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Exclusive to the Insider:  The Politics of "Gimmee."...In 2008, Virtually every American voter stood up proudly and shouted, "What are you going to do for ME?" And there was absolutely no shame in it.

Rockwood Programs partners with Modern Insurance to form new subsidiary ...Rockwood Programs has partnered with Modern Insurance to establish a new subsidiary company named Modern Insurance Consultants, which will focus on its core expertise of errors and omissions insurance for insurance agents, insurance companies and miscellaneous professional liability classes.

N. Carolina Insurance Commissioner Denies Rate Increase For Auto Insurance...The North Carolina Rate Bureau filed for an increase in auto insurance rates early in 2008 according to Kristen Milam with the North Carolina Department of ...

Barney Frank Has Got Your Number...“Is your position that in this fiasco you are without fault?” Bond asks. “Or that you’re no more at fault than anybody else?” The congressman, his lips ...

HEARD YOU: Man sues ex-wife for putting recorder in toy...The plan backfired, however, when the judge presiding over child custody proceedings refused to hear the recordings. Sarpy County District Judge David Arterburn noted that under Nebraska law, at least one person in a conversation must consent to a recording.

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. raises insurance rates ...Rates at Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will rise by an average of 7 percent starting in April, but the increases in some ...

IRS agents soften heart for delinquent taxpayers... As the nation sinks deeper into recession, the IRS is offering to waive late penalties, negotiate new payment plans and postpone asset seizures for delinquent taxpayers who are financially strapped, but make a good-faith effort to settle their tax debts.

Oxendine has reservations on Georgia auto insurance option...Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is wary of a new state law that offers increased coverage in accidents involving an underinsured motorist. ...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Florida scream for Jews to 'go back in the oven'... Like many other protests of Israel's campaign in Gaza, this one ended badly — police had to cool an ugly fight between supporters of Israel and Gaza, breaking up the warring sides as their screaming and chanting threatened to turn into something worse.

Bicycle accident - insurance protection...This group of uninsured drivers cause (are at fault) for almost 50% of wrecks. The vast majority of people with low or no insurance coverage are, ...

New Georgia Laws Affect School Buses, Motorists...New state laws that are now in effect will bring changes from school bus routes to insurance rates. Among the new Georgia laws that took ...

  1. Minnesota sled dog race canceled -- because of too much snow... Here’s another entry for the annals of noteworthy winter weather: The dogsled race near Frazee, Minn., has been canceled because there’s too much snow.

. Louisiana Homeowners may get rebate on insurance...In return for the payments, companies had to agree to write policies for homeowners covered by the state-run Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. ...

• 1.4 pounds! SONY to launch world's lightest notebook PC... The new Sony Vaio PC will come with Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) Windows Vista operating system, supporting all the software programs found in full-sized notebooks, and sell for about $900, setting itself apart from Netbooks.

Alabama insurance regulators take action against Gulf Shores agency ...The Alabama Department of Insurance has begun disciplinary action against Pamela Wynona Schoen, saying that the owner of Starfish Insurance ...

Reid: 'I don't work for Obama'... Democrats must be “very, very careful” to avoid overreaching and will not rubber-stamp President-elect Obama’s policies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday.
 

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Rockwood Programs, Modern Insurance Create Errors & Omissions Firm...Rockwood Programs has partnered with Modern Insurance of Florida to establish a new subsidiary company named Modern Insurance Consultants, LLC that will ...

Widow sues Dillard House after husband dies...Nationwide Mutual’s suit said that its insurance policy with the Dillard House excludes coverage for defending suits seeking damages for bodily injury caused by fungi or bacteria.

Feds say inauguration attractive terrorist target... The upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is an attractive target for international and domestic terrorists, but U.S. intelligence officials have no information about specific threats to the Jan. 20 event.

Aon completes sale of Auto Insurance Specialists... Aon Corp., the world's largest insurance broker, said Tuesday it has completed the sale of Auto Insurance Specialists LLC to ...

Weather still not cooperating with Al Gore: 12 DEAD ACROSS EUROPE FROM LOW TEMPS... Freezing temperatures and exceptional snowfall caused travel delays Wednesday across Europe and were blamed for at least 12 deaths, including that of a man in Milan who was crushed when a canopy collapsed under the weight of snow.

Abacus Insurance Brokers Offers First-Ever Online Stunt Coverage...Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc., a Los Angeles-based program manager that distributes specialty insurance products online through ...

Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent...The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.

Florida Task Force Set to Vote on Citizens Insurance Reforms Today...The Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Mission Review Task Force has been asked to develop a report on changes -- statutory and operational-- needed to ...

 Judge arrests sheriff over jail food... A federal judge has ordered the arrest of an Alabama sheriff who was held in contempt of court for failing to adequately feed jail inmates while profiting from the skimpy meals.

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Victoria Insurance Co. Changes Name to Cranbrook Insurance...Cranbrook is incorporated in Texas with its headquarters in Farmington Hills, Mich., and is an AM Best A-, Class VII-rated property and casualty insurance ...

Liberalism = Genius? ...If there is a dreadfully overused word in the giddy countdown to the Obama inauguration, it is “smart.” Not just “smart,” but also its stronger cousins like “Brilliant” and “Genius.” These words have been offered shamelessly for nearly every person assigned a role by President-Elect Obama.

Carolina Contractors Endorce Swett & Crawford Stucco Insurance...
Swett & Crawford's Specialty Stucco Insurance Strategy (SSIS) was formulated in conjunction with Huckaby & Associates, a South Carolina-based independent ...

Ann Coulter: THIS IS THE DOWNER WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!...In fact, I think my book is the downer America has been waiting for! So herewith, I present an excerpt from the smash new book out this week, "Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America":

Citizens should hike insurance rates, task force says...Citizens has to file a rate case with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in July. Given that a double-digit rate hike was revoked when the rate ...

Things I Learned in 2008...Despite the cruel economic blows [of 2008], the generous spirit of Americans remains intact.

Study: Fla. recession to last until 2011... according to a report released Tuesday by the Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund. “Both the national and Florida economies are mired in the worst recession ...

Chicago schools spent $67,000 on... cappuccino machines!... Chicago public school bureaucrats skirted competitive bidding rules to buy 30 cappuccino/espresso machines for $67,000, with most of the machines going unused because the schools they were ordered for had not asked for them, according to a report by the CPS Office of Inspector General.

America's $1.2 Trillion Problem.. According to a report released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the U.S. federal deficit will reach $1.2 trillion in 2009--more than twice the figure last year. Unemployment will climb to 8.3% this year and top 9% in 2010.

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