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Nuclear Attack on Major City Probable, Experts Say
...Despite hosting the largest single gathering of world leaders in 60
years, President Barack Obama’s summit on nuclear proliferation
probably won’t change the horrible likelihood that terrorists
someday soon will obtain and explode a nuclear bomb in a major city,
experts assembled at the conference said.
St. James
Insurance Group Re-Enters
Commercial Lines, Appoints New SVP...He
expects St. James will be writing in Georgia sometime this year,
followed by North Carolina and Virginia in 2011 and 2012, as well as
other Mid-Atlantic ...
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Oxendine Rejects High-Risk Pool for
Georgia Uninsured...Georgia
Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said the state will not
participate in a federal program to establish high-risk pools for
the uninsured, ...
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States to have big say in how much
health care reform residents see...South
Carolina is among the states with a high-risk pool. But it's too
expensive for many people because the state allows the Department of
Insurance to ...
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BNC takes over
South Carolina bank...... FDIC's deposit insurance fund $130.3 million.
Beach First is the first South Carolina bank to fail since
1999, and the 42nd nationwide so far this year.
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Cuomo rejected Greenberg's settlement
offers: Lawyer...New York
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo rejected attempts to settle a lawsuit
against Maurice R. Greenberg, said a lawyer for the former American
International Group Inc. CEO.
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Property/casualty insurers report higher
profits...U.S.
property/casualty insurers' profits leapt to $28.3 billion in 2009
from $3 billion in 2008 as investment income soared and claims costs
declined, according to a report released Thursday.
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Health insurers shifting costs ahead of
law: Report...Some of the
largest U.S. health insurers are changing their accounting practices
to book administration costs as medical costs in an attempt to
circumvent new industry reforms, according to a U.S. Senate panel's
report released Thursday.
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Landmark
Mississippi Katrina 'Wind
v. Water' Case Settled Out of Court...The
Mississippi court ruling was significant because property insurance
is governed by state, not federal, law. The upcoming trial would
have applied the ...
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Louisiana
Agent Fined $5K; Accused of Forgery, Misrepresentation...Louisiana
insurance regulators served a West Monroe, La., agent with a
cease and desist order and $5000 fine notice for alleged
misappropriation, ...
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Nation's "Hot Spots" Revealed in
Ranking of State Car
Insurance Rates......
according to the insurance web site. In Louisiana, for example, jury
trials are rarely used, leading to expensive out-of-court
settlements. ...
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Georgia in top 10 for most expensive
car insurance...You
may think you car insurance premium is high now there's a new survey
to support that opinion. ...
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GA
Insurance Commissioner
Says No to First Step of Health Care Reform...Georgia
Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine wants to opt out of the first
step of President Barack Obama's new health care reform law. ...
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Jail Time for
Insurance Evaders? Yes, Said Fox
News...After
an audience member mentioned “the possibility of imprisonment” for
those who don't buy health insurance, Coburn told her, “The
intention is not to put ...
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Progressive Reports March Results...The
Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, in business since 1937, is
one of the country's largest auto insurance groups, the largest
seller of ...
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Allstate Seeking to Appoint 130
Agents in
Texas in 2010...Allstate
Insurance Company appointed 122 exclusive agents in Texas in 2009
and is seeking to appoint another 130 agents in the state in 2010.
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FOX NEWS CHANNEL "ON THE RECORD"
INTERVIEW WITH GEORGIA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
...There
is breaking news out of Georgia in the health-care war. Georgia's
state attorney general, a Democrat, has refused to follow a ...
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Insurers say cost of reforms will be
passed along to the insured...“That's
the nature of insurance.” Humana only has a small number of
commercial clients in South Carolina, but is still investigating how
its business may be ...
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Florida's
Northern Capital
Insurance to Be Liquidated...After
the deadline, liquidation claims will be covered by the Florida
Insurance Guaranty Association. The liquidation process, which
includes identifying ...
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Lieberman: Omitting 'Islamic' Terrorism From Security Document
Dishonest, 'Offensive'...Sen. Joe Lieberman slammed the Obama
administration Sunday for stripping terms like "Islamic extremism"
from a key national security document, calling the move dishonest,
wrong-headed and disrespectful to the majority of Muslims who are
not terrorists.
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Liz Cheney: Obama Putting America on Path to Decline...Liz
Cheney kicked off the Southern Republican Leadership Conference here
Thursday night with a direct and unapologetic speech attacking
President Obama for his health care push, intelligence posture and
foreign policy.
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Are Republicans losing their nerve on repeal?...Jim
DeMint of South Carolina and 15 co-sponsors followed suit with
similar legislation in the Senate. House Minority Leader John
Boehner declared:
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California
Company Unveils 200 MPG Electric Car...The
pre-production or "design intent" prototype is now on its way to
Michigan to compete for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X
PRIZE, where it will ...
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Paralysed by the volcano:...Gigantic
ash cloud engulfs skies and grounds EVERY plane in Britain - and it
could last for days
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Obama admin: Support of Israel to be
'balanced against other interests'...It
was just a phrase at the end of
President Obama’s
news conference on Tuesday, but it was a stark reminder of a
far-reaching shift in how the United States views the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how aggressively it might push for
a peace agreement.
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Foreclosure rates surge, biggest jump in
5 years...
A record number of U.S. homes were
lost to foreclosure in the first three months of this year, a sign
banks are starting to wade through the backlog of troubled home
loans at a faster pace, according to a new report.
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Cops race to help Empire State
'jumper'...
Police raced to the Empire State
Building yesterday after a frightened 911 caller saw what appeared
to be a person poised on the ledge, preparing to jump, according to
a published report.
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Global warming graph attacked by
study; 'Ice hockey stick' temperature rise slammed as
'exaggerated'...
A key piece of evidence in climate
change science was slammed as “exaggerated” on Wednesday by the
UK’s leading statistician, in a vindication of claims that
global warming sceptics have been making for years.
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THREESOME: EMBRYOS FROM DNA OF MAN, TWO
WOMEN...
UK scientists have
created "designer embryos" containing DNA from a man and TWO
women. The breakthrough gives hope of healthy children to
couples with genetic disorders in their families.
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Ex-NSA worker charged for leaking
classified info to unspecified newspaper...
A
former senior executive at the
National Security Agency
was charged Thursday with lying and obstruction of justice
in an investigation of leaks of classified information to a
newspaper.
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Photo released of Republican
Official Beaten Bloody in New Orleans...Allee
Butsch suffered a broken leg from the beatdown
outside to the SRLC dinner at Brennan’s Restaurant in New
Orleans. She had her leg operated on over the weekend and it
will take her months to recover. Her boyfriend
Joe Brown
suffered a broken nose, a broken jaw, and a concussion. They
were
attacked
after leaving the Southern Republican Leadership Conference
dinner at Brennan’s Restaurant.
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