Agent France In Insurance Referral

San Diego, CA: California State Farm Auto Insurance policyholders may have paid an illegal accident surcharge if they bought their car insurance with the company any time from 1997 to 2002. The fee was charged to people who were either previously uninsured or who could not prove that they had insurance prior to buying insurance from State Farm. The accident surcharge violates the California Insurance Code, which states that a person's lack of previous insurance cannot be used as a factor when an insurance company determines insurance premiums and Good Driver Discounts. The surcharge was also known as the "Non-Verifiable Accident Record Surcharge." People who paid the surcharge may be eligible for reimbursement if a class action lawsuit is filed against State Farm Insurance. Consumers are becoming sick of how they are being treated by companies like State Farm.

Testimony alleges mobile home fire was arson

The fire that gutted a Reading Township mobile home was set "by human hand," a state police fire marshal testified Monday.

Since his investigation ruled out any accidental causes, Fire Marshal Jeff Sarver said he concluded the Dec. 29 fire was arson.

Following testimony from Sarver, insurance agent Walter Stainiker and Reading Township Police Officer Eric Beyer, Magisterial District Judge Mark Beauchat sent all charges against Marshall Kester to Adams County court.

Police allege Kester, 49, set his trailer ablaze after being evicted from Mountain View Mobile Home Park, at 203 Rife Road, earlier that week.

Kester faces charges of first- and second-degree arson, criminal trespass, recklessly endangering another person and insurance fraud.

He also faces charges of open lewdness for an unrelated incident Nov.

Small Business Owners Turning to HRA Plans to Reduce Health ...

Small business owners are turning Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) plans as a way to help their employees obtain affordable health insurance.

HRAs are special employer-funded accounts set up to reimburse specific medical expenses directly to employees. They came into being when the IRS issued Notice 2002-45 and Revenue Ruling 2002-41.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut Introduces Tonik ...

NORTH HAVEN, Conn., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Young adults between the ages of 19 and 34 comprise almost 17 million people in America today. In Connecticut, there are approximately 64,000 people in this age category. Many of our young adults have one major thing in common: they typically choose to go without health insurance. To help reduce the ranks of Connecticut's large population of uninsured, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut has introduced Tonik, a health insurance option tailored to meet the needs of the state's "young invincibles," those who have disposable income but no health insurance coverage. "Tonik is an important new health benefit product that allows this growing demographic to purchase coverage on their own terms," said David R. Fusco, president, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut.

For Grad Students, Child Care Can Be Lacking

We are at the end of National Public Health Week, and Emory has held a number of events to call attention to issues such as disease prevention, emergency preparedness and awareness of pandemics such as pandemic influenza and avian flu.

This is all great, but lost in their concerns for epidemic preparedness is another, more banal yet no less important, concern for the health of the University community - child care.

My wife and I do not have children, but we have recently been considering the prospect of becoming parents. Yet, it is a decision we greet with some ambivalence. She works in an office and I am a full-time graduate student working on my dissertation defense. We want kids, but the thought of raising them while she works and I finish school fills us with apprehension.

Talk of the bay: Mass appeal to ramp up efforts in mass transit

Give us fast buses, give us commuter trains, give us trollies, but let our people get to work on time. Three groups representing hundreds of Tampa-area companies have pitched their support to mass transit as an alternative to traffic jams. The Tampa Downtown Partnership, the Westshore Alliance and the New North Transportation Alliance urged aggressive action to build commuter links between major employment centers. "To maintain our competitiveness in attracting businesses and qualified employees, we need to provide multiple ways for people to get around," said Fred Dobbins, chairman of the downtown partnership.

It says its network has the "fewest dropped calls." Verizon Wireless seems to be living by its slogan. A 2007 J.D. Power and Associates wireless call quality performance study found Verizon scoring top marks in the Southeast, Southwest, West, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

The Canine Custodian

Ed Fernandez owns a one-man business in Salem, New Hampshire. He drives a nicely detailed late model pickup truck with his business's name professionally painted on it. His clientele keeps him busy 60 hours a week during peak season.

Like many another neighborhood tradesman, he uses a computer to do his billing. He has worked seriously on his logo and name. He lists in the Yellow Pages. Like many of today's tradesmen, he sports a sort of post-hippy look: overalls, beard, hair tied back in a ponytail.

He has a tax accountant. He networks with other small business people. And he speaks fluent business-speak, talking about his "market niche" and "filling a need."

Ed does not mow lawns. He does not paint houses. He doesn't repair windows or electric wiring or plumbing.

Molina Healthcare Implements Cincom Eloquence in 19 Days

NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Cincinnati, OH, United States, 04/09/2007 - Cincom Document Solutions (CDS), a division of global software company Cincom Systems, today announced that Molina Healthcare, Inc., a multi-state managed care organization with over one million members, has successfully implemented Cincom Eloquence.