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BusinessWeek
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The idea: More competition among insurers, spurred by a tax credit that helps consumers buy their own insurance, would lead to universal coverage
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), the likely Republican Presidential nominee, stayed true to GOP principles A..
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BusinessWeek
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The man who built the insurance behemoth talks with Maria Bartiromo about Sunday's coup
A little more than three years ago, Hank Greenberg, the architect of the insurance giant AIG (AIG), stepped down amid investigations by the feds and then New York S..
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BusinessWeek
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A recent survey shows 59% of U.S. physicians support national universal health insurance, up from 49% just five years ago
Most U.S. doctors now support the idea of national health insurance, a shift from a half-decade ago, when less than half favored a..
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MSNBC
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Insurance companies want you to see them as friendly neighbors, there to protect you and to help you in your time of need. But more and more homeowners are finding themselves doing battle with their “friendly” insurance company to get the money they s..
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MSNBC
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The 2009 Nissan Murano was the best performer in new crash tests of midsize sport utility vehicles, while the Hummer H3 had one of the poorest showings, according to results released Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The institute,..
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BusinessWeek
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Aon, under the deft hand of new CEO Greg Case, has emerged as the nation's largest insurance broker
Things looked bleak for Aon (AOC) three years ago, after regulators from New York, Connecticut, and Illinois teamed up to accuse it and other insurance..
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BusinessWeek
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After enduring years of premium hikes, small business is being courted by carriers eager to make deals
When UnitedHealthcare (UNH) told American Printing House for the Blind that its health insurance bill would jump 49.9% in 2008, Chief Financial Offic..
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BusinessWeek
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The price of insuring even the safest corporate debt against default has shot up, on demand from big investors who fear serious housing and credit-related trouble
Big investors are increasingly concerned about the prospect of widespread defaults among..
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Alter Net
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Business leaders want a break from mounting healthcare costs, but their policy fix would be nothing more than a dressing up of the same failed healthcare system.
Business leaders jumped into the universal healthcare pool this week, as 36 companies form..
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BusinessWeek
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The health and life insurer's shares climbed Wednesday after it reported gains in premiums and net income
Health and life insurance provider Aflac (AFL) earned more during recent months as premiums rose in the U.S. and Japan. After the news investors b..
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BusinessWeek
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Deals that fund, then buy out, big life policies may shortchange seniors
The deal offered to affluent seniors sounds awfully good: two years of free life insurance, plus a luxury car, a cruise, or a cash payment. All you have to do is take out a multim..
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Denver Post
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You know you live in a prosperous nation when you're handed a press release about the expansion plans of a health insurance provider - for dogs and cats.
Not that I'm surprised. I've seen friends equip their dogs with sunglasses secured with an elastic..
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USA Today
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday that Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) will withdraw an application to open a specialty bank.
"Wal-Mart made a wise choice," FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair said in a statement. "This decision will remove the controversy..
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