Customers recoup $17.4 million in insurance complaints
Michigan recovered a record $17.4 million in claims for consumers who filed insurance, securities and mortgage complaints, Insurance Commissioner Ken Ross announced today.

RM1.2m insurance fraud charge
PETALING JAYA: Three men, including one who is paralysed, were charged at the Sessions Court yesterday with cheating an insurance company of RM1.2 million.

Wind, not flood damage covered by most insurance
Damage caused by wind is covered under a standard homeowners or business owners insurance policy and water damage from snow or rain entering an insured building that has been damaged by wind also is covered, the NW Insurance Council said...

Angara bats for free health insurance for kids
MANILA, Philippines - Around 14 million Filipino children will benefit from a government health insurance program, a senator has said.

Governor Proposes More Access To Health Insurance
Wants To Extend Age Children Are Covered Through Parents' Insurance To 29

Local insurance agency merges with Dayton firm
A locally owned insurance firm doing business in Springfield for more than three-quarters of a century has merged with a Dayton firm with a similar history.

Longmuir hails insurance policy as vehicle for change
The Scottish Football League have defied the chill economic wind with the announcement of a two-year extension to their agreement with Co-operative Insurance for sponsorship of the league cup.

Ritter Insurance changes name to Harms Insurance Group
Matt Harms, president and owner of Ritter Insurance of Sun Prairie, announced that the agency's name changed to Harms Insurance Group on Jan. 1. Harms has been with the agency 12 years and purchased it in January 2007. Harms Insurance Group is a full service independent insurance agency that provides commercial, personal, health and benefits, and life insurance in the greater Dane County area. ...

R. Muller, insurance agent
As Robert Muller wound down his days as an insurance agent, he found his voice."He enjoyed singing his whole life," Phillip Muller said yesterday of his father, who died Dec. 30 at 76 of congestive heart failure at home in Jamison, Bucks County. But in the late 1990s Mr. Muller went public by joining the Copper Penny Players in Sergeantsville, N.J.

House Dems to take up Obama-favored legislation to expand children's health insurance coverage
WASHINGTON - House Democrats plan to give President-elect Barack Obama an early victory on health care with a vote next week on legislation to expand a children's health insurance program.

Officials work to boost call systems for unemployment insurance claims
State officials are taking steps to boost the capacity of Michigan?s automated call system for unemployment insurance claims, in the wake of call volumes that have overwhelmed the system?s ability to respond.

Insurance Company Seeks To Beef Up Staff For New Canton Office
Stark County, OH - An insurance company is looking to beef up its staff! Liberty National Life Insurance Company held a job fair on Wednesday to find potential candidates to fill 100 open positions.

Riyad Bank, Royal & Sun Get Approval to Start Insurance Company
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Riyad Bank, Saudi Arabia?s fourth- largest bank by assets, and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc received Saudi ministerial approval to form a cooperative insurance company in the Arab world?s largest economy.

Economic Woes, Dropping Insurance is Not the Way to Go
Hard times have many people dropping their car insurance policies to save money even though it's illegal not to have insurance.

Donelon: 7 percent hike appropriate for Citizens Insurance
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says plans by the state's so-called "property insurer of last resort" to raise rates by an average of 7 percent in April are appropriate.

Maryland Health Insurance Plan cuts premiums
The Maryland Health Insurance Plan said Wednesday it will offer reduced premiums for individuals and families with limited income.

Gov. Proposes Dependent Health Insurance Through Age 29
Among the many things Gov. David Paterson touched on in his State of the State Address Wednesday is health care. One of the governor's proposals is to extend private family health insurance coverage to dependents up to age 29.

California insurance department reaches settlement with Blue Shield on rescinded policies
California insurance regulators reached an agreement with Blue Shield to provide new health coverage to nearly 700 consumers whose policies were

Insurance company could cut Triad jobs
Philadelphia-based insurance company Cigna Corp. is planning to cut about 1,100 jobs as people reduce coverage plans and companies insure fewer workers.

Fiserv Insurance to become StoneRiver
Fiserv Insurance Solutions, a Brookfield provider of technology and services for the insurance industry, said Wednesday that the company will change its name on March 2 to StoneRiver.