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Year-end goal: Use up your flexible spending account (FSA)

Seattle Times, The | 12 hours 55 minutes ago

The end of the year typically means frantic spending on the holidays, but it also could mean frantically using up your flexible spending account. However, there are some creative ways to do so.... (more)


Stock up on cold meds, first-aid items to drain FSA

Denver Post, The | 13 hours 32 minutes ago

The end of the year typically means frantic spending on the holidays, but it also could mean frantically using up your flexible spending account. ... (more)


Olympic chief slams 'missing' minister

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The | 17 hours 41 minutes ago

Australian Olympic chief John Coates has slammed the Federal Sports Minister Kate Ellis, claiming she has 'gone missing' since the release of the Crawford report which rejects calls for increased Olympic sports funding. - Sydney Morning Herald Online... (more)


Creative ways to spend FSAs | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal

Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 1 day 4 hours 17 minutes ago

The end of the year typically means frantic spending on the holidays, but it also could mean frantically using up your flexible spending account. There are some creative ways to do so, however.... (more)


Lloyds gets record 100m fine for mis-selling 'precipice' bonds

Independent (London), The | 1 day 6 hours 57 minutes ago

Lloyds TSB was yesterday handed a record £100m fine and compensation bill by the City regulator for mis-selling high-risk investment bonds.... (more)


Citizens Property Insurance gets approval to raise rates

Tampa Tribune (Fla.), The | 1 day 16 hours 54 minutes ago

Florida has OK'd rate increases for the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp.... (more)


Dad's Army fighting funds war for who?

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The | 1 day 17 hours 44 minutes ago

John Coates is the Captain Mainwaring of Australian sport. The Australian Olympic Committee boss has assembled a Dad's Army determined to keep the lion's share of the Federal Government's sports dollar in the right hands - their own. - Sydney Morning Herald Online... (more)


Fla. commissioner OKs Citizens Property rate hikes

Miami Herald, The | 1 day 21 hours 31 minutes ago

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- More than 15,000 mobile home owners insured by state-backed Citizens Property insurance Corp. will see an 11 percent increase on their insurance policies in 2010.... (more)


Florida regulators approve 11 percent hike for some mobile home owners insured by Citizens -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 1 day 22 hours 56 minutes ago

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — More than 15,000 mobile home owners insured by state-backed Citizens Property insurance Corp. will see an 11 percent increase on their insurance policies in 2010.... (more)


Fla. Raises Citizens Rates For High Risk Properties

National Underwriter | 2 days 1 hour 38 minutes ago

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced he had signed an order increasing rates for the state-created insurer of last resort's high risk accounts to make them financially adequate. ... (more)


McGavick Urges Fellow P&C Leaders To Speak Up In D.C. To Defend Industry

National Underwriter | 2 days 3 hours 39 minutes ago

Congress can learn lessons from insurers in how to improve regulation, says XL CEO... (more)


Citizens high-risk rate hike approved

American City Business Journals | 2 days 3 hours 40 minutes ago

Florida homeowners living in areas that are at the highest risk for hurricanes can expect an average increase of 5.... (more)


Swiss insurers call for simpler solvency regulation

Business Insurance | 2 days 4 hours 19 minutes ago

Switzerland's insurers need local regulation to be harmonized with international standards and improved access to European Union markets to boost growth, executives said on Friday.... (more)


Best Affirms Balboa and Group Members 'A' Ratings

Insurance Journal | 2 days 7 hours 26 minutes ago

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of 'A' (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of ?a? of Balboa Insurance Group and its P/C members: Balboa Insurance Company (BIC), Meritplan Insurance Company (both of Irvine, CA), Newport Insurance Company (Phoenix, AZ) as well as BIC?s stand alone subsidiary, Newport E&S Insurance Company (Newport E&S) (Plano, TX). The outlook for all of the ratings is stable.... (more)




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