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Six Year-End Tax Reduction Tips

Dec 23 2011 Before saving goodbye to 2011, check out these tax reduction tips. However, you usually need to t...

New Housing Starts Soar +9.3%

Dec 20 2011 Housing starts soared to their highest level since April 2010, increasing 9.3 percent from Octobe...

Distracted Driving Not Just Cell Phones

Dec 19 2011 “Cell phone usage is only one of many bad habits that are distracting American drivers,&rdq...

States To Decide “Essential Health Benefits”

Dec 16 2011 In a surprise move, the Obama Administration has announced that each state can decide what &ldquo...

Driver Cell Phone Ban Urged

Dec 13 2011 A ban on driver use of cell phones is urged by National Transportation Safety Board. The safety r...

Newsletter - Winter 2011

Dec 12 2011 Feature articles include: Market Forecast 2012 Referral Reward’s Winner Medical & ...

Affordable Care Act vs Supreme Court 2012

Dec 11 2011 The US Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitution issues of the Affordable Care Act.&nbs...

US Record -12 Billion $ Disasters

Dec 8 2011 2011 set a new record of 12 separate billion+ dollar US weather/climate disasters according to th...

Cutting CMS Payment Errors Saved $17.6 Billion

Dec 2 2011 Stopping payment errors in Medicare, Medicaid, Pell Grants and Food Stamps has saved $17.6 billio...

Idaho Receives Health Exchange Grant

Dec 1 2011 Idaho is one of 13 new states to receive grants to help them create Health Insurance Exchanges.&n...

Holiday Party? Reduce Your Liquor Risk.

Nov 27 2011 Here are some tips on how to have a great party while managing the risks of serving liquor. ...

Hybrids Safer Than Conventional Autos

Nov 17 2011 On average, the odds of being injured in a crash are 25 percent lower for people in hybrids than ...

Beware of Flood Damaged Vehicles

Nov 8 2011 Widespread flooding this fall in the eastern US has created a pool of more than 15,000 vehicles d...

Medicare's Physician Fees Need Fixed

Nov 2 2011 Physicians have faced steep payment cuts annually because of a flawed 1997 law according to Kathl...

Which Minivans Win Top Safety Pick 2011?

Nov 1 2011 Five minivan models have earned the 2011 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for H...

2012 Medicare Part B Premiums Lower

Oct 28 2011 Medicare Part B premiums in 2012 will be lower than previously projected and the Part B deductibl...

Who Tends To Be An Aggressive Driver?

Oct 18 2011 Just today I was sitting in a coffee shop when a jacked-up and tricked out black Toyota pickup pu...

ObamaCare Heads to Supreme Court

Sep 29 2011 The Obama administration is asking the US Supreme Court to decide the fate of the Affordable Care...

Medicare Annual Election Starts & Ends Early

Sep 15 2011 This year marks an important change in Medicare’s annual open enrollment, the time period d...

Who was 9/11's "Economic First Responder"?

Sep 7 2011 Now at the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, like the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7...

New Initiative To Build "Weather-Ready" USA

Aug 17 2011 An initiative to build a “weather-ready” nation is being launched by the National Wea...

Motorcycle Crash Risk Reduced 71% With STAR

Aug 9 2011 Before your “wild hog” drives his new motorcycle make sure he takes Idaho’s STA...

Top 10 Stolen Vehicles in US

Aug 3 2011 Hot Wheels—the list of the 10 most stolen vehicles in the United States was released today ...

New-Women Get Preventative Services At No Additional Cost

Aug 2 2011 Historic new guidelines that will ensure women receive preventive health services at no additiona...

2011 Already Insurer's Costliest Year Ever

Aug 2 2011 After just six months, 2011 is already the most expensive catastrophe year for the insurance indu...

US Home Ownership Lowest Since 1998

Aug 1 2011 Stricter lending standards blocked purchases and foreclosures forced people out of their residenc...

Data Breach - Uninsured Business Threat?

Jul 27 2011 Businesses, even very large ones, are typically not insured for data breach liability claims.&nbs...

Hackers Now Target Small Businesses

Jul 21 2011 Your small business is a target! Hackers are expanding their sights beyond multinationals to incl...

Newsletter - Summer 2011

Jul 18 2011 Feature articles include: Why We Need to Talk! Rental Cars - What coverage is provided by m...

Social Security Retirement Estimator Now Online

Jul 17 2011 What will your Social Security benefits be at retirement?  The Social Security Administratio...

What did health insurance cost us in 2010?

Jul 15 2011 The median premium cost per employee was $400 per month under private-sector group health insuran...

Traveling? Bedbugs are hitchhiking!

Jun 23 2011 Experts fear we are on the threshold of a bedbug pandemic!    It's a public relations...

US Weather Losses 300% of Normal

Jun 23 2011 April period witnessed the largest tornado outbreak in world history.  May period includes t...

Flood Insurance Solvency Threatened

Jun 14 2011 NFIP faces external challenges that threaten the program’s long-term health. As the nation...

30% of Employers Will Drop Medical After 2014

Jun 13 2011 Thirty percent of employers will cancel health plans by 2014 because of Health Care Reform, accor...

Uninsured Drivers Average 1 in 7

May 20 2011 Chances are roughly one in seven that a driver is uninsured, according to new estimates from the ...

The Most Common Household Fire Only You Can Prevent!

May 13 2011 What household appliance causes more than 1,000 residential fires per month in the US?  The ...

April Weather Claims Exceed $4B

May 5 2011 Five separate severe weather outbreaks in April will result in combined insured losses in excess ...

Supreme Court Blocks Class-Action Lawsuits

Apr 28 2011 A divided Supreme Court, ruled on a 5-4 split decision along ideological lines, that corporations...

Was Your Accident “Staged”?

Apr 27 2011 Organized Scams Defraud Consumers and Insurers Alike, Costing Billions of Dollars Annually If yo...

Electric Cars Earn 1st Top Safety Ratings

Apr 27 2011 The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earn the highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute f...

Feds Charge 16 in PA Identity Theft Scheme

Apr 25 2011 Ever wonder who and how your identity can get stolen?  Read this from Insurance Journal.

MT Workers Comp Reform Enacted

Apr 15 2011 Supporters claim reform bill will save $100 million in first year.  Montana’s workers ...

Toyota “NOT GUILTY”- Accelerator Case

Apr 8 2011 Toyota was found “not guilty” by a New York jury in the 2005 unintended acceleration ...

Traffic Fatalities Lowest Ever Recorded

Apr 6 2011 DOT estimates a 3% drop in 2010 fatalities over previous year’s record low.  U.S. Tran...

Fewer Teens Getting Driver’s License

Apr 6 2011 Finances cause one in seven parents to delay teen driving. With high unemployment, concerns over ...

Identity Theft #1 FTC Complaint in 2010

Apr 4 2011 Identity theft was the number one complaint category in 2010 according to the Federal Trade Commi...

Workers Comp Sparked By 100 Year Old Tragedy

Mar 25 2011 On March 25, 1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City caught fire taking the lives...

Obama Care - One Year Later

Mar 25 2011 March 23rd marked the one-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPA...

Japan Quake Disrupts Global Supply Chains

Mar 18 2011 Global supply chain disruptions for thousands of multinational companies that rely on Japanese ma...

Insurance Goes Nuclear

Mar 18 2011 If you lived in the shadow of a nuclear power plant would you have any insurance to cover your lo...

Japan: Insured Losses $35B

Mar 17 2011 Based on currently available information, the estimates of insured property losses from Japan&rsq...

10 Costliest Catastrophes

Mar 17 2011 The cost of natural disasters can be counted in many different ways – loss of life, overall...

Insurer Losses Increased in 2010

Mar 17 2011 Fueled by worldwide catastrophe losses, the combined ratios  (claims + expenses) of US Insur...

Can Insurers Withstand Catastrophes?

Mar 17 2011 Insurers and reinsurers worldwide have the financial strength to pay the claims that will emerge ...

9 Million Lose Health Benefits

Mar 16 2011 An estimated 9 million working-age adults became uninsured last year due to recession job losses ...

Health Insurance - Employers Taking Bold Action

Mar 10 2011 Employers are taking bold action to manage health care costs and offer affordable care according ...

Workplace Deaths At All-Time Low in Oregon

Mar 10 2011 Seventeen people covered by Oregon’s workers’ compensation system died on the job dur...

Oregon Gets $48M Health Exchange Grant

Feb 28 2011 Oregon is one of seven states awarded “Early Innovator” grants to  design and im...

Montana Workers Comp Reform Urgent

Feb 25 2011 Montana Rep. Scott Reichner wants to reform Montana’s workers compensation system. Montana ...

"Salt" is Riskiest Film of 2010

Feb 14 2011 Angelina Jolie’s “Salt” was the riskiest movie to insure in 2010 according to F...

Local Food Banks Funding Threatened

Feb 14 2011 Local food banks and other community service’s core funding may be cut by 60% this year.&nb...

Beware of Latest Repair Scams

Feb 8 2011 Each year consumers pay more for their auto and homeowners insurance policies as a direct result ...

Red Light Cameras Reduce Crashes 24%

Feb 8 2011 Red light cameras saved 159 lives in 2004-08 in 14 of the biggest US cities, a new analysis by th...

Top Auto Safety Picks 2011

Feb 8 2011 What vehicles are the top safety picks for 2011? To check out a specific 2011 vehicle before you ...

76% Oppose Accident Response Tax

Jan 31 2011 Should you pay a fee for emergency response services following an accident? A resounding three ...

WA Workers Comp Rates Jump 12%

Jan 31 2011 The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) today announced a final decision to...

11 Issues Impact Work Comp in 2011

Jan 24 2011 Every business owner will be impacted by the troubles brewing in workers compensation insurance. ...

New Rule to Reduce Auto Rollover Deaths

Jan 18 2011 U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a final rule aimed at decreasing occupan...

P/C Industry Predictions 2011

Jan 13 2011 The property/casualty insurance industry turned a corner and will show a profitable year for 2010...

Idaho Workers Comp Rates Rise

Jan 5 2011 Workers compensation rates in Idaho will rise 3.7% in 2011. This is the first increase since 2005...

Individual Life Coverage Hits 50 Year Low

Jan 1 2011 35 million US households (about 30%) have no life insurance protection at all, according to the 2...


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