The Hidden Costs of ObamaCare Oct 16, 2009
The proposal to amend the anti-trust McCarran-Fergusson Act, Professor Havighurst says, leads to no improvement because at the end of bill, it "declares that state regulators would retain authority to engage in 'information gathering and rate setting.'" It boils down to simple common sense. Havighurst wrote in a 2006 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, "[F]ew things are more foreseeable that that a trade or profession empowered to regulate itself will produce anticompetitive... (Townhall.com)
Malcolm Maiden Jul 5, 2009
THE Reserve Bank still has secrets, but it has lifted itself broadly into line with its central banking peers with yesterday's decision to issue edited minutes of its monthly interest rate setting meetings with a one-month lag, announce rate decisions on the day they are taken instead of a day later, and comment on every meeting, not just ones that result in a rate move. Wednesday December 05, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Beacon's Fixed Annuity Premium Study Reports First Quarter's Fixed Annuity Sales May 28, 2009
Carriers access these systems to support product development, rate setting and competition research. Distributors use them for product analysis and selection. (Primezone Releases)
SettlementCentral.Com, Inc. Offers CONSUMER ALERT Tips to Stop Auto Insurance Rate Increases Due to Employment Losses & Credit Limit Restrictions Apr 29, 2009
Green says, "SettlementCentral.Com teaches accident victims the ropes on insurance settlements; so this consumer outreach is a natural for us." The company has no experience in insurance rate setting or credit scoring issues. But he says that the site's volunteer consumer outreach through brought home the necessity of offing some free consumer guidance during this economic crisis. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Need to know: Morrisons appointme... Feb 21, 2009
Need to know: Morrisons appointment. BASF's Ciba bid - Times Online. (New York Post -- Business)
