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Even Reluctant States Design Health Insurance Exchanges BusinessWeek The exchanges aim to simplify complex private insurance markets for people required to have coverage who don't get it through their jobs or from government programs. Individuals today face bewildering choices with widely varying prices and terms ... See all stories on this topic »

EU agrees some Iran oil insurance exemptions Reuters EU insurers allowed to provide some cover until July 1 * Comes after S.Korea, Japan lobbied for embargo exemption * EU big in marine insurance; post-July 1 situation unsure (Adds details about review period) By Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ex-Insurance Cops Skeptical on Paulson's Plans for Hartford Wall Street Journal (blog) But some former insurance regulators have this message: hold your horses. Former top New Jersey insurance regulator Tom Considine says Hartford can't make that decision in a vacuum, without regulatory input. "Sometimes, masters of the universe don't ... See all stories on this topic »

SMA Insurance Report Finds Half of Insurers Unable to Achieve Underwriting ... MarketWatch (press release) BEDFORD, Mass., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- FirstBest® Systems, Inc., provider of insurance software solutions for global insurance carriers, today announced that a recent underwriting report indicates insurers increasingly see ... See all stories on this topic »

How Obamacare Dramatically Increases the Cost of Insurance for Young Workers Forbes In 2009, during the height of the debate over Obamacare, the law's architect, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, was all over the op-ed pages, talking about how the bill would reduce the cost of health insurance. "What we know for sure," he told Ezra Klein ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Ways To Make Insurance Exciting San Francisco Chronicle Have you ever yawned while paying your insurance premium? Have you ever completely forgotten what you were doing while you were in the middle of a conversation with your insurance agent? Have you ever tried to read an insurance policy and instead ... See all stories on this topic »

Climate Corp. Updates Crop Insurance via High Tech BusinessWeek He bought crop insurance from Climate Corp., a startup founded by two former Google (GOOG) executives and funded by $60 million in venture capital. Staffed by an army of data scientists, the company is bringing data analytics to rural America and ... See all stories on this topic »

Washington moves closer to a consumer-friendly marketplace for health insurance The Seattle Times The prospects for broader access to health insurance in Washington brighten with Gov. Chris Gregoire signing legislation to implement the state Health Benefit Exchange. No comments have been posted to this article. GOV. Chris Gregoire and state ... See all stories on this topic »

AM Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Michigan Professional Insurance Exchange MarketWatch (press release) OLDWICK, NJ, Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AM Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit rating to "bbb+" from "bbb" and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) of Michigan Professional Insurance Exchange (MPIE) (Grand Rapids, MI). See all stories on this topic »

Should You Have to Buy Health Insurance? 2 Attorneys General Debate PBS NewsHour At the forefront will be the question of whether Congress has the right, through the commerce clause, to mandate the purchase of health insurance. Last month, two state attorneys general traveled to Washington, DC, for a debate on the issue at the ... See all stories on this topic » PBS NewsHour

Calif. Commissioner Jones Gets 'D' From Insurance Industry Insurance Journal By Don Jergler | March 22, 2012 The insurance industry has mixed feelings about California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, assessing him as average or below average in a handful of categories. In a poll conducted by Insurance Journal, ... See all stories on this topic »

FoxQuotes.com Announces Further Expansion of Their Auto Insurance in ... Houston Chronicle Car Insurance Company, FoxQuotes.com, Newly Offers Auto Insurance in California to Residents of Amador County. These Residents Will Now Be Able to Choose a New Auto Insurance Policy Recently, FoxQuotes.com made a new announced regarding the ... See all stories on this topic »

Changes in FHA Fees New York Times In a nutshell, here is what's happening: Fees for refinancings will fall sharply, as the upfront mortgage insurance decreases to 0.01 percent of the base loan amount, from 1 percent, starting on June 11. For buyers, the upfront mortgage insurance ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

eHealth, Inc. Announces Management Changes MarketWatch (press release) MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Mar 22, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:EHTH) , the nation's leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, today announced that Bill Shaughnessy is joining the company ... See all stories on this topic »

La. insurance commissioner, convicted by Sal Perricone, weighs in on scandal NOLA.com By Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune Former Louisiana insurance commissioner Jim Brown, who was convicted in 2000 of lying to the FBI, has posted a column online in which he argues that prosecutorial misconduct is commonplace. See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

Genworth Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Martin P. Klein to ... MarketWatch (press release) RICHMOND, Va., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE:GNW) announced that Martin P. Klein, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the JP Morgan Insurance Conference on Thursday, March 29, ... See all stories on this topic »

Allianz Your Cover Insurance Products Praised by World Leading Independent ... Sacramento Bee By http://www.yourcoverinsurance.co.uk/en/products/car_insurance.html With the UK market for home and car insurance products dominated by commoditised products, Allianz Your Cover has been singled out for praise for its customizable home and car ... See all stories on this topic »

Senate Passes Bills To Combat Auto Insurance Fraud Sheepshead Bites The New York State Senate today passed three bills to combat auto insurance fraud, which costs New Yorkers more than $1 billion a year, as well as legislation that would impose stronger criminal penalties for staging auto accidents. See all stories on this topic » Sheepshead Bites

EPIC insurance brokerage adds Lou Razzano as principal, business development ... Bizjournals.com EPIC , a San Mateo-based insurance and employee benefits brokerage, added Lou Razzano as principal and business development executive, officials said Wednesday. Prior to joining EPIC, Razzano was senior vice president and general manager at Andronico's ... See all stories on this topic »

Life Insurance Sales: Emphasizing the "What's In It for Me" Factor LifeHealthPro One difficulty in selling life insurance is that the death benefit will be paid to someone other than the insured. After all, this is the primary purpose of life insurance—to protect beneficiaries after the death of the insured. But the insured often ... See all stories on this topic » LifeHealthPro

Montpelier Group To Present At The J.P. Morgan 2012 Insurance Conference On ... TheStreet.com (press release) Montpelier, through its operating subsidiaries, is a premier provider of global property and casualty reinsurance and insurance products. Additional information can be found in Montpelier's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See all stories on this topic »

Final Glance: Insurance companies CBS News NEW YORK — Shares of some top insurance companies were down at the close of trading: ACE L fell $.82 or 1.1 percent, to $72.84. Aflac Inc. fell $1.09 or 2.3 percent, to $45.60. American International Group fell $.51 or 1.8 percent, to $27.98. See all stories on this topic »

Insurance groups drop fight against regulation The Central New York Business Journal by Rick Seltzer The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York, Inc. (IIABNY) and the Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York (CIBGNY) have decided not to continue a two-year fight against a New York state transparency regulation. See all stories on this topic »

Unum CEO addresses Senate committee on value of financial protection benefits ... MarketWatch (press release) The hearing, entitled "Stay-at-work and return-to-work: Lessons from the private sector," also focused on how the private sector supports employees through disability insurance, employment modifications, and workplace accommodations, ... See all stories on this topic »

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