AARP?s Stealth Fees Often Sting Seniors With Costlier Insurance
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Arthur Laupus joined AARP because he thought the nonprofit senior-citizen-advocacy group would make his retirement years easier. He signed up for an auto insurance policy endorsed by AARP, believing the advertising that said he would save money.

Finding Health Insurance Can Be Tricky For Grads
Many young adults transition out of college into jobs that have limited benefits. Negotiating how to find health insurance that will meet their needs can be difficult.

Struggling to keep up with insurance cost
Linda Carruthers tries hard to be responsible, to do the right thing, to stay insured. But the 62-year-old in Upper Dublin recently found out her health-insurance premiums will rise more than 45 percent in January, from $6,384 to $9,336 a year.

Health insurance lobby urges public-private reform panel
The nation's largest health insurance lobbying group is urging Congress to create a public-private advisory board to develop a plan to cut growth in national health care spending by almost one-third - savings that could be used to help pay for universal medical coverage for all Americans.

New Delaware Insurance Commissioner Names Transition Team
Delaware's Insurance Commissioner-elect says she's chosen former New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon to serve on her transition team. Karen Weldin Stewart says she picked Gordon to evaluate ...

Vietnam Insurance Market 2008 Revenue Estimated At VND26 Trillion
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Vietnam's insurance market is expected to earn total revenue of VND26 trillion ($1.57 billion) this year, the Communist Party of Vietnam said Thursday in a statement.

Insurance sector aims for 12 percent expansion next year
VietNamNet Bridge ? Vietnam ?s insurance sector has set a target of attaining an average growth rate of between 12 and 13 percent during 2009, with additional goals of 8-10 percent for life insurance and 15-18 percent for other forms of insurance, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Health Insurance, Business Lobbyists Join Discussions About Overhauling U.S. Health Care System
The Boston Globe on Wednesday examined how "[p]owerful special interest groups that helped torpedo health care reform 16 years ago are now advocating significant changes in the nation's health insurance and delivery system" and "participating in regular discussion about how to expand health coverage and lower costs.

Alabama Police Fear 2 Sought for Insurance Agency Fraud Have Fled
A Gulf Shores police investigator says two men sought for questioning in an alleged insurance fraud scheme on the Alabama Gulf coast may have fled to Turkey. Authorities want to question Benton ...

Asset-liability mismatch would be addressed - Insurance Regulator
(RTTNews) - In view of more entities opting for terror insurance, the Rs.750-crore corpus of the 'Terror Insurance Pool' created at the behest of the IRDA for the non-life sector would grow, according to Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Chairman J Hari Narayan.

Cost of flood insurance may rise
OKLAHOMA CITY ? More than 16,000 Oklahomans might have to pay higher premiums for flood insurance after a federal report recommended an overhaul of the program that determines rates for such coverage.

Life Insurance Premiums Down
New premiums for individual life insurance fell 11% on an annual basis in the third quarter, according to Limra International Inc.'s sales survey report.

Lawmakers Must Act To End Gender Bias In Individual Health Insurance Market, Editorial Says
Women as a group are "particularly disadvantaged" in the individual health insurance market, a St. Petersburg Times editorial says. The editorial notes that a recent study conducted by the National Women's Law Center found that women "pay a dear price for their gender, with premiums significantly higher than men's for the same coverage.

Insurance and Transport
The facts of Ramwade are simple: the defendant insurance brokers were retained to effect comprehensive insurance cover of skip lorries owned by the claimant.

New insurance on the way for Huntington schools
The Huntington County Community School Board unanimously passed a new insurance plan at Monday's meeting that will save HCCSC $107,000 per year.

Tow company owner charged with insurance fraud
NEW WINDSOR ? The New Windsor Police Detective Division arrested a New Windsor Towing Operator and Body Shop owner for Insurance Fraud. The arrest was a result of an ongoing investigation with GEICO Insurance Company into the overcharging for towing and storage services..

PCB brings in British expert to fix insurance problem
PCB officials will be meeting a British insurance risk expert after the Board suffered huge losses because of an alleged insurance scam involving Australia's postponed tour of Pakistan in February-March this year.

Aon Launches 'Loss of Earnings' Piracy Insurance Policy
Aon's specialty group announced from London that it has launched a new insurance policy for charterers, shipowners and cargo owners to cover loss of earnings from a ship being detained by ...

Latitude tests new PPC techniques with insurance group
Insurance and investment group, LV=, has renewed its partnership with Latitude, extending their five year strategic relationship.

Recession: IT spending by insurance industry
HING KONG, CHINA: The insurance and financial services industry is at a crossroad. A volatile economic condition with recent financial crisis is changing competitive landscape in insurance industry with a challenging future ahead.