Piracy
Insurance Is Still Available, At A Higher Price...He
said Sunday's rescue of the captain of the American-flagged
cargo ship Maersk Alabama by US Navy Seal
sharpshooters probably won't decrease piracy, ...
OPEC sees 'devastating contraction' in
oil demand...OPEC
again revised down its estimate for world crude demand on Wednesday,
saying a "devasting contraction" in consumption would keep prices
under pressure in the months ahead.
Sign of the times: A ban on cell phones
while driving?...According
to a study done by the University of Alabama, there were more than
2200 crashes in work zones in Alabama in 2007. Of those crashes,
there were 35 ...
Florida OIR Recovers $466K in Settlement
Over Conseco Business Practices...Florida
Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today announced that the Office
of Insurance Regulation (Office) has received $466,000 as Floridas
share of a multistate settlement agreement with Conseco Senior
Health Insurance Co. (Conseco Senior) and Bankers Life and Casualty
Insurance Co. (Bankers Life), over alleged inappropriate business
practices.
At-Fault
Drivers from Out of Town (Tampa, FL) To Be Billed for Collisions...The
insured will receive less compensation if the bill is paid by the
insurance company. Many local government agencies defend the idea by
saying that only ...
Michelin to shut US factory, cutting
1,000 jobs...The US
subsidiary of French tire maker Michelin said it will shut a US
plant in Alabama, where it employs 1,000 people, due to an
"unprecedented" slump in demand. Michelin North America...
Uninsured GA Flood Victims Not Happy:...More
than 100 South Georgia residents turned out to a town hall meeting
in Valdosta Tuesday morning. The meeting was hosted by Georgia
Insurance ...
Obama
plays nice with communist Cuba in landmark gesture...US
President Barack Obama has made a landmark gesture to communist
Cuba, lifting all curbs on travel and money transfers by
Cuban-Americans to the island for the first time in three
Micro Car Occupants at Risk For Serious
Injury in Crash...Recent
crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a
nonprofit group, have confirmed what a lot of people have been
thinking ...
FairTax supporters push plan to replace
federal income tax...John
Oxendine, Georgia's insurance commissioner, told the group that
supporters should push state by state for constitutional conventions
to amend the US ...
