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Ontarians pay highest car insurance in Canada
Ontario drivers pay significantly more for auto insurance than other Canadians, in part because the average cost of accident injury claims is five times higher than in other provinces, auditor general Jim McCarter reported
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Owners killing their pets for insurance cash
Callous pet owners are maiming and even killing their animals to claim insurance payouts, it has been revealed. Figures show fake compensation claims totalled almost £2 million last year, nearly four times more than
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Howell Resident Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
A Howell resident faces several charges including third-degree insurance fraud after allegedly submitting forged receipts for insurance claims
Read More »Former insurance agent sentenced to 90 days in jail
Freeborn County District Court Judge Steve Schwab on Friday sentenced former Albert Lea insurance agent Reid Nelson to 90 days in the Freeborn County Jail after he pleaded guilty in May to theft and
Read More »Aegon Sells Guardian Life Insurance Unit for $449 Million
Aegon NV (AGN), the Dutch owner of Scottish Equitable, agreed to sell its U.K. Guardian life and pension unit to private equity firm Cinven Ltd. for 275 million pounds ($449 million) as it tries
Read More »HHS Proposes Health Insurance Exchange Rules
The Obama administration has caved on its hard deadline of January 2013 to certify state health insurance exchanges (HIEs), and is now proposing that state exchanges can receive “conditional approval” if it appears that
Read More »Health officials ease requirements for states
The Obama administration moved Monday to ease some requirements on states to help them set up new insurance exchanges in 2014, a key feature of the healthcare law the president signed last year. The
Read More »Push for early action on insurance exchange
Supporters of the federal Affordable Care Act want the Legislature to act now to ensure New Yorkers in need have access to health care coverage. Health Care for All New York, an advocacy group
Read More »Mitsui buys 35pc of HLFG insurance unit
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co is expanding its partnership with Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan’s Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd by acquiring a 35 per cent stake in its Islamic insurance unit
Read More »Choosing an insurance agent
Many people dread the idea of shopping for new auto insurance. There are so many questions like “Which company is best?” “How much do I need?” “What do I need?” and “How do I
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