Does your homeowners insurance cover earthquakes?
KTRE
By Samantha Jordan - bio | email Since earthquakes in East Texas are so far and few, insurance agents say most Texans don't have earthquake insurance. They say the standard Texas policy does cover fire, wind storms, lightning and hurricanes.

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Now the Health Care Lobbying Really Begins
Forbes
I also ran the Washington, DC-based Council for Affordable Health Insurance for nearly nine years. While I cover a range of political, economic and policy areas, I specialize in health policy. Prior to joining the think tanks, I taught philosophy and ...

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2nd Man Pleads Guilty in Houston in New York Tour Boat Insurance Case
Insurance Journal
Heritage was controlled by a fugitive in Barbados through another St. Vincent entity called Tri-Continental Exchange Ltd. Benton admitted knowing that GPOA was not licensed or authorized to sell insurance in Texas, that Heritage did not have the ...
Insurance scam nets guilty pleaGlens Falls Post-Star

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New wave of insurance lawsuits strikes Jefferson County
Southeast Texas Record
In the last three months, Solis & Smith has filed approximately 40 lawsuits on behalf of Southeast Texans alleging their insurance provider denied claims for damages caused by wind and hail storms. While most Ike suits name the Texas Windstorm ...

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Court rebukes Pa. insurance regulator for Penn Treaty liquidation plan
IFAwebnews.com
based companies, Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Co. and its subsidiary, American Network Insurance Co. Both companies are subsidiaries of Penn Treaty American Corp. of Frisco, Texas. In its ruling, the court took issue with the PID's handling of ...
Court Rejects Penn Treaty LiquidationInsurance News Net (press release)
Philly Deals: Pa. judge sides with pair of troubled insurersPhiladelphia Inquirer
Court Blocks Liquidation of Penn TreatyLifeHealthPro

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House Tentatively OKs Medicaid Fiscal Reform Bill
Texas Tribune
The largest cost-saving measure in the bill would save $290 million by expanding managed care coverage — ie pay state selected insurance providers to manage the health care of Medicaid clients — to the Rio Grande Valley. Many urban areas in Texas, ...
My five centsJacksonville Daily Progress

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Offshore Insurance Operator Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy
Insurance News Net (press release)
Heritage was controlled by a fugitive in Barbados through another St. Vincent entity called Tri-Continental Exchange, Ltd. Benton admitted knowing that GPOA was not licensed or authorized to sell insurance in Texas , that Heritage did not have the ...

Shenandoah Life out of receivership
Roanoke Times
Now, a group of investors led by a former Texas insurance commissioner have bought Shenandoah and deposited $60 million in its accounts on the belief that the once-profitable company can return to normal operations. The purchaser was United Prosperity ...
Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. Successfully Exits ReceivershipMarketWatch (press release)
Shenandoah Insurance Comes Out Of ReceivershipFinancial Advisor Magazine
Roanoke business mainstay Shenandoah Life emerges from state control with new ...Insurance News Net (press release)

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Inside insurance: What happened in 365 days
Savannah Morning News
In total, 358 tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service in 21 states from Texas to New York and even isolated tornadoes in Canada. Widespread and destructive tornadoes occurred on each day of the outbreak, and April 27 was among the most ...

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Wheat Damage Claims in Kansas May Signal Worse US Harvest Than Forecast
Bloomberg
The National Weather Service estimates rainfall in the past two months was less than half of normal in much of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, where insurance adjuster David Reed said he's had 300 farmer claims for drought damage in his area this season, ...

Texas Association of Health Underwriters Says June 1 Rebate Predictions ...
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By Rodger Roeser Dallas, TX—April 30, 2012—With the June 1 deadline for insurance rebate filings quickly approaching, a Kaiser Family Foundation report of projected rebates has reignited debate regarding Health Care Reform and current medical loss ...
Insurers Expected to Refund $1.3 Billion To 15.8 Million Enrollees Under ...Bloomberg BNA
Millions expected to receive health insurance rebatesSan Antonio Express
TAHU: PPACA MLR Rebates Show Plan Costs Not the ProblemLifeHealthPro
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Bastrop County faces another wildfire
Austin American-Statesman
As of last week, homeowners had filed 1500 insurance claims, with an estimate of $250 million in insured losses. About 10 percent of the homeowners were uninsured, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. On Tuesday, many people in Bastrop County ...

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Rays 5, Rangers 2
Chicago Tribune
Josh Hamilton gave Texas an early lead with a first-inning RBI single, but the Rays answered with three runs in the second against Derek Holland (2-2). Jeff Keppinger singled in a run to start the surge, later scoring on a Luke Scott double.
Rapid Reaction: Tampa Bay 5, Rangers 2ESPN (blog)
Tampa Bay Rays beat Texas Rangers 5-2, remain tied for firstTampabay.com
Recap: Texas vs. Tampa BayKansas City Star

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SEC says decision near on Stanford coverage
Houston Chronicle
Carlo di Florio, the SEC inspections chief, testifies about possible federal brokerage insurance in the Stanford case. WASHINGTON — Investors in R. Allen Stanford's alleged $7 billion Ponzi scheme should know "within the next few ...
SEC to Release Finding on Stanford Clients' SIPC EligibilityBloomberg
Stanford Financial investors may be able to recoup some lossesSan Antonio Express
Ketchum on monitoring Stanford: Finra could have done betterInvestmentNews

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Everyone profits off force-placed insurance, except homeowner
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Meanwhile, Stevenson, the self-described fighter, did what she said: She complained about her loan company, Ocwen Loan Servicing, to the Texas Insurance Department. But the department, like many state regulators, can't, under current law, ...

Reform equals rebates in Texas
San Antonio Express
By David Hendricks Texans with health care insurance and Texas employers who pay all or part of their employees' health care insurance premiums will receive the highest amount of rebates from insurance companies this year under a little-known provision ...
Texans to benefit most from health insurer rebatesFort Worth Star Telegram
Texas tops health insurance rebate list, according to studyPegasus News
Health insurance rebates top $1BBryan College Station Eagle
BusinessWeek& -New York Times (blog)
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