 Bush
leaves unmet goals - Bush leaves office with several high-profile
problems left unsolved, including a homeowners insurance crisis and
the state's rising uninsured rate
Car
insurance set for big increases
Citizens
Insurance Hearing Is TodayCongress
delays reform of National Flood Insurance ProgramDon't
overlook tax benefits of insurance in financial planningEight
charged with fraud - Men accused of falsely registering cars upstate
to save on insurance
Gov.
Rendell's plan would widen health insurance, target medical costs
Haack
took insurance firm to new level - He introduced employee benefits,
technology services
Insurance
company paid man $67,500 - North Lake Fire Department settled discrimination
suit
Insurance
money leads to arrest - Bethlehem woman accused of including herself
as beneficiary
Insurance
settlement reached - Team, company OK deal involving claim on Bagwell
Lawmakers
see a need for reforming insurance - A Star Watchdog series pointed
up problems with delayed claims, denials and agent misconductN.J.
civil unions and insurance - The cost, not the semantics, is the focus
to businesses, which would be required to pay health benefits for
workers' same-sex partnersNew
tax bill may delay early returns - Late changes include mortgage insurance
deduction, other breaks
Now For
Some InsuranceOhioans
without insurance seek help - State may shift money to pay for cystic
fibrosis treatment in hospitalsPontiac
decides to increase insurance coverage
School
insurance bill spikes - Premium more than doubles to $16.7 million
Study
- Health insurance premiums on the rise, not worker wages
Teachers
are ready to talk on insurance - But district vows to appeal ruling
on multiple plans
The
Fine Art of Appraisal - The amount of insurance on a purloined painting
raises the question. Who and what determine when the price is right |
Last month, the Conservation Law Foundation and World Wildlife Fund-Canada proposed creating a patchwork of 30 marine preserves along the coastline. The areas, which range from 10 to 200 miles offshore and extend from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, would total a combined 24,000 square miles. Although restrictions could vary from reserve to reserve, the strategy is to limit human disturbance; bans could extend to specific types of fishing, mining, and oil and gas drilling. Gov. Rendell's plan would widen health insurance, target medical costs
The plan also is expected to include measures to reduce infections that patients acquire in hospitals and suggest other ways to cut costs or improve quality. For weeks, the governor has been dropping hints about the proposal, which he plans to announce in January.
The hearing is the last of three ordered by the state Cabinet in September when it rejected the 2007 operating plan for the state-run insurer of last resort. Citizens insures 110,591 properties in Pinellas County and 50,354 in Hillsborough. Its customer base has swelled to 1.2 million policies statewide and, by law, charges higher premiums than private insurers. It has charged customers $2 billion to cover operating losses during the past two years and received a $715 million state appropriation this year. When it rejected Citizens' operating plan in September, the Cabinet charged Citizens to emphasize its statutory mandate "to achieve efficiencies and economies, while providing services to policyholders."
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