Health Care, a Lesson in Pain

Health Care, a Lesson in Pain New York Times - United States Providing health insurance to the roughly 50 million people without it will cost something like $120 billion a year. President Obama has proposed $60 ... See all stories on this topic Bill Banning Gender Pricing in Health Insurance Advances in Sacramento KPBS - San Diego,CA,USA Insurance companies warn the measure could drive up costs for everyone. Group health insurance plans aren't allowed to charge women more than men. ... See all stories on this topic Health Care Reform Outlook Clear? Don't Count on It Washington Post - United States He is talking more about cutting costs for everyone who has insurance as he is about expanding access to those without. Obama also has avoided demonizing ... See all stories on this topic Senate Panel Debates Cap On Tax Exclusion For Health Care Wall Street Journal - USA By Patrick Yoest Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The issue of whether and how to tax health insurance benefits drew a strong reaction Tuesday ... See all stories on this topic Insurance Insiders See Downgrades Coming For Life Insurers Wall Street Journal - USA "Ratings agencies are under pressure because of how they rated in the past, to pay more attention to what is going on," said Ernie Csiszar, insurance ... See all stories on this topic State Insurance Regulators Say Health Care Reform Must Address Costs Insurance Journal - San Diego,CA,USA Testifying on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger stressed that any health ... See all stories on this topic msnbc.com Five single-payer protestors arrested msnbc.com - USA "We're tired of private insurance." Within a minute or so, a police officer escorted the protester out of the room and arrested them in the hallway. ... See all stories on this topic Michigan''s Top Court to Rule on Credit-Based Insurance Scoring Insurance News Net (press release) - Harrisburg,PA,USA The Michigan Supreme Court will determine whether the state may ban the use of credit-based insurance scoring in underwriting, addressing a four-year-old ... See all stories on this topic Reuters Senate eyes tax change to pay for health insurance Reuters - USA By Donna Smith WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Experts urged Congress on Tuesday to cut tax breaks for employer-sponsored health insurance as a way to help pay to ... See all stories on this topic Obama: Healthy Employees, Healthy Profits ABC News - USA The million dollar ads on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies are already here to scare people off a European system Their biggest ... See all stories on this topic

Buffett says life insurers took "crazy" bets

Buffett says life insurers took "crazy" bets Reuters - USA Insurance makes up about half of Berkshire's operations, including auto insurer Geico, property-catastrophe units and a bond insurer formed a little over a ... See all stories on this topic Buffett says pricing limits bond insurance biz Reuters - USA OMAHA, Neb., May 3 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett says the company's young bond insurance unit has not been writing much new ... See all stories on this topic Poll shows support for public health insurance Chicago Tribune - United States AP DES MOINES, Iowa - More than half of Iowans support a public health insurance plan, and almost half of the state's residents who aren't already insured ... See all stories on this topic Union appeals to banks and insurance firms to stop job cuts guardian.co.uk - UK White-collar workers have been among the hardest hit by the economic downturn as hobbled banks and insurance firms take drastic action to restore profits. ... See all stories on this topic Insurance still pillar of Berkshire empire: Buffett Washington Post - United States Insurance, along with utilities, another big business for Berkshire, are sectors "relatively unaffected by the recession," he said. ... See all stories on this topic Hindu Business Line Life insurance cos witness rise in renewal premiums in 2008-09 Hindu Business Line - Chennai,India Mumbai, May 3 Even though investors were wary of buying new life insurance policies in the just ended fiscal, they did ensure that they did not let their ... See all stories on this topic US bank failures total 31 The Australian - Sydney,Australia The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation estimated the Atlanta bank's failure would cost its deposit insurance fund $US1.3 billion ($1.77 billion). ... See all stories on this topic Albany Times Union Wonder if truck driver took that extra rental insurance Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA Police say a fleeing motorist in a rental truck left a trail of sparks as he tried to get away from police during an 11-minute chase that stretched through ... See all stories on this topic Local bank buys Wasatch deposits Logan Herald Journal - UT,USA Called the "least costly" resolution for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation when compared to alternatives, the Cache Valley Bank has assumed deposits ... See all stories on this topic Majority of Iowans want public health insurance plan DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA More than half of Iowa adults want the federal government to offer a public health insurance plan as an alternative to private coverage, even though most ... See all stories on this topic

Three More Banks Closed, Including Largest Failure to Date

Three More Banks Closed, Including Largest Failure to Date Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA Silverton Bank of Atlanta had $4.1 billion of assets and $3.3 billion worth of deposits, all within the FDIC's insurance limits. ... See all stories on this topic Banks in Georgia, NJ, Utah shut by regulators The Associated Press The federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed Silverton Bank, based in Atlanta, and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as receiver ... See all stories on this topic Buffett offers preview of 1Q Berkshire earnings The Associated Press Buffett said that in the first quarter, Berkshire's utility and insurance businesses performed fairly well during the quarter. ... See all stories on this topic Buffett Calls Investment Candidates' 2008 Performance Subpar Bloomberg - USA Tony Nicely, the head of Berkshire's Geico Corp. car insurance business, and Ajit Jain, who runs a unit that sells reinsurance, are also on media lists of ... See all stories on this topic Buffett Provides Some Berkshire Results at Annual Meeting Wall Street Journal - USA Mr. Buffett said Saturday that most of Berkshire's businesses outside of insurance and the regulated utility industry suffered during the first quarter. ... See all stories on this topic Obama and his health insurance plans save 30% Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Fergus Falls,MN,USA The public health insurance option is essential, but insurance companies are fighting it hard — and some Democrats are starting to waver. ... See all stories on this topic Buffett: "Impossible" to Replace Ajit Jain As Insurance Chief CNBC - Englewood Cliffs,USA Warren Buffett told shareholders today that "it would be impossible" to replace Ajit Jain as the chief of Berkshire Hathaway's insurance operations. ... See all stories on this topic Lawmakers vote to deregulate some Fla. insurance MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA Florida home and business owners would be able to pay however much they'd like to buy insurance to protect their property under a bill that has moved ... See all stories on this topic Shares of Aon slide on 1st-quarter report Forbes - NY,USA AP , 05.01.09, 11:38 AM EDT Shares of Aon Corp. slid Friday after the insurance broker's first-quarter profit fell far short of Wall Street expectations, ... See all stories on this topic Aon Corp. shares tumble as earnings miss expectations Chicago Tribune - United States Shares of Aon Corp. tumbled more than 13 percent Friday after the Chicago-based insurance brokerage reported earnings that came up short of Wall Street ... See all stories on this topic