Recently added articles from Best's Review:
Congress prepares for health reform showdown.(Briefing: Highlights From BestWeek)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The Senate Finance Committee approved its health care bill Oct. 13 by a party-line vote of 14 to 9 with a notable exception--Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, became the lone Republican to vote in favor of the legislation. The bill is now being debated by the full Senate. "When ...
Word repeating.(Briefing: Highlights From BestWeek)(Quotation)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... "I think it's already dumb enough" --Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.--tongue in cheek--advising insurance executives not to ask that his bill to establish a federal Office of Insurance ...
Nationwide nonrenewals.(Briefing: Highlights From BestWeek)(Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Nationwide Insurance Co. of Florida said it will not renew about 60,000 homeowners policies in the state, citing overexposure and the need to "preserve financial viability." Affected policyholders will receive notices beginning in January and nonrenewals are to begin next July ....
Gone with the win.(Briefing: Highlights From BestWeek)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AFTERMATH: Typhoon Melor, packing 100 mph winds, blew the third-story walls off this house in Tsuchiura, a midsize city in Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo. Insured losses could ...
Before the show.(From the Editor's Desk)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Imagine having a $30 million contract waiting for you in a year--but if you get permanently injured the money is lost. Each year, college athletes who are chosen as top draft picks face this dilemma. That's where sports disability insurance steps in. This coverage pays the policy's value ...