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Insurance company announces move A specialist insurance company announces plans to move to new multi-million pound headquarters at Gloucester Docks. July 28, 2010 7:22 PM Insurance Regulators Seek Firm to Weigh Losses on Commercial Mortage Bonds State insurance commissioners, seeking an alternative to rating firms Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s, are seeking a company to review investment losses that carriers may suffer on about 7,500 commercial-mortgage backed securities. July 28, 2010 10:03 AM Insurance 4 It is prohibited to provide insurance or reinsurance to the Government of Iran, anyentities incorporated in Iran or subject to its jurisdiction, or to any entities acting on behalf of or controlled by Iranian entities (for ease of reference, we call these collectively "Iran"). July 29, 2010 1:28 AM Expert Blasts Insurance Practice As Deceptive One insurance expert says the way life insurance companies use retained-asset accounts is atrocious. Insurance expert Jeffrey Stempel offers his insight. July 29, 2010 4:25 AM Life Insurance Firms Profit From Death Benefits Life insurance companies boost their bottom lines by holding on to death benefits owed to families of service members and millions of other Americans, an investigation by Bloomberg Markets magazine found. Cindy Lohman, whose son was killed in Afghanistan, says she feels betrayed by his life insurance company, Prudential. July 28, 2010 10:12 AM Insurance plan for Shropshire traders’ A-boards All traders in Shropshire will have to provide public liability insurance to the value of £5 million from September if they want to display A-boards outside their premises, if a new policy is approved. July 29, 2010 4:27 AM Insurance broker GrEco goes global Following last year's acquisition of the majority in ten corporations in CEE, the GrECo group continues to expand. The insurance broker strengthened its presence globally with its new partner, Jardine LloydThompson (JLT), one of the leading insurance brokers, has operations all around the world and islisted on the London stock exchange. July 29, 2010 5:48 AM Insurance Journal Seeks Nominations for Best Agencies to Work For Is your independent insurance agency or brokerage firm a great place to work? Insurance Journal is once again on the lookout for the best independent insurance agencies and brokerages in the U.S. ... July 28, 2010 12:05 AM Insurance violations result in penalties - Wed, 28 Jul 2010 PST A Spokane Valley man has lost his insurance license and a second agent has been fined for bookkeeping so sloppy that one client’s policy got cancelled because premiums were not forwarded to his insurance company, according to the Washington Insurance Commissioner’s Office. Ross Culverhouse had his license revoked after notifying his employer, Schrader & Murphy Insurance Inc., he had taken $700 ... July 28, 2010 2:22 AM Brit Insurance Opens Its Books to Apollo After $1.3 Billion Third Offer Brit Insurance Holdings NV , the U.K. insurer that sponsors the England cricket team, granted Apollo Global Management permission to review its books after the private equity firm made an 851 million-pound ($1.3 billion) takeover offer, its third bid for the company. July 28, 2010 1:44 AM

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Farmers to cut auto insurance rates for some California customers Drivers covered by the company's Farmers Insurance Exchange subsidiary will see premiums fall by an average of 14.5% and can get a 10% rebate on policy renewals. California's largest auto insurer, Farmers Insurance Group, announced Tuesday that it was reducing its rates by an average of 14.5% for policies issued by its Farmers Insurance Exchange subsidiary. Also, current holders of those ... July 27, 2010 8:18 PM Fort Pierce's Flowers-Yates Insurance named top 10 growth company Auto-Owners Insurance reports Flowers-Yates Insurance Inc. of Fort Pierce was named one of the top 10 growth agencies for the company in the Lakeland Region for 2009. Flowers-Yates Insurance has represented Auto-Owners since 1988. July 28, 2010 2:44 PM It's an Uphill Battle for Younger Drivers in Search of Auto Insurance DALLAS, July 28 -- Just as some health insurance companies may assign higher premiums to groups of patients who have pre-existing conditions, auto insurance companies may also ask for higher rates from younger drivers, a demographic with one unavoidable but incredibly important pre-existing condition: inexperience. July 28, 2010 6:29 PM World Franchising Network Selects Fiesta Auto Insurance for its 2010 Top 26 Franchises for Hispanics list Orange County - World Franchising Network (WFN) has named Fiesta Auto Insurance, the nation’s only insurance and tax preparation franchise, as one of its Top 26 Franchises for Hispanics for 2010. PODER Magazine, the successor to Hispanic Enterprise, published the results in its July 2010 issue. July 27, 2010 10:40 AM Farmers Insurance to Provide Rebates Under Agreement with California Department of Insurance Auto insurance customers in California will be eligible to receive one-time, 10 percent insurance policy premium rebates under an agreement reached between the California Department of Insurance (DOI) and Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance. July 27, 2010 11:32 AM 21st Century Insurance Offers Lower Auto Insurance Rates in New Jersey WILMINGTON, DE--(Marketwire - 07/28/10) - In a Press Release dated July 19, 2010, 21st Century Centennial Insurance Company announced a rate reduction of 20%. To clarify, these lower rates are the result of the introduction of the new company's rate plan, not a rate decrease in an existing program. Depending on a customer's individual situation, this new company's program will offer New Jersey ... July 28, 2010 3:20 PM State Auto Financial Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results COLUMBUS, Ohio----State Auto Financial Corporation today reported a second quarter 2010 net loss of $26.2 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, versus net loss of $3.2 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2009. July 29, 2010 5:00 AM Missouri's ABS Insurance Group Announces an Easier Way to Purchase Online Insurance ABS Insurance Group, an insurance agency located in Chesterfield, Missouri, is proud to announce the launch of their new website and digital marketing campaign. July 29, 2010 2:01 AM Majority of Public Thinks Legislation to Allow Policyholders to Sue Their Own Insurance Companies is Not a Good Idea New public opinion survey findings from the Insurance Research Council (IRC) indicate that a majority of Americans believe that adopting new laws allowing people to sue their own auto insurance company for punitive damages, in addition to receiving benefits for their insured claim losses, is not a good idea. Twenty-six percent of those surveyed said that allowing such lawsuits was a poor idea ... July 29, 2010 2:01 AM Costa Mesa's Lords Insurance Agency Announces an Easier Way to Purchase California Online Insurance Lords Insurance Agency, an insurance agency with offices in Costa Mesa, Alhambra, Los Angeles, San Jose and Lakeport California, is proud to announce the launch of their new website and digital marketing campaign. July 29, 2010 2:01 AM

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Vietnam restricts online games after murder cases (AP) AP - Vietnam has banned the advertisement of online games and restricted access after several cases in which young people committed murder or robbery to get money to pay to play, an official said Thursday. July 29, 2010 4:18 AM Zynga Gets $150M From Japan's Softbank (PC World) PC World - Zynga, the online gaming company best known for its Farmville Facebook game, has received a US$150 million investment from Japanese Internet company Softbank. July 29, 2010 3:10 AM Internet upgraded to foil cyber crooks (AFP) AFP - The Internet has undergone a key upgrade that promises to stop cyber criminals from using fake websites that dupe people into downloading viruses or revealing personal data. July 28, 2010 9:03 PM Actual broadband speeds rarely as fast as advertised (Christopher Null) Christopher Null - How do you know how fast your Internet connection is? You probably just trust that your ISP is giving you the bandwidth you’re paying for and go on your merry way. July 28, 2010 8:02 PM Summary Box: Hulu Plus is TV for the iPhone, iPad (AP) AP - HULU PLUS: Hulu, the website with shows from ABC, Fox and NBC, is now available as an app for iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads and Samsung Internet-connected TVs. High-definition shows look great even on big TVs, and the iPhone version works over the cellular network. July 28, 2010 3:27 PM WikiLeaks: We don't know source of leaked data (AP) AP - WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents, telling journalists that the Web site was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it. July 28, 2010 3:22 PM What's Jay-Z's state of mind over spoof? (AP) AP - An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof said Wednesday. July 28, 2010 1:44 PM Out-of-stock Kindle may mean new version coming (Reuters) Reuters - Amazon.com said its best-selling Kindle device was currently out of stock, leading one Internet analyst to surmise the online retailer was poised to launch a new version. July 28, 2010 12:56 PM CBS TV looks to social media for next big hits (Reuters) Reuters - CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said on Wednesday the top-rated TV network was "restless, motivated and paranoid" about developing new shows and looking increasingly to social networking and the Internet for its next big hits. July 28, 2010 12:35 PM Hackers post fascist slogans on Nazi camp website (Reuters) Reuters - Hackers replaced a "Book of the Dead" with neo-Nazi slogans and symbols on World War Two concentration camp Buchenwald's website (www.buchenwald.de) on Wednesday and completely erased the Mittelbau Dora camp website. July 28, 2010 12:29 PM