Hill’s Personal Finance is hosting today’s Cavalcade of Risk so ch-ch-check it out!
Of special interest, the Healthcare Economist has an expose’ on on how a private managed care organization managed to NOT SAVE THE GOVERMENT ANY MONEY!
Shocked I am, just shocked.
InsuranceYak.com
Cavalcade of Risk #51 available .. coming to a blog near you!
Cavalcade of Risk #50 now posted!
Workers Comp Insider has posted Cavalcade of Risk #50, check it out.
Of particular interest, the Healthcare Economist posted his extensive review of healthcare systems around the world , good reading AND you save a fortune on plane fare!
Enjoy!
Non standard (E&S) insurance discussion?
Q - What’s the difference between standard insurers & non-standard (E&S) insurers.
Also, you hain’t posted anything new in a dogs age, where you been bro? - Jumper
Thanks for the question Jumper; where have I been? I work for a small insurance company that sells auto insurance. For the past month or so, courts in […]
Paulson’s blueprint doomed from the start
Included in the Treasury Department’s financial regulatory reform package is a interesting proposal: An optional federal charter (OFC) for insurance companies.
What’s the big deal? State regulators have traditionally had oversight duties dealing with insurance companies, while the Fed has been in charge of the insurance programs no one wants to oversee: Too costly? (National Flood Insurance) Too burdensome? […]
Cavelcade of Risk # 48
Welcome to the latest edition of Cavelcade of Risk. When I agreed to host this addition, I figured maybe a 6-10 submissions. Yikes, my email is overflowing with 18 articles, so let’s get started:
KCLau presents Financial Security: How you feel it? and Top 5 Regular Monthly Expenses We Don’t Need posted at KCLau’s Money Tips.
Louise from […]
Singer Tom Jones Denies having Chest Hair Insurance
This just in..
The British tabloid, The Daily Mirror, reported the famed singer requested a $6.8 million insurance policy for his chest hair. The underwriters at Lloyd’s of London reviewed the unusual request and agreed to write the policy.
The Tom Jones website responded:
” The story published in the Daily Mirror (UK) on Feb 5 is completely fabricated. No […]
Allstate Florida: On the brink?
OK I had to post this..this is a little too bizarre.
Allstate Floridian Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Allstate Insurance, sent the first of five groups of executives in a two-day agenda to testify in front of the state’s recently formed Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability in Tallahassee (ahh the Florida legislature is […]
One time Tax Rebate: Fiddling while Rome burns
The “Economic Stimulus Plan” being fast tracked by Congress and the President.
The following is a email I recently sent to my Congressmen Pat Tiberi and my Senators George Voinovich and Sherrod Brown. In the links section of this blog, you’ll find the paths needed to email you own Congressman or Senators. I’d encourage all readers […]
Insurance Hall of Shame 2007
A glass-eating gypsy, a teacher who faked cancer, and an insurance agent who killed the homeless are among the top insurance swindlers of 2007. These convicted thieves were inducted into the Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. An $80-billion-a-year crime, insurance fraud has grown more violent and invasive in recent […]
Allstate back in business: Florida Stop order Reversed
Allstate Florida got a court order lifting the suspension issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Florida OIR has ten days to show why the suspension should be reinstated.
In a written statement, Allstate said, “The ruling allows Allstate’s more than 1,100 Florida agents and their employees to continue to create jobs and serve their […]

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