| 1. | GEICO Success Highlights Advertising Dollars vs. Agent Commissions Debate
Oct 22, 2013 -- Direct writer GEICO's success in auto insurance sales is due to spending dollars on effective advertising rather than on agents, according to recent research from analysts at Nomura Equity Research, which notes that ...
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| 2. | Is Obamacare Headed for Death Spiral?
Oct 23, 2013 -- Another week has passed, which apparently means that it's time for another terrifying article from Sharon LaFraniere, Ian Austen and Robert Pear on the federal health-care exchanges. Federal contractors have ...
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| 3. | Flood Insurance Price Increases Affecting Home Sales
Oct 24, 2013 -- Rangel Dockery and her husband bought a waterfront house in Florida four months ago, assuming their $2,000-a-year flood-insurance premium would remain about the same. After reading recently about a change in the federal ...
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| 4. | Top 30 Homeowners Insurers Q2 2013: SNL Financial
Oct 24, 2013 --
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| 5. | P/C Insurers’ CFOs Point to Hardening Markets: Towers Watson Survey
Oct 22, 2013 -- Chief financial officers with leading North American property/casualty insurers believe both property and casualty insurance markets are in the midst of hardening, according to a new North American Property & Casualty ...
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| 6. | California Woman Sues McDonald’s Over Coffee Burns
Oct 25, 2013 -- A Fresno County woman who says she suffered second-degree burns when she spilled hot coffee on her lap at the drive-up window of a McDonald's has filed suit against the fast-food chain. The Fresno Bee reported ...
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| 7. | AmWINS Group Seeks $175M Acquisition Loan
Oct 23, 2013 -- North Carolina-based wholesale brokerage AmWINS Group Inc. is seeking a $175 million add-on term loan for an acquisition. The insurance broker owned by private-equity firm New Mountain Capital LLC may pay interest at ...
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| 8. | Bipartisan Deal Reached to Delay Flood Insurance Premium Hikes: Waters
Oct 28, 2013 -- Key House and Senate members have reached a bipartisan deal to delay changes to the federal flood insurance program that are raising premiums for many homeowners. The bill would require regulators to address ...
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| 9. | Aon Benfield: U.S. Homeowners Insurance Offers Growth Opportunities
Oct 21, 2013 -- A new report from Aon Benfield, a reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, says U.S. homeowners insurance is showing significant growth opportunities. The report, titled "Homeowners ROE Outlook: 2013 ...
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| 10. | Atlantic Hurricane Season Quietest in 45 Years, Experts Say
Oct 25, 2013 -- The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season looks set to go down as a big washout, marking the first time in 45 years that the strongest storm to form was just a minor Category 1 hurricane. There could still be a late surprise ...
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