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Activists picket at health insurance conference (CNN)

InsureNow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:17 +0000

Washington (CNN) — Activists ratcheted up the pressure for health care reform Tuesday, picketing in front of a hotel where a group of insurance industry leaders were meeting. More than 1,000 protesters — including representatives of organized labor — marched through the streets of downtown Washington before parking themselves in front of the [...]

Mandatory Insurance Proposed for UK Dogs (ABC News)

InsureNow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:16 +0000

A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to get microchips and take out insurance for their pets. Postal workers were delighted by [...]

Mandatory insurance proposed for UK dogs (AP via Yahoo! News)

InsureNow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:14 +0000

LONDON – A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to get microchips and take out insurance for their pets. Postal workers were [...]

Oppn rejects health insurance changes (BigPond News)

InsureNow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:13 +0000

The federal government has attacked the opposition for rejecting its private health insurance changes, saying it will now be tougher to return the budget to surplus. The Senate has knocked back the government’s plan to means test the 30 per cent rebate for private cover, giving it a second double-dissolution trigger. Finance Minister Lindsay [...]

Oppn rejects health insurance changes (Sky News Australia)

InsureNow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:07 +0000

Updated: 10:14, Wednesday March 10, 2010 The federal government has attacked the opposition for rejecting its private health insurance changes, saying it will now be tougher to return the budget to surplus. The Senate has knocked back the government’s plan to means test the 30 per cent rebate for private cover, [...]

Obama criticises insurance firms (Straits Times)

InsureNow — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:45:24 +0000

GLENSIDE (Pennsylvania) – A FIRED-UP President Barack Obama launched a populist assault on Monday on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill. President Obama laid a bold bet with his remaining political capital in an event in metropolitan Philadelphia, painting insurance firms as villains and seeking to cajole [...]

Insurance deals boost 2010 M&A activity (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

InsureNow — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:45:21 +0000

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Insurance deals boost 2010 M&A activity (San Francisco Chronicle)

InsureNow — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:45:20 +0000

MetLife Inc.’s $15.5 billion deal Monday to buy AIG’s American Life Insurance Co., or Alico, brought the total value of dealmaking globally this year to $500.3 billion. That was up 21 percent from the year-ago period, according to data collected by deal-tracking firm Dealogic. The transaction is the fifth-largest deal globally so far this year, and [...]

Insurance Deals Boost 2010 M&A Activity (ABC News)

InsureNow — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:45:17 +0000

The pace of mergers and acquisitions is gaining speed in 2010 thanks to American International Group Inc. MetLife Inc.’s $15.5 billion deal Monday to buy AIG’s American Life Insurance Co., or Alico, brought the total value of dealmaking globally this year to $500.3 billion. That was up 21 percent from the year-ago period, according to data [...]

Lawmakers back Culver’s stay of insurance rate hike (Quad-City Times)

InsureNow — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:45:15 +0000

DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers said they support Gov. Chet Culver’s stay on Wellmark’s 18 percent increase in individual and small group health insurance premiums. However, they expressed little optimism a third-party review of the increase – which Wellmark announced it would delay – will result in a smaller increase for Iowans who buy their health-care coverage from the mutual insurance [...]