Oregon Health Plan fosters insurance research

Oregon Health Plan fosters insurance research The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA A lottery system created to decide who receives insurance through the Oregon Health Plan is offering researchers a rare chance to study the benefits of ... See all stories on this topic Second man arrested in homicide, insurance fraud case Baltimore Sun - United States Kevin Jerome Pushia, 32, a Baltimore pastor, is accused of befriending Wallace, then taking out a life insurance policy on him before using $50000 in church ... See all stories on this topic Cruise control: From insurance to packing tips Seattle Times - United States By Arline and Sam Bleecker Insurance: Trip cancellation and travel insurance is a small price to pay if you must cancel a cruise because of a crisis, ... See all stories on this topic Homeowner insurance: House OKs plan that would increase almost all ... Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA The broad bill would, among other things, increase individual Citizens Property Insurance policyholder premiums by up to 20 percent annually. ... See all stories on this topic Pro/con: Medicare-based plan would be responsible health-care reform Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA Yet, many are pressuring President Obama to go back on his campaign pledge to offer a government-sponsored, low-cost insurance option in favor of a series ... See all stories on this topic Preacher Charged With Killing Blind Man ABC2 News - Baltimore,MD,USA Police now believe a pastor who offered Wallace assistance ordered a hit on him to collect on several insurance policies. "We believe there were at least ... See all stories on this topic ND House rejects child health insurance expansion Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA The North Dakota House has defeated a proposed expansion of state child health insurance coverage for low-income parents, saying it would force taxpayers to ... See all stories on this topic The Sales Profession: Attention Must Still Be Paid New York Times - United States Many years later, an insurance broker came to call on my wife about disability insurance. I scoffed at him and told him how incredibly unlikely it was that ... See all stories on this topic AM Best Downgrades Ratings of CAMICO Mutual Insurance Insurance Journal - San Diego,CA,USA AM Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating of CAMICO Mutual Insurance Co. (CAMICO) based in Redwood City, Calif., to B++ (Good) from A- ... See all stories on this topic Greenhill hires UBS insurance banking head Reuters - USA VX) to head its insurance advisory practice, its second senior addition in financial services. Przygoda, 41, has been the head of the global insurance ... See all stories on this topic

House approves key insurance measure

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European Parliament Backs New Rules For Insurance Sector

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Texas Senate Approves Insurance Department 'Sunset' Bill

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Small Cars Rate Poorly in New Crash Tests

When a Smart Fortwo collided with a Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan, in new crash tests done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the little Smart car went airborne and did what amounted to a pirouette. The news was not much better when the institute crashed a Honda Fit into a Honda Accord, and a Toyota Yaris into a Toyota Camry.

Officials at the institute, which is financed by the insurance industry, said people pretty much know they aren’t going to fare well if a Fortwo tangles with a Hummer. That’s why the organization used midsize cars in these tests — to show that very small cars will be the losers in crashes, even with slightly bigger vehicles.

The small cars were 2009 models that had earlier received ratings of “good” on the institute’s standard frontal offset crash tests (the organization rates on a scale of good, acceptable, marginal and poor). The results from the latest tests, however, were far different — so different, in fact, that the Fit, Fortwo and Yaris got “poor” ratings.

Intrusion into the Fit’s occupant compartment was “extensive,” officials said, which meant a high risk of leg injury. Also, the dummy’s head struck the steering wheel through the airbag.

After it struck the front of the C-Class, the Smart became airborne and turned around 450 degrees. There was excessive movement of the dummy during rebound and extensive intrusion into the space around the dummy from head to foot. The instrument panel and the steering wheel were shoved up and toward the dummy in the Smart.

The door of the Yaris was largely torn away. The driver’s seats in both the Yaris and Camry tipped forward, but only in the Yaris did the steering wheel move excessively. The heads of the dummies in both cars struck the steering wheels through the airbags, but only in the Yaris did the head injury measure rate a “poor.”