paychecks, this provides a disincentive for employers to provide health insurance benefits. The end goal? One NYTimes commentator says the goal is to take health insurance out of the … competition work to drive down the cost in healthcare premiums? We in California might look [...]

Study Find Tort Reform Lowers Insurance Premiums

A recent study by Martin F. Grace, the James S. Kemper Professor of Risk Management at Georgia State, and Assistant Professor Ty Leverty (University of Iowa Tippie College of Business) has concluded that insurance premiums are related to the likelihood…

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Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy: Redux

… there is little or no impact on mortgage credit from permitting bankruptcy modification. This evidence comes from a variety of current and historical sources, and from origination, secondary, and insurance market data. For example, private mortgage insurers do not charge a higher premium for insuring a two-family house than a single-family house even [...]

Land Rover winning awards again!

has picked up the Best Compact SUV and Best Premium SUV awards at the recent 2008 Auto Express New Car Honours.
The -Class to win Best Premium SUV.
Auto Express road test editor, Chris Thorp, said: “Here is the proof that when it comes to building compact sports utility vehicles, is as refined as some [...]

Last Word: Soft markets demand new focus

The economy dips, businesses trim expenses and insurance premiums fall. The insurance world shudders and begins its own search for ways to sell more. A soft market is exactly when you should be out there, talking directly with key audiences about what you offer and what differentiates you from the…

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Impact of the Wall Street crisis on trucking and insurance

… .” Due to the financial meltdown related to securitization of subprime mortgages, we will likely see increasing insurance premiums for everyone, including truckers. Many truckers who are already struggling will be put out of business by increases … this environment more than ever, families that are devastated when trucking companies operate in [...]

Trucking accidents and insurance - longer term implications of the current credit crisis

… required by law, more small trucking companies failing, more consolidation in the trucking industry, and more insurance companies blaming trial lawyers and claimants for premium increases that really result from their investment losses. As … be an increase in the required minimum amounts of coverage to keep up with inflation and a [...]

Florida Man Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud

… Leonardo Gloria. Gloria was allegedly involved in a premium fraud that set up shell construction companies and deceived insurance companies by applying for certificates of insurance on behalf of employees. This plot gave certificates of insurance dozens of subcontractors … payroll money through money transmitters in South Florida. Arrest made over comp [...]

Financing Hurricanes

Florida’s exposure to catastrophe losses (hurricanes) and the high and rising insurance premiums have been well documented, but the blame game has started to shift away from the insurance industry (see our prior post). Driven by the high costs of insurance, Florida took over a large piece of the personal lines insurance business, deciding it [...]

New York freezes med mal rates

NEW YORK—New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday said legislation mandating a one-year freeze on medical malpractice rates for physicians in New York allows the state more time to develop a long-term solution for rising premiums. The bill, signed by the governor Sunday, will freeze medical…

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