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Many Canadians may be surprised to learn that after going on parental leave they might fail to qualify for employment insurance

Ontario's auditor general has released his annual report and it cites skyrocketing car insurance costs as a major concern. More...

AP - An insurance company that initially refused to pay the medical bills of a man injured in the Joplin tornado while he tried to save three residents of a group home where he worked has now agreed to pay the claim, the company said Monday. More...

With the proliferation of data breaches, The Harford insurance company is selling a new data loss insurance aimed at small businesses that might be put at financial risk if they lose valuable and sensitive data. More...

A brewing legal dispute between Sony and one of its insurers over data breach liability claims highlights the challenges that companies can sometimes face in getting insurance companies to cover expenses arising from cybersecurity incidents. More...

By 2014, states must deploy public health insurance exchanges, giving millions of Americans purchasing power that could change the landscape for health insurers. Private retailers are already eying their own online exchanges -- possibly as in-store kiosks. More...

We will increasingly see users challenging (in every sense) our ability to protect data – and comply with laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Availability Act (HIPAA) as the move to mobile computing continues. More...

CNN) -- Two Louisiana insurance fraud investigators were killed Tuesday while attempting to collect information from an insurance agent who was later found dead, officials said. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon identified the investigators as Rhett Jeansonne and Kim Sledge. The insurance...

Consumers may know that their bad driving record will raise their car insurance, but just how much will a single moving violation cost them? Plenty, according to a new analysis from Insurance.com. The website looked at 32,000 of its auto insurance policies sold in 2010 and found that those with...

The brain tumor came back. An ugly mass growing in plain view threatened Karen Niles' remaining eye. She needed more surgery. This time, however, her medical plan wouldn't pay. It sounds like one of those insurance "horror stories" that President Barack Obama hammered home during the fierce...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- For Gretchen Abel, trips to Kern Medical Center have no longer been strictly for medical reasons. "I have quite a few medical bills I can't afford to pay because I don't have insurance," said Abel. Abel is working with the hospital to figure out how to pay thousands of...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/01/10/bc-firefallout.html A B.C. woman whose mentally ill brother has been charged with their mother's death says the RCMP and an insurance firm let her family down. "There's not one person or institution that I can channel all my hate and...

Auburn - Video surveillance images led to the arrest of an Auburn man accused of pouring soda onto the floor of a convenience store so he could stage a slip and fall accident. Charles Barnes Sr., 48, of State Street, was arrested on Oct. 20 on insurance fraud and falsifying business record...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - An unexpected bonus for thousands of Western Massachusetts Motorcycle Riders: Refund checks from their Insurance Companies. Attorney General Martha Coakley says more than 5,400 refunds totaling more than $1.4 million dollars went out to motorcycle owners in Hampden...

Patients will not have to pay co-pays CHICAGO, -- Many with private health insurance won't have to pay the co-payment for some screenings or preventive care by next year, an Illinois insurance official says. In an effort to lower overall healthcare costs by lowering barriers to catching...

Heeding the lessons of Hurricane Katrina WASHINGTON, Insurance experts at a U.S. non-profit group advise homeowners to heed the lessons of the Gulf Coast encounter with Hurricane Katrina five years ago. The experts at the Insurance Information Institute in Washington say those who heed the...

Early retiree health insurance assistance WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- The U.S. government is accepting applications from the private and public sector to provide help for those who provide health insurance for early retirees. The $5 billion program, created under The Patient Protection and...

Deputy allegedly faked accident FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a deputy suspended on a theft accusation is now facing charges of grand theft and insurance fraud. The Broward County Sheriff's Office said Shawn Barber, 43, who was suspended without pay in December...

Man charged with $33,000 tie theft scam EVERETT, Wash., (UPI) -- Washington state authorities said a man who claimed car thieves stole his $33,000 silk necktie collection has been charged with insurance fraud. The Washington Insurance Commissioner's office said Carlton Wopperer, 49, is facing...

AMA wary of Obama call for public health insurance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO – The nation's largest doctors group isn't sold on President Barack Obama's call for a public health plan and could be a hurdle to his reform efforts...