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Finally, an accelerating trend in health care insurance that's good news for many parents.

Zurich North America Commercial's sale of its small business Solutions to Farmers insurance Group of Companies will eliminate the jobs of fewer than 200 employees nationwide, the company said.

OLDWICK, N.J.----A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ and issuer credit ratings of 'aa-' of the key life/health insurance subsidiaries of Genworth Financial, Inc. .

Wall street might begin to feel the impact of the devastating and tragic flooding in the Midwest. And I'm not just talking about indirect effects, like damage to Midwestern states' economies and higher food prices.Stifel Nicolaus (SF) analysts Christopher Mutascio and Brian Zabora just released a note warning that Wells Fargo (WFC), for one, could be directly hurt by the floods. Why? The San Francisco-based bank was the second largest underwriter of crop insurance by market share for the last three years. Wells Fargo's 16.7% market share in 2007 was second only to ACE Ltd. (ACE), Stifel analysts say. Rounding out the top five crop insurers are NAU Country insurance Co. (a private company), American Financial insurance Group (AFG) and the German-owned Allianz insurance Group.It will take some time to find out if any or all of these firms have serious exposure to the flooded areas in Iowa and elsewhere. On Monday afternoon, none of these firms' stock prices seemed affected by the p

MILWAUKEE, WI and DALLAS, TX (MARKET WIRE) Assurant Health, a Milwaukee, WI-based national provider of individual medical, small group and specialty health insurance products, and TelaDoc Medical services, the nation's leading platform in telehealth, announced today a partnership that will provide new Assurant Health customers with access to TelaDoc's national network of board-certified, licensed primary care physicians on demand over the telephone.

Blogger Diane Brady: as credit worthiness has slipped, so has the argument for combining insurance and financial services

Insurance fraud is a huge crime across our nation. Right behind tax evasion, it is the second most costly crime among white-collar workers in the United States. insurance fraud can be defined as any deed that is perpetrated with the purpose to fraudulently gain any sort of payment or compensation from an insurance transaction.

Wall street Journal Blogs Why E-Prescribing Hasn't Caught On wall street Journal Blogs, NY - 22 minutes ago In some parts of the country, the insurance company WellPoint pays docs extra if they use e-prescribing. Some in Congress are pushing for Medicare to do the ...

Homeowners insurance will cover damages to your home that happen during storms. However, many homeowners are not aware of the tax implications these damages can have.

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, a risk management adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the acquisition of HWS Holdings, with its two Lloyd's broker subsidiaries Harman Wicks & Swayne Limited, and Harman Wicks & Swayne International Limited.