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• Democrats Look at Piece Meal Health Insurance Reforms
  The increasingly bleak outlook for major health care reform in Congress is forcing House Democrats to turn to individual regulatory measures to rein in the insurance industry.
• Study Questions Texting Ban Results
  According to the Highway Loss Data Institute, laws forbidding the hand-held use of cell phones and texting while driving may not offer an increase in vehicular safety.
• Democrats Forced to Rethink Health Care Reform
  Although President Obama is urging Congress to compromise and pass health care reform this year, Democrats lack the votes to break a filibuster in the Senate, forcing them to re-evaluate the legislation.
• Cape Cod Residents Get Break on Insurance of Last Resort
  Residents of Cape Cod, already hit hard by the recession, received a break from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance when it refused to allow a premium hike on their already steep homeowners policies.
• Obama Pushes for Excise Tax on Expensive Insurance
  Although President Obama has tried to stay out of the House and Senate dispute over a final version of the health care reform bill, he has singled his approval of an excise tax on high-cost policies.
• Congressional Democrats Meet to Merge Two Health Care Plans Into One
  Two health plans must become one. We've explained the differences between the House and Senate plans.
• Momentous Insurance Opens Sports Division
  Momentous Insurance Brokerage announces opening of professional sports insurance division.
• House Passes Estate Tax Bill, Insurers Pleased
  Big "I" says estate taxes deeply impact small businesses, happy about passage of H. R. 4154.
• AIG Hawaii Joins Farmers Insurance Group in January
  Farmers Insurance Group acquired AIG Hawaii last summer. Hawaiian company to change name January 1.
• White Collar Workers Account for More Workers' Comp Claims
  Economic downturn has changed distribution of workers' compensation claims, study says.
• US House of Representatives Passes HealthCare Reform
  Small companies not necessarily required to offer healthcare, bill says.
• House Republicans plan to offer own healthcare insurance bill
  House Republicans say their healthcare bill won't raise taxes or force people to buy insurance.
• GAO Pushes for a National Global Warming Action Plan
  Fewer citizens, government agencies, taking global warming seriously. GAO report says this must change.
• Regulations Change for Use of Genetic Information
  Insurance industry banned from using patients' genetic info to underwrite or determine enrollment.
• Best Review covers pet insurance as feature in newest issue
  Pet insurance coverage plans - The latest issue of "Best Review" by A.M. Best gives you the details.
• California Insurers Waive Flu-Shot CoPay
  H1N1 vaccine becomes more available to consumers due to waived co-pay.
• California Governor Signs Children’s Insurance Bill
  Governor Schwarzenegger signed the bill restoring funding to California’s Healthy Families program.

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