Insurance Mandate May Need Strict PenaltiesThe health care plans before Congress require individuals to purchase insurance. But the penalty for violating the individual mandate may be so low that healthy people might be tempted to pay it instead of buying insurance. That would leave insurers with less healthy customers, prompting companies to raise their rates, prompting more people to drop out, and so forth.Ecclesiastical Insurance saves millions with e-procurementInsurance company Ecclesiastical Insurance has cut its procurement costs by £3m in a year following a £20,000...Guidewire Wins Insurance Canada.ca's 'Best In Class Technology Provider - Insurer Solutions' AwardGuidewire Software, a leading provider of flexible core systems to property/casualty insurers, recently announced that it has won an Insurance Canada.ca Technology Award (ICTA)Unemployment Insurance ExtendedWashington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate voted to extend unemployment insurance and Cobra health benefits for one year.Interstate health insurance failsA bill giving Washington consumers an opportunity to buy health insurance from other states died in the Legislature this year under pressure from advocates for mental health equality, massage therapists and others.Hexaware Strengthens Insurance Capabilities; Forges Strategic Partnership With eBaoTechHexaware Technologies, a leading global provider of IT & BPO services and consulting, recently, announced a global partnership with eBaoTech, a leading provider of a complete suite of new generation core application software and services for life and general insurance industriesBackwards in High Heels and African-American Trip to Bountiful on Cleveland Play House BillThe Cleveland Play House will stage Backwards in High Heels: The Ginger Musical, The Kite Runner and The 39 Steps during its 2010-2011 season.Failed 'mercy killing' wife diesA woman convicted of trying to kill her husband in what she said was a failed \"mercy killing\" dies in an assisted suicide in Switzerland.MFs declare dividends on 55 schemesIt's raining dividends in the mutual fund industry. Sharp run up in equity markets over the last one year, has led several fund houses to declare bountiful dividends to its unit holders. So far this year, almost every single day, a dividend got declared by an equity fund.Barnett brings bountiful bunnies to museumWAHOO – Many may have heard people talking about something “multiplying like rabbits.” In the case of Lynn Barnett’s collection, that’s the literal truth.Turn the backyard into a bountiful vegetable gardenThe University of Maryland Extension program will present a free Grow It Eat It class from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Deerfield Run Community Center, 13000 Laurel Bowie Road.
