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A controversial, but rapidly growing, practice in which senior citizens raise cash by selling their life insurance policies to investors who will profit when they die could soon be subject to more

NASHVILLE — Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s endorsement of a limited individual insurance mandate as part of health care reform isn’t going down well with some conservatives.

Are you considering starting a business from home? There are some special implications when it comes to insuring a home based business. Although you may not be operating a storefront, your business still has liabilities that may require home business insurance protection.

Since its founding nearly 30 years ago, South Carolina-based insurer Continental American Insurance Company has purposely flown under the radar.

SelectHealth is aiming to double the number of children enrolled in its Premium Assistance Program to 1,000. Designed to help parents who can't afford insurance but make too much money to qualify for public help, the company's program for children can make SelectHealth Kids plans as cheap as

The respite from rapidly rising insurance rates is ending for Florida homeowners. State regulators approved an average 19 percent statewide increase for Federated National Insurance.

In the past few months, a key point of contention in the health care reform debate has been whether a public health insurance option should be included in the final ...

New Florida law allows insurers to quickly pass certain costs to customers Seven major Florida property insurers are asking to increase home insurance rates from 8 percent to 15 percent within the next year despite several years without serious storms.

Unlike micro lending -- the better-known side of micro finance -- micro insurance has been a hard sell among the world's poor. The reasons why include a lack of understanding of how insurance products work, a general reticence on the part of poor populations to part with their meager financial resources, badly designed products and a shortage of localized risk management knowledge among ...

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