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Cartoon Missing a Few Panels

Your cartoon (April 19) on people complaining about the loss of cheap labor (if illegal aliens were deported) was missing a few panels. Where was the caption showing a medical insurance consumer complaining her health insurance premiums had gone down with fewer uninsured emergency room and delivery visits? Where were the tax-paying parents complaining there would be more money for educating their legal resident children? Where was the caption showing the auto insurance consumer wonderin...

NEWS DIGEST: Green Cover

Motorists will be offered new "green" car insurance as part of a Downing Street-backed initiative to encourage action on climate change. Royal & SunAlliance said customers would be given the option of a "smart box" that monitors driving behaviour - potentially saving money and helping the environment. (c) 2007 Birmingham Post; Birmingham (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

EDITORIAL: The Health Care Front

By The Baltimore Sun Apr. 23--An advantage, if there is one, of Maryland's foot-dragging on health care reform is that it can learn from the example of bolder states leading the way on ensuring that their citizens have medical insurance. At the head of the pack is Massachusetts, which has just unveiled an income-based scale of premiums and subsidies for a comprehensive insurance package available to state residents, who will all be required to carry some form of coverage. After observin...

Your Money: Pound Notes

By MELANIE WRIGHT pounds BRITONS have spent pounds 2.6bn buying cats and dogs over the past five years, according to Halifax Pet Insurance. The average cost of a dog is pounds 282, while you will have to pay pounds 92 for a cat. Six out of ten owners admitted they did not weigh up the cost of looking after a pet before buying one. pounds ONE in 10 households in Britain now employ at least one person to help out with domestic work or chores. Barclays say that of those who employ staff, 82 ...

JUDGE TREAD: Duty's Not Too Taxing!

By OLLIE MISHCON IT'S not often I praise a public service. But I must say the DVLA's new way to tax your motor online is heaven-sent. I've used it myself and can honestly say it works. All you need is your tax disc renewal reminder (V11) and it checks your car is insured and MOT'd. It brings an end to the days of frantically sifting through drawers at the last minute, shouting: "Where the hell did I put those documents?!" The address is www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk (c) 2007 Sunday Mirr...

Cops 'in Car Con'

THIRTY two policemen were among 125 people sent for trial yesterday accused of a pounds 10million car insurance scam. Lawyers, accountants and other professionals in Bologna, Italy, were allegedly involved in getting bent garages to fill out false accident reports for them. Cops in the laid-back university city got pounds 70 a time to approve claims which rivalled those of traffic-clogged Naples in three years. Prosecutors say that the conspiracy members treated the fraud as a "cashpoin...

State Farm Drops Rates

By Michelle Koetters BLOOMINGTON - If you have car insurance through State Farm, treat yourself to an extra car wash and some driving music. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will lower its overall rate level in Illinois an average of 6 percent, effective May 14. The average customer will save $20 on a six-month policy premium, spokeswoman Missy Lundberg said Wednesday. Individual rates depend on several factors, including where people live, their driving record and details abo...

Enherent Completes AutoOne Business Process Automation Project

Enherent has reported having completed a business process automation project on behalf of the AutoOne Insurance Companies, a market leader of 'assigned risk' auto insurance products in New York.The system will allow the OneBeacon Insurance Group subsidiary to scan and convert paper-based claims into electronic documents that can be used to quickly capture critical data for processing and use in other business areas. The technology is also expected to improve AutoOne's ability to store and rel...

More Th>N to Revitalise Customer Commitment

By Bowery, Joanna More Th>n has promoted marketing director Mike Holliday-Williams to managing director, ahead of a series of customer initiatives. The Royal & SunAlliance-owned insurer is launching three offers intended to demonstrate that it does more for its customers. In response to increasing consumer frustration with contact centres, More Th>n will provide every customer with the-direct phone nuniher and email address of a named personal manager. It is also offering free bre...

Ex-Broker Sold Fake Car Cover for Pounds 10

A LIVERPOOL pensioner was behind bars today after he admitted running a car insurance scam. Former insurance broker Gerrard MacDonald, 70, sold fake cover notes to uninsured motorists so they could tax their cars. The illicit business was unearthed when one of the motorists he supplied with phoney cover was involved in an accident and another was stopped by police. MacDonald collapsed in the dock when he was jailed for nine months at Liverpool crown court yesterday. Police found more ...