Insurance fraud booms during recession; Short-term...
"The sour economy is producing a bumper crop of cash-strapped consumers, business owners and shady agents who're fueling a wave of insurance fraud that's keeping regulators and law enforcement officials busy from coast to coast," McClatchy reports. "Whether it's worthless health plans peddled by ...
Obama's health care 'reform' illusion tells us wha...
The miseducation has ... policies (lax lending standards, puny down payments, hefty housing subsidies) helped cause the financial crisis. The same thing is happening with health care. The appeal of universal insurance — who, by the way, wants to be ...

Catlin Arctic Survey 2010 Explorers Begin Sea Ice ...
A team of veteran polar explorers on Sunday began a 500-kilometer [312 mile] trek across the floating sea ice of the Arctic Ocean as part of the Catlin Arctic Survey 2010, an international ...
Calif. Low Cost Auto Insurance Program Participati...
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that in February, the California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program (CLCA) saw the highest number of enrollees in any one month during the ...

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