October 31, 2011
More Texas residents lack health insurance coverage than residents in any other state in the U.S., said a recent report from Gallup and Healthways.
In the first half of 2011, more than a quarter of state residents did not have health insurance in Texas. To be exact, 27.2 percent Texans lacked health insurance in the first half of the year, Gallup said.
Texas has represented the top of the uninsured spectrum since Gallup and Healthways started tracking health insurance coverage in 2008.
In the most recent survey, Mississippi had the second-highest rate of residents without health insurance at 24.5 percent, followed by Alaska (23.5 percent), Florida (22.6 percent), and Oklahoma (22.5 percent).
Massachusetts residents most likely to be insured
On the opposite end of the spectrum sits Massachusetts.
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October 31, 2011
For the second straight term, a bill has been filed in the Florida Legislature designed to make changes to the well-settled legal principles that have successfully governed our state for many years and have held insurance carriers accountable when they act improperly.
Instead of holding insurers accountable when their wrongful actions cause harm to others, some in the legislature seem determined to give these companies a pass.
Policyholders, including businesses and condominium associations, will be affected in many ways, but a couple stand out. First, in the context of a third-party claim, the claimant will be required to give a 60-day notice to the carrier and Department of Financial Services. Fa
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October 29, 2011
Hello travellers!
Its time for the World First Wander, our regular rundown of the latest and greatest posts in the travel blogosphere. This week I thought we would have a look at what the travel world thinks is hot in the app world.
It seems there really is an app for that with my iPhone (a white one to match my Mac of course), loaded up with Google Plus, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Raven Tools and twelve different camera apps! It doesnt seem that long ago that I got my first text message I can see where I was, sat in my kitchen when, ding, ding my first text.
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October 29, 2011
Ohio Lt. Governor and Dept. of Insurance Director Mary Taylor today released figures for a tax lien program that has collected more than $2 million in unpaid income tax, sales tax and workers compensation premium payments. Taylor introduced the program in May 2011 to recover funds that belong to the state and its citizens.
“The success of the program is important to taxpayers and to Ohio’s financial health,” Taylor said. “Through the cooperative effort of the Dept. of Insurance, the Dept. of Taxati
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October 25, 2011
First-quarter sales of the U. K. insurer, Aviva fell 14% this year as compared its sale during the same quarter last year. The insurer has said that the decline in profit was due to its plan to move away from selling lower-margin products in areas such as Europe and the U. S.
Aviva has also said that the decline was in line with the expectations of the company has the company had earlier predicted that its first-quarter sales are likely to be 10%-15% lower compared with the first quarter of last year.
The company has also revealed that the long-term savings sales for the January-March period were GBP8.76 billion, whereas last year the sales were GBP10.17 billion.
Chief Executive of Aviva, Andrew Moss said that the company is in a strong position.
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