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Lynn traffic problems a toxic mix for insurance rates

Three teenage girls passed, watched the traffic light turn green and the oncoming cars accelerate and then strode into the middle of Union Street. “That’s how you cross a street,” one of the girls said over her shoulder to a reporter standing on the sidewalk.

Aetna to exit California’s individual insurance market

(Reuters) – Aetna Inc said on Saturday it has notified California’s insurance regulator that it plans to stop selling health policies to individual consumers in the state at the end of 2013. The company will continue to offer health insurance to employers and Medicare beneficiaries in California, as well as dental and life-insurance products, Aetna spokeswoman Anjie Coplin told Reuters. But …

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation at 50: Committed to serve

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) was established on June 22, 1963, by Republic Act 3591 to provide depositor protection and help maintain stability in the financial system by providing permanent and continuing deposit insurance up to the maximum deposit insurance coverage (MDIC) of R500,000, per depositor, per bank.

Flood insurance changes to hit local wallets hard

Flood insurance policy holders would do well to flood their savings accounts with extra dollars in the months ahead. Significant premium increases will take effect this October as part of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program.