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Islam's European Conquest —  Is America Next?... Britain’s Muslim demographic is now so dominant that the British government recently began to allow Islamic civil and religious law, known as Sharia, to be enforced along side British law. ... More

• White House targets insurers over healthcare premiums...The White House kept insurance companies squarely in its sights on Tuesday in the push for healthcare reform by ...

• Insurers are now Dems' foes...House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, branded health insurance companies "villains," and a key Democratic senator has asked the Centers for ...

• Florida Insurance Exchange Has Paid Lobbyist But No Policies...A struggling state-sponsored health insurance program in Florida is paying a lobbyist $5000 a month to work part-time while she is still listed as ...

• Aggressive Insurance Launches Aircraft Insurance Program ...Company Basing Aviation Policies On Auto Insurance Concepts.  Aggressive Insurance, an Irving, TX-based program administrator, launched its new aircraft insurance program Monday.  The company says it is acting on a strategy to bring 21st century technology and an advanced delivery system to a market segment that is demanding a fresh response to its producer and policyholders.  (see also www.aggressiveaviation.com)

White House report: FL premiums outpace wages by three times...In Florida, insurance premiums have risen 121 percent since 1999, while wages have increased only 43 percent — about three times as fast. ...

• Georgia has many homeowners in need of flood insurance...protection because basic home policies provide coverage only for damage claims from wind and fire, state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said. ...

• Census: 17.4% of SC residents were uninsured in 2008...As of last year 17.4% of South Carolina residents lacked health insurance, according to a new report from the US Census Bureau. That was above the national ...

• N.Y. broker transparency rule 'close to finished': Official...The New York State Insurance Department’s most recent draft of an agent and broker pay disclosure rule is unlikely to see more significant changes, a department official said Tuesday.

• Insurance claims soar in Atlanta metro area...Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has voiced concerns much of the damage from the days of bad weather may not be covered by insurance, ...

• Homeowners insurance ratings | Home Insurance...Top Consumer Reports Homeowners Insurance Group Ratings Posted by mcgeneral via Consumer Reports. PR Newswire: All Releases AMICA Mutual Group, USAA Group, and Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. Top Consumer Reports Homeowners Insurance ...

• Fl Ins Comm Orders 3 Unauthorized Companies to Cease and Desist...Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today announced that he has issued an Immediate Final Order to Peck & Peck Inc. (Peck & Peck), Green Cross Managed Health (Green Cross) and Depawix Health Resources Inc. (Depawix) to immediately cease and desist transacting the unauthorized marketing and selling of health insurance.

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• South Carolina flood insurance rates to rise...In 2007, the South Carolina General Assembly passed the Omnibus Coastal Property Insurance Reform Act, allowing homeowners to set up catastrophe savings ...

• Pace Airlines Owner Arrested by N.C. Department of Insurance Investigators ...Rodgers is charged with one count of willful failure to pay group health insurance premiums. Investigators allege that he knowingly terminated his employee group health insurance without providing the required 45-day notice to his 337 employees.

• NC Onsurance ratepayers on the hook for major storm...But NC Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin says it would take a Category 5 hurricane like Hazel, the likes of which North Carolina has not seen in more ...

Virginia property insurer raising rates 18% after chilly winter...By ifawebnews Staff A cold winter has lead to a Virginia Beach, Va.-based insurer heating up its rates for customers by 18%. The Virginia Property Insurance ...

• Facebook, Social Networking, and Insurance Fraud... Last week, Facebook received the praise of privacy advocates after successfully denying a subpoena request in a civil matter in Virginia. ...

• Rates for Texas coastal programs should be based on actual risks...Texas insurance regulators should establish the rates of state-backed coastal insurance programs based on actual risks to shore up funds for claim payouts, ...

• Ga. residents get crash course in flood insurance...Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said there were many residents who woke up to flooded living rooms who didn't have coverage. ...

• Atlanta Family Flees Flooded Home...Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue asked President Obama to declare 17 counties in his state a federal disaster area as flood waters start to recede today. ...

• Biden Says Tighter Regulation of Insurance Industry Is Critical to ...Far from destroying the profitability of health insurance companies, the new regulations envisioned by President Obama would enhance competition and choice ...

• South Carolina mayor bans all police chases...The mayor of Wilford says the idea is to protect the city from high insurance costs, because she says whenever there's a chase, an officer gets hurt. ...

• UK Paper: 'Obama the impotent: The disappointment is tangible'...Besides the ongoing battle over healthcare, this week sees two showdowns between Europe and the US that will reveal further slippage in American global leadership.

• Lawmaker who heckled Obama finds his apology accepted...House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, a Democrat from Wilson's home state of South Carolina, said he planned to push for a resolution expressing disapproval ...

FDIC considers borrowing from banks to replenish dwindling ...The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Regulators close 2 banks in Florida, marking 71 US bank failures this year. August 8th, 2009 Regulators close 2 banks in FloridaNEW YORK — Regulators on Friday shut down two banks in Florida, ...

• GAO report says FEMA doesn't monitor the National Flood Insurance ...Gene Taylor of Mississippi, who has been a leading voice in Congress on flood insurance issues, said the GAO report is yet another snapshot of how FEMA ...

• To avoid next financial crisis, let's regulate bankers' pay...AIG wrote many swaps without capital to back them up, and banks even wrote swaps on each other's mortgages - like two homeowners on a North Carolina beach ...

• Al-Qaida predicts Obama's fall by Muslim nation... Al-Qaida on Tuesday released a new 106-minute long video predicting President Barack Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world.

• Netanyahu: Iran regime 'weaker than people think'..."I'd like to believe that the international community understands that Iran has to be pressed strongly, there are ways of pressing this regime right now because it's weak," Netanyahu told CNN.

• Aggressive Insurance Launches Aircraft Insurance Program...Aggressive is initially introducing the program in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. It expects approvals in up to 40 states ...

• Khadafy booted from Camp Trump... The wandering Khadafy -- who arrived in New York City yesterday to a zero's welcome -- was sent packing when a building inspector ordered his henchmen to stop erecting the white tent because they didn't have a work permit.

• UN Climate Summit Leaves Large Carbon Footprint in NYC; 'Each foreign leader has a convoy of vehicles'... To hear world leaders and others addressing the United Nations Summit on Climate Change, the threat could not be more real and the need more urgent to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

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