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John McCain's proposal is to tax employer provided health insurance benefits, and use that money to give a $5,000 credit to families who buy their own insurance. It's supposedly revenue-neutral, meaning the government pays nothing out of pocket to run the program.This health insurance program has a definite lifespan, and is doomed in the long run.read more

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The Sept. 14 windstorm that raked Ohio with gusts more than 70 miles an hour caused more than $550 million in insured losses, the highest damage total for any storm in the state since the tornado outbreak in Xenia in 1974, according to an Ohio insurance Institute study.

Winds from Hurricane Ike will cost insurance companies at least $553.1 million to cover property damage and other losses in Ohio, making it the state's most expensive natural disaster in more than three decades, a trade group said Tuesday.

Does your insurance cover your college kid? Should you cosign his lease? Answers to these and other cries for help.

The proposal was seen as the first test of the commitment of member states to shake up a system seen as flawed during the current financial crisis.

HOUMA - If your homeowners policy is written by the state's insurer of last resort, your rates are one step closer to a major hike, which could be 45 percent or more in some areas.

While you may not worry so much about insurance for your home if you are renting, you should be. Here's why.

Winds from Hurricane Ike will cost insurance companies at least $553.1 million to cover property damage and other losses in Ohio, rivaling the state's costliest natural disaster of recent decades, a trade group estimated Tuesday.

Martin Sullivan, former chief executive of AIG, the insurance giant that was rescued by the US government, said 'mark to market' accounting had played a central role in the company's rapid deterioration