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Taxing employer-provided health insurance makes no sense Brian Doennebrink - Shoreline, Wash. As the singer Meat Loaf would say, "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," in regard to the editorial "3 GOP health ideas Obama would do well to embrace"...

A top House Democrat is investigating whether the nation's largest health insurers have deliberately canceled coverage for small businesses after their employees became sick and sought expensive treatment. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, sent letters Monday... Sponsored Topics: Henry Waxman - Insurance - Los Angeles - Health insurance - United States

A nurse from West Mifflin is accused of fabricating cancer treatment insurance claims to support her addiction to playing video poker machines.

A Colorado car insurance firm is opening an office in Lee’s Summit and expects to employ 100 people there within five years. Rio National Insurance Group has leased 3,000 square feet in the Bank of the West building on Blue Parkway to serve customers in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. Steve Kerbel, the owner of Rio National, said his firm plans to hire 20 to 25 people during the first year ...

A car insurance company is bringing 100 jobs to Lee's Summit. Rio National Insurance Company is opening a regional office there.

The St. Clair County Board on Monday night approved a resolution to support U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello's bill to freeze flood insurance rates for property owners living along the Mississippi River flood plain.

Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. says it has signed a deal to buy a 15 percent interest in Alltrust Insurance Company of China for approximately $66 million.

Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said Monday it has signed a deal to buy a 15 percent interest in Alltrust Insurance Company of China for about $66 million.

TORONTO - Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (TSX:FFH) said Monday it has signed a deal to buy a 15 per cent interest in Alltrust Insurance Company of China for approximately US$66 million.

President Barack Obama's "Health Insurance Reform Now" bus tour -- visiting all 50 states before Congress heads back to Washington -- will be in Indianapolis from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight, according to the organization's Web site.