News Center

Yahoo! News: Internet News

Groups Push for Net Neutrality in Obama Administration (PC World) PC World - Advocates of net neutrality rules in the U.S. have called on President-elect Barack Obama to act quickly to prevent broadband providers from blocking or impairing access to Internet content of customers' choice. December 03, 2008 5:04 PM Report: Former AOL CEO Miller Trying to Buy Yahoo (PC World) PC World - Jonathan Miller, the well-respected former AOL CEO, has been talking for months to potential investors interested in buying all or part of Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. December 03, 2008 5:04 PM Pirate Bay Still Blocked in Denmark (PC World) PC World - The Danish Eastern High Court ruled last week that it is up to Internet service providers to ensure that their customers do not use the Swedish torrent-tracking site The Pirate Bay to download illegal content. December 03, 2008 5:04 PM Internet Needs Multilingual Support for Next Billion People (PC World) PC World - The Internet must support the large number of languages in the world at all levels, including content, hardware, software, and internationalized domain names if it is to reach the next billion people, according to speakers at an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India. December 03, 2008 5:04 PM Microsoft Releases Next Wave of Windows Live Services (PC World) PC World - Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services. December 03, 2008 5:04 PM Icahn says opposes partial sale of Yahoo (Reuters) Reuters - Billionaire Carl Icahn opposes selling part of Yahoo to former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller or anyone else because it is undervalued, he told CNBC on Wednesday. December 03, 2008 4:32 PM Wikipedia hopes to make editing user-friendly (AP) AP - Concerned that many would-be contributors to Wikipedia are being scared away, the foundation that runs the Internet encyclopedia is getting an $890,000 grant to try to make the editing process more user-friendly. December 03, 2008 4:19 PM Professors aim to get students a Web analysis tool (AP) AP - For anyone who remembers sifting through yellowed card catalogs in the library for that 10th-grade history project, the abundance of information available online is astounding — as is the task of sifting out unreliable information. December 03, 2008 4:12 PM YouTube Clamps Down on Sexual Content (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - While the Internet promotes free thought, free speech and the ability for the world to express itself, companies are attempting to find a balance between welcoming free expression and censoring inappropriate content. December 03, 2008 3:57 PM Shoppers Opened Their Wallets on Cyber Monday (PC World) PC World - Cyber Monday, the day after the Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S., lived up to its reputation for big online retail sales, triggering disproportionately high spending during this so far modest holiday shopping season. December 03, 2008 3:46 PM

Insurance Journal

Wisconsin Agents Name New Director of Education and Membership Martha Lester-Mittenzwei recently joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (IIAW) as its new director of Education and Membership. Mittenzwei began her insurance career in the agency ra December 03, 2008 11:40 AM HCC Insurance to Acquire Surety Company of the Pacific HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. announced it has executed an agreement to acquire Surety Company of the Pacific (SCP), a writer of license and permit bonds headquartered in Encino, Calif. This transacti December 03, 2008 10:59 AM New York and French Regulators Sign Cooperation Agreement The New York State Insurance Department has signed an agreement with its counterpart in France that calls for increased cooperation and consultation between the two regulatory bodies. The agreemen December 03, 2008 10:39 AM Bryk, McGee, and Hodges Join Dallas-Based MarketScout Dallas-based MarketScout has added three new associates to its Workers' Compensation and Texas Specialty Underwriting Division. Rachael Bryk joins MarketScout as underwriter after seven years of sp December 03, 2008 10:38 AM Central Texas-Based MGA Adds Great American Markets TAGA, an independent privately-owned managing general agency based in the Austin, Texas, area, announced it is now managing general agent for Great American Insurance Group to offer admitted property December 03, 2008 10:35 AM 13 Companies OK'd to Self-Insure for Workers' Comp in Texas The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved thirteen companies to self-insure for workers' compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self- December 03, 2008 10:33 AM Earthquake Shakes Oklahoma City Area A small earthquake rattled homes in the Oklahoma City metro area on the night of Dec. 1, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury with the quake, which struck about 8: December 03, 2008 10:31 AM Bright Spots and Challenges Go Hand in Hand in Louisiana Despite the challenges faced by the state of Louisiana since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita wrought their havoc in 2005, there are bright spots in the state's property casualty insurance industry, says L December 03, 2008 10:06 AM Virginia's Fall Fire Season Ends with 304 Acres Burned Virginia's fall fire season has ended, with far fewer scorched acres than the spring edition. Over the 47-day season that ended Sunday, the Virginia Department of Forestry responded to 67 fires tha December 03, 2008 9:58 AM Philadelphia Food Workers Claim Bias, Sue for $200M Black cafeteria workers at Philadelphia's newest skyscraper claim in a $200 million lawsuit that they have endured racist remarks, job discrimination and retaliatory firings. Eleven plaintiffs file December 03, 2008 9:48 AM

Yahoo! News Search Results for insurance

Insurance rise at coast could help protect plan (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Property owners in 18 coastal counties soon will pay more for insurance premiums through a state-sanctioned program in a decision that could help narrow any unfunded liabilities should a monster hurricane hit North Carolina. December 03, 2008 10:58 AM Guinea Bank, Insurance Workers Get 30% Pay Increase, End Strike (Bloomberg) Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Bank and insurance-industry workers in Guinea ended a strike over pay after employers agreed to increase their salaries by 30 percent, Radio-Television Guinea, or RTG, reported. December 03, 2008 9:44 AM Colts Neck man charged with burning down his house for insurance money (Asbury Park Press) Police today charged a township man with setting his house on fire earlier this month in an attempt to collect more than $1 million in insurance money. December 03, 2008 3:01 PM Sheboygan Falls Insurance acquired (BizJournals) Donegal Insurance Group Inc. reported Wednesday that it had completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Sheboygan Falls Insurance Co. December 03, 2008 1:07 PM Canyon County woman pleads guilty to insurance fraud (KTVB Boise) BOISE – A Canyon County woman has admitted she lied about an insurance claims in which she collected more that $7,900. Jennifer Fisher, 36, submitted a false burglary claim against her renter’s insurance policy to State Farm Insurance Company in Nov. 2006. December 03, 2008 5:10 PM New Windsor towing operator charged with insurance fraud (Middletown Times Herald-Record) NEW WINDSOR — The owner of a town towing company and body shop was arrested Wednesday after police said he overcharged GEICO Insurance for towing and storage services on four different occasions. December 03, 2008 4:58 PM Colts Neck man charged with burning down his house for insurance money (Daily Record) Police today charged a Colts Neck man with setting his house on fire earlier this month in an attempt to collect more than $1 million in insurance money. December 03, 2008 4:51 PM Insurance war settled (WPRI Providence) Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island customers can breath a sigh of relief. The insurance carrier has reached a deal with Care New England hospitals. December 03, 2008 3:44 PM Adequate insurance cover to repair Taj: Indian Hotels (Express India) The Indian Hotels Company Ltd on Wednesday has said the group has adequate insurance cover to repair and restore the damage caused to its property, The Taj Mahal Palaces and Towers in Mumbai, during the last week's terrorist siege. December 03, 2008 4:19 PM Newscope: County commission approves liability, building insurance (The Marshall Democrat-News) Saline County commissioners approved renewal of the county's liability and building coverage insurance with Meuschke Agency for an annual premium of $136,424. December 03, 2008 12:43 PM