Docs leaving under insurance pressure (Queens Chronicle)

Gary Eglinton consults with a patient at New York Hospital Queens. (photo by Michael Lanza) Upcoming malpractice insurance changes may give birth to major shocks among the city’s private obstetricians.

Nearly $6M returned to Mo. insurance customers (Jefferson City News Tribune)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Customers who filed complaints with the state have received nearly $6 million from insurance companies during the first half of 2009.

Lower re-insurance premia will boost economic development (Sunday Observer)

Local Insurance companies are updating their foreign re-insurance companies on the situation in the country as Sri Lanka has now become a no war country, said a Senior official in the local Insurance industry.

MANVILLE: District’s smaller insurance increase makes officials happy with change (The Manville News)

Manville school officials were relieved to learn the district’s health insurance premiums will only increase 8 percent in 2009-2010, a much lower figure than the double-digit increases schools on the state’s health insurance plan will see next year.

BJP wants government to bear 75 percent of crop insurance (Calcutta News)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Saturday said the central government should bear 75 percent premium of the crop insurance cover for farmers to help them overcome drought conditions in many parts of the country.

Insurance deal a big leg-up (The Courier Mail)

SANTA has come early for Queensland jockeys who will be $8 better off from every ride under new national insurance coverage.

Video: Wedding Insurance (Bankrate.com)

Wedding insurance can cover some of your costs if the ceremony doesn't take place. Read the fine print--it doesn't cover change of heart. This is the daily overnight average for auto insurance for a 30-year-old couple.

Life insurance rates to rise (Tacoma News Tribune)

The window might be quickly closing on consumers’ opportunity to refinance at great rates – not their home mortgages, but their term-life insurance, experts say.

Stanford clients sue insurance broker Willis Group (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Several Mexican clients of Stanford Financial Group have sued insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd , contending it was a willing participant in a $7 billion fraud at the Texas-based investment company.

Ex-executive accuses insurance giant of 'purging' customers (CNN)

Wendell Potter says he is finished defending the insurance industry, which he says is "beholden to Wall Street."

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