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Insurance costs pinch average Hoosiers (Louisville Courier-Journal)

InsureNow — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:56 +0000

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 12–> WASHINGTON The middle class is being hit hardest by escalating health insurance costs, according to a report released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report, which comes as congressional Democrats try to round up the votes they need to complete work on a health care overhaul package, focuses on [...]

Quake insurance jumps 200% (The Post and Courier)

InsureNow — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:55 +0000

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., the state’s second-largest provider of earthquake insurance, is sharply increasing its rates for covering tremor damage in South Carolina. Customers who renewed their earthquake policies after Feb. 6 saw the higher premiums in their billing statements. A local resident contacted The Post and Courier recently to complain that his annual cost [...]

Barlocker Insurance Services Adds Booth to Staff (Insurance Journal)

InsureNow — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:53 +0000

March 18, 2010 Barlocker Insurance Services of Carlsbad, Calif., has added Michele Booth as an account executive. She brings with her 10 years of experience from Marsh Risk & Insurance in San Diego. Comments? Click here to post a comment about this article

New York’s Bryan Insurance Gets Personal With Social Media (Insurance Journal)

InsureNow — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:52 +0000

By Patricia-Anne Tom March 18, 2010 There’s no better time for insurance agents and brokers to delve into social networking technologies than now, according to those who study marketing and technology trends. More than four in five U.S. online adults use social networking tools — Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and blogs — at least once a month, [...]

House panel passes proposal for insurance to rise without approval (Pensacola News Journal)

InsureNow — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:47 +0000

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 14–> TALLAHASSEE A proposal to allow property-insurance companies to raise home-owners rates without regulatory approval passed a House committee Wednesday and was amended to include much of an insurance industry wish list. Its supporters say the proposal would attract more insurance capital to the state and increase options for consumers. A less-ambitious version [...]

Pre Existing Condition: 3 Alternatives To Health Insurance

InsureNow — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:45:25 +0000

Health Insurance companies are able to decline an applicant for individual under 65 policies based on the individual having too many pre existing medical conditions. Such concerns could include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type II diabetes, any form of cancer, depression, sexually transmitted diseases and so on. If you are one of the millions Americans that [...]

Health Insurance Reform Right Now

InsureNow — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:45:22 +0000

President Obama shares the story of Natoma Canfield, a cancer survivor who had to drop her health insurance due to excessive rate hikes only to be diagnosed with leukemia, and tells the crowd in Strongsville, Ohio that cases like Natomas make it clear that the time is now for health insurance reform. March 15, 2010.

Marsh Buys Insurance Brokerage Firm (Fox News)

InsureNow — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:46:28 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO — Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of Marsh Inc., said Tuesday that it bought the brokerage firm Thomas Rutherfoord Inc. The deal makes Marsh & McLennan Agency the 13th largest insurance agency in the country with annual revenue of $171 million. The financial terms of the transaction [...]

CBS 2 Speaks To Expert On Filing Insurance Claims (WCBS-TV New York)

InsureNow — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:46:22 +0000

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Report: Middle class struggle to afford insurance (Knoxville News Sentinel)

InsureNow — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:46:20 +0000

Full report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on the uninsured In Tennessee, and elsewhere in the country, the middle class is being hardest hit when it comes to health insurance coverage. So says a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Released today to coincide with “Cover the Uninsured Week,” “Barely Hanging On: Middle [...]