Archive for March, 2009

Fraser foresees coastal homeowners paying 20 percent insurance - Austin American-Statesman
Sen. Troy Fraser this morning gave Senate colleagues their first look at his revised legislation to shore up the state’s catastrophe fund against windstorm disasters. Look for the revamp here after today’s Senate Business & Commerce Committee

A Lost Job Doesn’t Have To Mean Lost Health Insurance - NY1
1. Enable JavaScript. Learn how . 2. Install Adobe Flash. Install now . Then come back here and refresh the page. For many, losing a job does not only mean the loss of income, but also the loss of health insurance coverage. In the following Health

Walgreen offers newly unemployed free clinic trips - Reuters
CHICAGO, March 31 (Reuters) - Walgreen Co’s ( WAG.N ) Take Care health clinics are offering free visits for the rest of the year to those who lose their jobs and have no insurance. The offer, which comes more than a year into the recession that has

Newsletter Sign-up - Risk & Insurance Online
In this issue: Insurance risks of government meddling in GM and Chrysler; ERM’s double edge; Medicare muscles its way into settlements; Lloyd’s and IBM “claim” each other; London fears for insurers; risk management’s gender gap; Big Sky State widens

Pan-American Life Insurance Group Appoints Two Industry Veterans to - MSN MoneyCentral
NEW ORLEANS , March 31 /PRNewswire/ — Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG), a group of leading international insurance and reinsurance companies, announced today that Mr. John P. Foley has been named Vice President of Operations and Head of

Walgreens says walk-in clinics will offer free service to patients who - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Just wanted to respond to the comments about working hard and working 40 to 50 hours at jobs that you don’t like. I worked hard for 20 … read more plus years and yes, at times I didn’t like my job. But, I would be darn glad to have a job and some

Pa. suit targets mortgage disability insurance - WHP CBS21
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A western Pennsylvania couple is pursuing a class action suit against a Wisconsin company that offers insurance for credit union loans. The Beaver County couple say CUNA Mutual Insurance Society stopped disability coverage 10 years

AXA Equitable To Host Free Thought Leadership Program Aimed At - MSN MoneyCentral
Distinguished Moderator and Panelists Will Share Real-Time Insights During Interactive Program, ‘Retirement Crisis: Now What?’ NEW YORK , March 31 /PRNewswire/ — AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company announced today that it will host a free thought

Mass. AG, insurer reach settlement on policy plans - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and a North Carolina insurance company have reached a settlement barring the company from using what Coakley described as unfair ratings practices. Occidental Fire and Casualty Insurance

Foreclosures increase despite lender aid - MSN MoneyCentral
Home foreclosures are still rising across the country, even though lenders have helped an increasing number of mortgage borrowers to become current on payments and stay in their homes. In February, nearly 250,000 homeowners received either mortgage

The Wizard of Oz Campaign Gains Momentum With Lenders One Members - Consumer Electronics Net
The members of Lenders One Mortgage Cooperative , a national alliance of mortgage bankers, has launched a national promotional campaign featuring video, still images and audio from the film The Wizard of Oz , through a license agreement with Warner

US insured mortgage defaults dip in Feb. from Jan. - Reuters
NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - Defaults on privately insured U.S. mortgages fell nearly 16 percent in February from the month before but were still half again higher than a year earlier. The Mortgage Insurance Cos of America, or MICA, on Tuesday said

Foreclosures spike - so do mortgage-help plans - CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Lenders have helped an increasing number of mortgage borrowers to get current on payments and stay in their homes, but the tide of foreclosures is still rising. In February, nearly 250,000 homeowners received either

Mortgage regulations getting tougher in Pennsylvania - Public Opinion
New mortgage rules have been finalized in Pennsylvania as state officials try to prevent a repeat of some of the risky lending practices that led to the foreclosure crisis. The rules require mortgage companies to document a borrower’s ability to

State sets new mortgage rules - Evening Sun
New mortgage rules have been finalized in Pennsylvania as state officials try to prevent a repeat of some of the risky lending practices that led to the foreclosure crisis. The rules require mortgage companies to document a borrower’s ability to

No slowdown in India Post’s insurance business - New Kerala
By Venkatachari Jagannathan and Alkesh Sharma, Chennai/Chandigarh, March 31 : Officials at the India Post Insurance Directorate, the insurance arm of India Post, are upbeat about business prospects, while the rest of the industry is struggling to

Mich. auto insurance to rise in July - Lansing State Journal
Michigan motorists will pay $20.31 more this year to a fund helping support seriously injured accident victims. The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association on Monday raised the annual assessment to $124.89 per vehicle. The assessment is passed on

Fortis outlines insurance future after $37 bln loss - Reuters - Guardian Unlimited
BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) - Fortis NV outlined its future as a viable insurance group on Tuesday after plunging to a 28 billion euro ($37 billion) loss in 2008 due to writedowns on the carve-out of its banking activities. The stricken Belgian

CoRR now taking insurance for recovery programs - Union
One more hurdle has been knocked down in Nevada County’s battle with drug and alcohol addiction. The nonprofit Community Recovery Resources (CoRR) of Nevada County is now taking private insurance to pay for the drug and alcohol rehabilitation

Zuma makes health insurance a priority - Cape Argus
Johannesburg - The ANC plans to introduce national health insurance in its next term in government, party president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. “The NEC [National Executive Committee] set up a sub committee to work on this plan and even costed it

WeatherBill Offers White Label Platform to Weather Insurance & Weather - Biloxi Sun Herald
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ — WeatherBill (www.weatherbill.com), announced today the release of WeatherBill White Label, a complete technology solution that powers branded third party weather insurance and weather derivative programs with a

UPDATE 1-Fortis plunges to 28 bln euro 2008 loss on banking - Forbes
BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) - Stricken financial group Fortis plunged to a mammoth 28.0 billion euro ($37 billion) loss in 2008 due to huge negatives from banking activities stripped out by the Belgian and Dutch states. The group, pulled apart in a

If You Go - Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
What: Taste of Home Cooking School Made Easy. When: Tuesday, April 28. Doors open at 3 p.m. for booth show with more than 25 vendors. The cooking school begins at 6:30 p.m. Where: Ramada Inn Convention Center, 205 S. Barstow St. Admission: $12 for

Healthy fried chicken from the oven, not drivethru - NWITimes.com
Popcorn chicken is a perfect snack — crunchy, bite-sized and seriously addictive. Too bad it’s deep fried, or you could eat it all the time. Actually, you can. You just need to lose all the grease and saturated fat. The key to this crunchy munchy

Which category of cook are you? - Herald Tribune
In this economic climate, more and more people are making their own meals from scratch. Food & Wine magazine says home cooking is the hottest food trend of 2009, and the market-research firm Information Resources says supermarket shoppers are cooking

Internet Food Sites Booming Due to Economy’s Impact on Cooking and - Newswiretoday.com
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Los Angeles, CA, United States, 03/30/2009 - The growing popularity of food sites is more than double the rate of total Internet growth in the US . It’s impossible not to notice that restaurants are less crowded in

E-mail this story - News-Courier
Ann Crutcher, a member of the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives, comes in regularly to the museum to explain to tour groups about World War II victory gardens and cooking during rationing of ingredients during wartime. She said the wood stove in

North Jersey cooking classes - NorthJersey.com
A selection of North Jersey cooking classes. All classes require advance registration. To submit classes for future listings, e-mail pitcher@northjersey.com. * BUNNY HOUSES: A hands-on class for ages 3 to 10; 1, 4 and 7 p.m. April 6 to 10 at Chef

David Broder: Congress keeps cooking U.S. budget books - Billings Gazette
WASHINGTON - With a bit of bookkeeping legerdemain borrowed from the Bush administration, the Democratic Congress is about to perform a cover-up on the most serious threat to America’s economic future. That threat is not the severe recession, tough

Luther student third in Art Institute cooking competition - La Crosse Tribune
A Luther High School student recently returned from a cooking competition at the Art Institute of Minnesota with a third-place finish. Jessica Cross, 18, of Caledonia, Minn., was among 10 high school seniors selected to prepare a shrimp cocktail

Internet Food Sites Booming Due to Economy’s Impact on Cooking and - Newswiretoday.com
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Los Angeles, CA, United States, 03/30/2009 - The growing popularity of food sites is more than double the rate of total Internet growth in the US . It’s impossible not to notice that restaurants are less crowded in

Pot roast good for hearty, comfort food - Carroll County Times
This week’s snow was a clear reminder that March is not the bearer of spring that I always want it to be. As I sat at home Monday, watching my pants dry out from when I shoveled the sidewalk, all I could think about was warm, hearty comfort foods

Cooking up a career - Daily Herald Tribune
While some may beg to differ, don’t tell students from local high schools that cooking has become a lost art form. On Friday, 14 students from Grades 10-12, from Grande Prairie Composite high school, Beaverlodge Regional high school, and Peace

Breaking tradition: Leg of lamb provides dinner twist - Carroll County Online
Spring fever continues, though taking some time Sunday to weed a small garden bed and plant my lettuce and onion seeds was greatly therapeutic. It may be a little cold yet to plant seeds outdoors, and we’re clearly still in danger of frost, but I

Beef meals perfect for warm weather - Carroll County Online
That taste of 70-degree weather this weekend was tantalizing. A week ago you could smell smoke from wood stoves in the air; Sunday you could smell the smoke coming from grills. What better time to look at beef recipes? I know beef isn’t as “in

Time to get ready - Baytown Sun
Even though weather researchers are predicting a slower hurricane season this year, with less storms making landfall, we in this area know that predictions aren’t always as accurate as we’d like them to be. Of course, the most important storm

Two Norfolk eateries sell everything - even kitchen sink - HamptonRoads.com
What began as an ambitious vision for a local culinary empire will end today with the sale of an enormous collection of cooking equipment, high-end tableware and elaborate decorations from two of the region’s most renowned restaurants. Auctioneer

Fannie, Freddie May Aid Mortgage Banks - Street.Com
Fannie Mae ( FNM Quote - Cramer on FNM - Stock Picks ) and Freddie Mac ( FRE Quote - Cramer on FRE - Stock Picks ) may take on an additional role in the housing market by providing money to cash-strapped mortgage banks, according to a news report

U.S. looks for ways to free up mortgage finance - Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. officials are considering ways the government could step in to ensure small mortgage lenders have the financing they need to extend loans now that their credit lines with big banks have dried up. At issue are the

U.S. looks for ways to free up mortgage finance - Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. officials are considering ways the government could step in to ensure small mortgage lenders have the financing they need to extend loans now that their credit lines with big banks have dried up. At issue are the

PCLender.com Announces New Eastern Regional Sales Manager - Consumer Electronics Net
PCLender.com, a web-based, enterprise mortgage lending systems provider, announced they have hired Bruce Karda as Eastern Regional Sales Manager. Karda will be responsible for new customer acquisition and business development in the Eastern United

Foreclosures spike - so do mortgage-help plans - CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Lenders have helped an increasing number of mortgage borrowers to get current on payments and stay in their homes, but the tide of foreclosures is still rising. In February, nearly 250,000 homeowners received either

Surprise mortgage approvals jump - BBC Business
Mortgage approvals for house purchases in Britain rose more than expected in February, according to official figures from the Bank of England. There were 38,000 approvals in the month, up from 32,000 in January. There was also the biggest net

Mortgage Defaults, Delinquencies Rise - Wall Street Journal
Defaults on home mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration in February increased from a year earlier. A spokesman for the FHA said 7.5% of FHA loans were “seriously delinquent” at the end of February, up from 6.2% a year earlier

BoE offers to buy 153 mln stg of corporate bonds - Forbes
LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - The Bank of England offered on Monday to buy a total 153 million pounds ($217 million) of corporate bonds at its Tuesday operation, which takes place between 1000 GMT and 1100 GMT. On Friday the BoE bought 14.21 million

ARTS & CRAFTS 2:25 p.m. - Free ukulele and Chamorro cooking classes - Guam Pacific Daily News
2:25 p.m. - Historic Inalahan Foundation is offering free Chamorro cooking classes and ukulele workshops for youths ages 12 to 20. Cooking classes will be held from 9 a.m. to noon each Saturday and ukulele classes will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m

Chopping Block gets Chopped - The Celebrity Cafe.com
NBC’s latest TV show is being cut after three weeks. Most of America is fascinated with cooking shows, but apparently not enough to keep a few on air. The recently debuted Chopping Block on NBC has been cancelled, according to TheFeed.com. The

Record number attends home show - Independent Record
IR photo by Alana Listoe - Mike Hiel, owner of GardenWerks, talks with Dorthy Debus of Helena about hoping for spring at the 16th annual HBIA Builders Home Show at the Lewis and Clark Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon. Elaine Marcille says the economy

Spring grill cleaning tips - Staten Island Advance
Now is a good time to give the outdoor grill a spring cleaning and safety check. Collect your supplies of a brass wire brush, small pan filled with hot water, dish soap or other cleaning product, venturi brush, 1/16 drill bit, replacement grease cups

Rise of the local heroes with an appetite for real home cooking - yorkshirepost
Chris Benfield reports on a new trend in political consumerism. It took farmers a while to see organic food as an opportunity rather than a challenge. Are they better prepared for the locavores? According to the Canadians who invented the term, true

Slow cookers allow you to come home to a hot meal - Lansing State Journal
If you haven’t touched a Crock-Pot since the “70s, look again at the latest small appliances that simmer dinner while you’re managing a project at work, roast meats as your family tackles spring cleaning, or steam rice while you haul the kids to

Manitowoc selling ice business for $160M - Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
The $160 million sale is part of a deal with regulators in order to purchase British cooking equipment supplier Enodis. MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Manitowoc Co., which manufactures cranes and foodservice equipment, has agreed to sell its ice-making

Lighten up before Pessah - Jerusalem Post
During the days preceding Pessah, preparing lighter, healthier meals is on many cooks’ minds, to help prevent the almost inevitable holiday weight gain. It’s common knowledge that the best way to make menus more nutritious is to eat a higher

Cooking for a cause - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Bartender Manny Solorzano pours a mimosa during a benefit for the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum at Hula’s Island Grill on Sunday To help keep the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum open, Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room raised $800 for the local landmark while

Barclays to turn down government insurance - Independent
Barclays , the UK ’s third- biggest bank, plans to reject government asset insurance after financial regulators said the lender didn’t need additional capital, a source revealed. London -based Barclays will inform the treasury of its decision by the

Senate Finance Chair Points Finger at ‘Wild-West” Insurance Market - CNS News
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. (AP photo) Washington (CNSNews.com) – The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Friday that the nation’s health-care “crisis” is the fault of medical

Dr. Gott: Illness must be treated, even without insurance - Northwest Herald
Dear Dr. Gott: My son, who is in his late 50s, had perfect health all his life. Now, suddenly, he has developed what his doctors call “pancreatitis.” He has no health insurance and waited a long time before seeing a doctor. He was told that he

Northern Ireland paying hundreds more for insurance than the rest of - Belfast Telegraph
Consumers in Northern Ireland are being ripped off by having to pay hundreds of pounds more for insurance than the rest of the UK, according to new |research. The Consumer Council said Northern Ireland households on average shell out almost £300

Wilson opposed Obama’s veterans’ insurance plan - Review
LISBON - U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson was among legislators who opposed President Obama’s now-abandoned plan to require military veterans’ private insurance companies to pay for treatment of combat-related injuries. On March 18, Obama dropped the idea

Steven Wagner: Health insurance coverage: Some things you need to know - El Paso Times
Having health insurance does not always guarantee a visit with the doctor of your choice. Many individuals are surprised — and sometimes angered — to find out that a specific doctor or facility is not covered by their health insurance plan. At that

State Farm Insurance - The Ledger
Re: State Farm Insurance Co., in 1964 I financed my first car through State Farm and have had insurance coverage it them since that time. In 1968, while traveling through Rome, Ga., on a rainy Sunday afternoon at about 4 p.m., our automobile was

Is your genuine insurance claim in repudiation, cry out? - Businessday Online
Not much complaint  is heard these days about insurance companies not paying their claims to the insured after loss has occurred. Thanks to the reform in the industry which has increased the capacity of operating companies with bigger capital and

Few in flood zone have insurance - KARE
MOORHEAD, Minn. — As the Red River crept within view of their backyard this past week, Denette and Billy Narum had an extra incentive to pray their sandbags held. Like most people in the path of potential floods, they have no flood insurance. Fewer

LAXMI’S VEGETARIAN KITCHEN - Indolink
Laxmi Hiremath is no stranger to the culinary scene in Northern California. Her articles and recipes are featured regularly in the food pages of the San Francisco Chronicle, and her monthly column in India Currents is widely read within the South

Netanyahu Cooking Up New Items to Stuff Expanded Cabinet - Arutz Sheva
(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu is splitting up current Cabinet ministries and coming up with new ones to meet demands of coalition partners and his own Likud party. He has justified the additional cost by arguing that the

Larionov stars for Penguins - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Hockey royalty has a way of reaching Pittsburgh. Names such as Coffey, Lemieux, Trottier, Brooks, Patrick and “Badger” Bob Johnson have called Mellon Arena home over the past 18 years. Amazingly, 10 men connected with the team during that time have

At ‘thank you’ lunch: Taos students display culinary skills - Taos News
When Taos High School culinary arts instructor Benjie Apodaca invited me to a March 18 luncheon, I followed the maxim: “Never turn down free food.” See the photo gallery. Apodaca’s students were busily preparing for three separate events

Cooking as Sport - Flathead Beacon
Here is a list of the cooking competitions currently – or recently – airing on broadcast and cable television, not necessarily in order of quality: “Iron Chef,” “Iron Chef America,” “Chopped,” “The Chopping Block,” “Hell’s

Cooking Gets Comfortable - Boston Globe
They say the kitchen is the heart of a home. But for Peggy Testa and her husband, Steven, who runs his family’s demolition company, the kitchen of their Lynnfield home had always been just a place to cook. That is, until they met interior designer

Things to do the week of March 5 - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Cooking Series/children: Calling all junior chefs ages 7-13. Diane Ziegler-Hoffman and the Boca Raton Community Center will host a hands-on Junior Chefs Cooking Class . Sessions run 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 5, 12, 19, 26 and April 2 and 16 at the

Cruising for home deals - Cape Cod Times
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Here at the epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, an ebullient Marc Joseph bounces off a pontoon boat onto a dock behind a lovely waterfront home — it was recently vacated when its former inhabitants couldn’t pay the

Ask AP: Pitched baseball speeds, grocery prices - Associated Press
When fuel prices went way up last year, grocery prices did too, in part because it was more expensive to get the stuff from point A to point B. So why didn’t the recent plummet in fuel prices make groceries cheaper again? That’s one of the questions

Ridgewood man arrested for allegedly impersonating his father-in-law - Newark Star-Ledger
Bergen County Prosecuter’s Office Jerome Singer, 68, was arrested on charges of identity theft and criminal impersonation. He faked the identity of his father-in-law to open up credit cards and apply for a mortgage. A 68-year-old Ridgewood car

Sub-prime mortgage lender’s bondholders set to lose £650m - The Independent
Bondholders in Cattles, the embattled sub-prime lender, could end up losing more than £650m that they are owed by the business. The West Yorkshire-based company has struggled following allegations of financial irregularities that have resulted in

Low ‘teaser’ mortgage rates entice, but beware - Salt Lake Tribune
The low “teaser” mortgage rates are back. But should home buyers take advantage of them? At the height of the real estate boom, builders peddled adjustable-rate mortgages with low teaser rates as a way to reel in potential buyers struggling to afford

After cuts to 401(k), they’re eyeing early mortgage payoff - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Chris Farrell: Fed plan gives a stimulus to refinancing or buying a home Chris Farrell: There’s no escaping the trade-off between risk and return Chris Farrell: Does borrowing for a new car makes good economic sense? Chris Farrell: Green investments

Paying down the mortgage, and worrying about inflation - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Actually, if the government doesn’t handle this mess just right, Fred and I will be growing our hair and sideburns long and breaking out the old disco records. After recession, we’ll see stagflation — a stagnant economy and inflation. It will be

Versatile foods: Add veggies to pasta dishes for balanced meals - Carroll County Times
This month we’ve been studying pasta, and after poring over dozens of pasta recipes each week, I must say, pasta truly is a versatile food and a good foundation for so many meals. Sometimes I get in a rut of eating ingredients instead of meals. I

Madagascar: Police break up demonstration - WTOP Radio
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Police in Madagascar’s capital broke up an opposition demonstration by shooting into the air and using tear gas Saturday, Hospital officials said 34 people were injured. The demonstrators, supporters of Madagascar’s

Wave of pint-sized chefs, food critics seems distasteful - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Here’s a trend you may want to send to bed without dinner: the phenomenon of kiddie chefs and food critics. In a provocative piece in Slate, Regina Schrambling recently cuisinarted this trend. Consider 5-year-old Julian Kreusser, who has his own

Online cooking show brings families together for meals - WKYC
WESTLAKE — An online cooking show encourages parents and kids to get into the kitchen and start cooking together. It’s called Kitchen Kids and its the creative idea of two Westlake mothers, Annie and Cynthia. Both are also teachers in Westlake. They

John Besh cooks up pasta and talks up his new cookbook for Tennessee - New Orleans Times-Picayune Blogs
Chef John Besh blended the old and the new during his cooking demonstration “John Besh: Dining with the Seasons” on Saturday, March 28, at the Tennessee Williams Festival. Flanked by five of George Rodrigue’s oversized blue dog paintings and two

Pot roast good for hearty, comfort food - Carroll County Times
This week’s snow was a clear reminder that March is not the bearer of spring that I always want it to be. As I sat at home Monday, watching my pants dry out from when I shoveled the sidewalk, all I could think about was warm, hearty comfort foods

Customers who take DNA tests could get cheaper health insurance even - Daily Mail
Customers who take personal DNA scans could receive cheaper medical insurance Customers who take personal DNA scans could receive cheaper medical insurance even if they don’t reveal the results, according to a senior industry executive. Norwich Union

Gowell joins insurance group - Sun-Journal
SOUTH PORTLAND - Larry Gowell, a resident of Auburn, recently joined the South Portland branch of Futurity First Insurance Group as an insurance agent. The branch office is located at 707 Sable Oaks Drive, Suite 330, South Portland. A graduate of

Senator tackles out-of-network insurance issue - USA Today
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is tackling the issue of higher rates under health insurance plans for visits to out-of-network doctors. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever wonder how that bill was calculated if you had to pay to see a doctor outside your

How to Confirm FDIC or NCUA Insurance - Consumerist.com
More and more local banks are turning to the internet to entice deposits, offering high yields and favorable loans terms. But how do you know if a bank is legit? Ask the FDIC . To recap, FDIC insurance covers bank and NCUA insurance covers credit

Want a big tax break? Here’s how you can get it - Houma Courier
HOUMA — Tax breaks and insurance rebates are available to Terrebonne and Lafourche parish residents as they file their 2008 state tax returns. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is traveling the state this month on his so-called “Tax Tour

Top Catastrophic Injury Attorneys Talk Trial Strategy, Settlement and - Earthtimes
PHILADELPHIA , March 28 — Trial strategy, deciding whether to litigate or settle, insurance coverage issues, case valuation — attorneys involved in catastrophic injury litigation know that how they handle these critical issues can make or break

Significant Developments: Insurance - Life & Health - Reuters
Aspis Liberty Life Insurance Pub. Co Ltd announced that it has completed the merger by absorption of its subsidiary, Aspis Pronoia Insurance Company Ltd. Conseco, Inc. Announces Plan To Transfer Conseco Senior Health Insurance Company To Independent

Economy blamed for jump in arson cases - Grand Rapids Press
GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — Confirmed arsons and suspicious fires continue to plague local communities as investigators and insurance industry advocates say the economy has more people torching property to collect insurance. “With the economy the way

Low ‘teaser’ mortgage rates entice, but beware - Salt Lake Tribune
The low “teaser” mortgage rates are back. But should home buyers take advantage of them? At the height of the real estate boom, builders peddled adjustable-rate mortgages with low teaser rates as a way to reel in potential buyers struggling to afford

Low mortgage rates spur rush to refinance, buy homes - Poughkeepsie Journal
Tumbling interest rates are setting off a mortgage-refinancing scramble among homeowners and pulling undecided buyers into the market. Loan terms for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to 4.63 percent from 4.89 percent for the week ending March 20

Ask a journalist: baseball pitching speeds, grocery prices, mortgage - Syracuse Post-Standard
Charlie Riedel / The Associated Press, 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays scout Mike Cubbage uses a radar gun to read the speed of a pitch during a spring training baseball game in Jupiter, Fla. Here’s the latest edition of “Ask AP,” a weekly Q&A column where

Costs fear as Abbey cuts its mortgage solicitors - yorkshirepost
Homebuyers taking out a mortgage with Abbey could face additional charges after the group reduced the number of solicitors it allows to carry out work on its behalf. Abbey has knocked around 6,000 local solicitors off its residential mortgage

In Florida, selling waterfront foreclosures from a pontoon boat - Buffalo News
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Here at the epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, an ebullient Marc Joseph bounces off a pontoon boat onto a dock behind a lovely waterfront home — it was recently vacated when its former inhabitants couldn’t pay the

Company to Help Educate the Public on Options in Dealing with their - PR Inside
2009-03-28 10:24:32 - Loan Deal is organizing a series of seminars to educate distressed homeowners about there option to avail loan modifications to prevent there home from foreclosure. Loan Deal Inc. announced today its series of public seminars on

Gilbert, Hall altercation at hotel is investigated - Detroit Free Press
The altercation between Gilbert, who also owns the Cleveland Cavaliers, and David Hall, a former vice president of Rock Financial, a part of Quicken, occurred around 10 p.m. March 21 during a bar mitzvah attended by about 300 people at the Townsend

AG charges Midvale business owners with mortgage fraud - ksl.com
Brendon’s success is because of his commitment to ethical, professional mortgage business practices. Brendon has implemented one of the best compliance and quality control departments in the industry. Brendon has always welcomed audits or other state

Mortgage protection in case times get tough - Seattle Times
Gail Hillebrand, senior attorney for Consumers Union, a national consumer-advocacy group, recommends taking these steps before signing up for a layoff-protection plan: • Read the fine print. • Make sure you will be covered. • Find out exactly

Mortgage rates fall to record low - The Columbus Dispatch
WASHINGTON — Rates on 30-year mortgages fell this week to the lowest level on record after the Federal Reserve launched a new effort to assist the staggering U.S. housing market. On Wall Street yesterday, better-than-expected earnings from big

Falling mortgage rates spur surge in Sacramento refinancing - Sacramento Bee
Sacramento-area mortgage lenders reported high call volumes this week, as mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels since 1971, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. The government-owned supplier of U.S. mortgage capital said Thursday that rates

Mortgage originator faces jail for tax evasion - Mercury
READING – A mortgage originator from Pottstown faces jail time and home confinement after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion charges in connection with failing to pay more than $197,000 in personal income taxes. George J. Fleig III, 63, of

Employees see mortgage cover pulled - Financial Times
A large insurer has been accused of “outrageous” behaviour after cancelling mortgage insurance policies held by at least 70 customers as unemployment rises. Hitachi Capital Insurance, part of the Hitachi Capital group, recently wrote to customers

Freddie Mac sees mortgage rates near bottom - USA Today
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The head of mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Friday that home loan rates are near their bottom and any further decreases will be small. John Koskinen, the interim chief executive of Freddie Mac, spoke after leaving a

Post Properties Completes the Refinancing of its 2009 Scheduled Debt - Earthtimes
ATLANTA - (Business Wire) Post Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PPS), an Atlanta-based real estate investment trust, today announced the closing of a mortgage loan with PNC ARCS, LLC, pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) loan

Tamach faces fourth foreclosure lawsuit - MSN MoneyCentral
The head of Coral Gables-based Tamach Group faces his fourth foreclosure lawsuit since December. While many residential developers have been hit with foreclosures against multiple projects in South Florida, Tamach is among the first commercial real

ConAgra 3Q profit down, adjusted results beat view - Forbes
Higher prices and shoppers cooking more meals at home helped ConAgra Foods Inc. post higher sales Thursday, even as the maker of Healthy Choice entrees and Peter Pan peanut butter saw quarterly profit drop because of the sale of a business. The Omaha

Toilet cooking goes awry in prison - Houston Chronicle
CLALLAM BAY, Wash. — An inmate’s attempt to heat up sausages in his toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced a unit evacuation at a Washington prison. Clallam Bay Corrections Center spokeswoman Denise Larson says 130 inmates were

CASC Chili Cooking Contest proceeds - Poteau Daily News & Sun
Gary Ivey, Administrative Assistant to the President at Carl Albert State College, accepts a $2,000 check from Mishelle Dye, Human Resources Director at Walmart, and Brian Wallace, Walmart Manager. The money is a matching grant which Walmart supplies

Kill Your Microwave, I Dare Ya - Huffingtonpost.com
I grew up in the golden era of the microwave (an era you might call the ’80s but which I myself call “middle school’). People were momentarily so excited about ye olde heating box, they were buying cookbooks about how you could cook everything in the

The return of Home Economics - Marketwatch
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — The series “Depression Cooking with Clara” has become something of an Internet sensation, as Americans pinch pennies at home. In the videos, 93-year-old Clara Cannucciari demonstrates how to make meager meals she enjoyed as a

Taste of Home Cooking School set - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
The Taste of Home Cooking School, featuring culinary specialist Mary Janice Reisdorf, takes place today at the Grand River Center, 500 Bell St. Hosted by the Telegraph Herald and sponsored by Hy-Vee and Ellis Appliance, the event will include several

Five home trends for 2010 - Marketwatch
The live-in kitchen. Consumers spend three to four hours in the kitchen every day, not only cooking there but using it as a place to entertain, work, craft and spend leisure time, Mirabile said. The kitchen is being reinvented as a second living room

Prison smoke traced to inmate cooking in toilet - Seattle Times
CLALLAM BAY — An inmate hankering for hot sausage got in hot water when the cooking fire he set in his toilet forced the evacuation of a prison wing. Clallam Bay Corrections Center spokeswoman Denise Larson says smoke was spotted about 9:25 p.m

Serving the underserved - North Channel Sun
Last summer, the classroom was nearly empty, but one year later, even the waiting list is full. The series of adult educational programs provided by the North Pasadena Community Outreach Center (NPCO) had an initial slow start, but the response has