LA man gets 25 years for $44M church scam – 89.3 KPCC
A man who bilked South Los Angeles churchgoers out of $44 million in an insurance scam has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Curtis D. Somoza, 41, of Westlake Village, was sentenced Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court. He pleaded guilty
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Insurance a public interest issue – Toronto Star
insurance, Nov. 2 If anything is obvious to Canadians watching the health-care debate in the U.S., it is that insurance companies are poor stewards of the public interest. And make no mistake, auto insurance is very much a public interest issue since
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University merger talks – Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Higher-education analysts have predicted the economic crisis would cause the closing or merger of a number of U.S. public and private colleges. Rep. George Flaggs, a member of the legislative budget committee, revived the discussion in Mississippi
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US Senate Probe Finds Medical Care Underspending By Big Insurers – NASDAQ
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The six largest health insurance companies in the U.S. spent considerably less on medical care than that estimated by insurance industry officials, a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee investigation found. A review of publicly
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W.R. Berkley promotes W. Robert Berkley to COO job – Investors Business Daily
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Insurance holding company W.R. Berkley Corp. said Tuesday it has named W. Robert Berkley Jr. as president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Berkley joined the company in 1997 and has been executive vice
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Column: The Tenth Amendment – Worthington Daily Globe
WASHINGTON — Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal government, slow down the juggernaut of czars, health
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Sebelius visits to get more kids health insurance – Fort Mill Times
President Obama’s top health chief is coming to Chicago to get more uninsured children enrolled in government health insurance programs. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL’-yuhs) is slated to speak Wednesday morning
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Wis. Republicans rail against insurance provisions – Newsday
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators are trying to muster support for a bill that would repeal new minimum car insurance levels in Wisconsin. The state budget Gov. Jim Doyle signed earlier this year required all motorists to purchase
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Maine workers’ comp rates to drop by about 7 pct – AOL
Kofman said the decrease reflects employers continued efforts to promote safety in the workplace. Kofman said claims have been declining faster than increases in medical and indemnity costs for each claim.
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