State regulators have accepted rate hikes on individual Anthem Blue Cross health insurance policies after public outrage and government scrutiny halted a larger increase.
The California Department of Insurance said Wednesday it approved a rate increase averaging about 14 percent for Anthem Blue Cross customers. The department also approved a nearly 19 percent increase [...]

Updated at 12:25 a.m. ET
Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a key provision of President Obama’s health care law, sending a clear message of discontent to Washington and Democrats less than 100 days before the midterm elections.
Special Section: Campaign 2010Special Section: Health Care Reform
With about 90 percent of the vote counted late Tuesday, nearly [...]

Updated at 12:25 a.m. ET
Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a key provision of President Obama’s health care law, sending a clear message of discontent to Washington and Democrats less than 100 days before the midterm elections.
Special Section: Campaign 2010Special Section: Health Care Reform
With about 90 percent of the vote counted late Tuesday, nearly [...]

Updated at 12:25 a.m. ET
Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a key provision of President Obama’s health care law, sending a clear message of discontent to Washington and Democrats less than 100 days before the midterm elections.
Special Section: Campaign 2010Special Section: Health Care Reform
With about 90 percent of the vote counted late Tuesday, nearly [...]

Updated at 12:25 a.m. ET
Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a key provision of President Obama’s health care law, sending a clear message of discontent to Washington and Democrats less than 100 days before the midterm elections.
Special Section: Campaign 2010Special Section: Health Care Reform
With about 90 percent of the vote counted late Tuesday, nearly [...]

to the US president on Thursday.
, of FTSE 100 insurance group RSA, formerly Royal and Sun Alliance, called for the fall-out from the
spill to be handled in a “more statesman-like way”.
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“Please forgive this open letter but your comments towards BP and its CEO as reported here are coming across as somewhat [...]

LONDON – It seems the British government’s bark is worse than its bite.
Authorities say they will not require all dog owners to take out insurance — just days after proposing the measure in a bid to clamp down on dangerous canines.
The plan would have made millions of dog owners buy insurance against the [...]

LONDON – A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to get microchips and take out insurance for their pets.
Postal workers [...]

James Wrynn has occupied his office for little more than five months but already the politically appointed New York insurance superintendent knows his time could be running out.
His boss, David Paterson, the Democratic governor of New York, has abandoned his bid for re-election this year and faces calls to resign over allegations that he [...]

The House has voted to repeal the health insurance industry’s exemption from federal antitrust laws, giving Democrats an easy win on health care a day ahead of President Barack Obama’s bipartisan health summit.
The vote was 406-19, with most Republicans siding with majority Democrats against a widely unpopular industry which has been under attack by [...]