Government-subsidized flood insurance premiums are about half of full-risk price

By Laurel Adams

Repeat flooded properties rose 73 percent in a decade

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"… on of the country raises fresh questions about government-subsidized flood insurance.The National Flood insurance Program, run by FEMA, provides subsidized flo …"

"… e National Flood insurance Program, run by FEMA, provides subsidized flood insurance to policyholders living in flood-prone regions. In 2005, the program had t …"

"… ng the cost of the premiums would decrease costs to taxpayers but make the insurance unaffordable for many current taxpayers. If policyholders leave the progra …"

"… l assistance needed after a disaster.Virtually no private market for flood insurance exists for most residential and commercial properties. Unlike private insu …"

ANALYSIS: Nonprofit insurers accustomed to double-digit rate hikes fight California plan

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: California bill faces tough fight

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"… rket share in the state and is also one of the country’s most profitable insurance companies.According to public filings, Kaiser has made a whopping $5 billi …"

"… . That’s more than all but a small handful of the country’s for-profit insurance corporations have made. During the first three months of this year, Kaiser …"

"… fornia by as much as 23 percent. No wonder it doesn’t want the state’s insurance commissioner to have the power to say “no” to such increases.So just h …"

"… icer of Blue Cross of Wisconsin who, like me, has become a vocal critic of insurance companies, you can blame it on Wall Street, even though the nonprofits are …"

ANALYSIS: Insurers's bait and switch

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: Insurers fooling consumers with cynical bait and switch promising low premiums

Excerpts from this story referencing "insurance":

"… most insidious bait-and-switch schemes in U.S. history. As they do, health insurance executives and company shareholders are getting richer and richer.This ind …"

"… the uninsured and underinsured continue to swell.It also explains why the insurance industry and its allies are pulling out all the stops to kill a measure in …"

"… that would give state regulators the authority to reject excessive health insurance rate increases. Similar legislation has been introduced in other state leg …"

"… stakes higher than in California—not only because AB 52 would allow the insurance commissioner to turn down requests for unjustifiably high rate hikes, but …"

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ANALYSIS: It's time to get outraged

By Wendell Potter

America's dysfunctional health care system is responsible for countless horror stories, but many folks aren't paying attention

Excerpts from this story referencing "insurance":

"… e status quo.  Since I started speaking out against the abuses of the insurance industry, I have heard from hundreds of people with maddening and heartbre …"

"… nd me links to articles or broadcasts they have seen. When I worked in the insurance industry, we called them “horror stories,” and for good reason. The ci …"

"… rtune. Or they might hear that more than 50 million Americans don’t have insurance because they can’t afford it or, in many cases, can’t buy it even if t …"

"… rone has a tumor in his chest and two ruptured disks, but no job or health insurance. He is one of those 50 million Americans I mentioned earlier. Verone told …"

Mortgage servicing standards at the top of consumer agency's agenda

By Julie Vorman and Shirley Gao

New consumer agency sets mortgage servicing standards as a top priority

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"… would require applying borrower payments to principal, interest, taxes and insurance before fees; give borrowers adequate notices about late payments and delin …"

"… nt's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).Whistleblower rules boost insurance sales - The new whistleblower rules offering generous bounties for tips ab …"

"… ucrative business for insurors to sell more director and officer (D&O) insurance coverage to companies, says Forbes commentator Richard Levick. The Do …"

"… dd-Frank law requiring the whistleblower rules has transformed the D&O insurance market, which now sees a "rich opportunity to sell high-volume coverage" t …"

ANALYSIS: How our health care system cripples small business

By Wendell Potter

Small business innovation is being stifled by a health care system that send our 'best and brightest' to large corporations

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"…  . …"

"… , which will begin to at least level the playing field for small firms.The insurance industry has been right there with the Chamber in opposing important parts …"

"… is wife not landed a job that offered benefits.Peterschmidt said he bought insurance for his family on his own before his wife got her job. When they found the …"

"… r job. When they found themselves paying about $15,000 a year before their insurance would kick in, they knew one or both of them would have to find a job with …"

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ANALYSIS: Insurance exchanges tilted toward health insurers, not consumers

By Wendell Potter

Appointments to boards governing insurance exchanges raise doubts about just who's being protected

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"… don’t get jobs as henhouse guards by revealing their true intentions. …"

"… exchanges”—where individuals and small businesses can shop for health insurance. In the 15 months since the law took effect, insurers have lobbied the Oba …"

"… es the broadest possible latitude in setting up their exchanges. And those insurance companies have been equally relentless at the state level in making sure g …"

"… us announced the proposed federal rules governing the exchanges on Monday, insurance executives must have been doing high fives all over the country.Insurers h …"

ANALYSIS: Connecticut's insurers are flexing their muscles at the statehouse

By Wendell Potter

Dan Malloy's health care promises have turned into disappointment

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"… t are likewise feeling betrayed by a governor who suddenly seems to be the insurance industry’s new best friend.I wrote last week that at least two consumer …"

"… ral reform law, where individuals and small businesses can shop for health insurance.Instead of ensuring that the governing board of the Colorado exchange be c …"

"… board of the Colorado exchange be controlled by people without ties to the insurance industry, Hickenlooper shocked reform advocates by naming executives of tw …"

"… te insurers as well as his  support for a proposed state-based public insurance option called SustiNet.Malloy spoke favorably of SustiNet when he was runn …"

ANALYSIS: A smart investment in kids' health

By Wendell Potter

Affordable Care Act's grants for school-based health centers are cost effective

ANALYSIS: Insurers value profits over people

By Wendell Potter

Columnist Wendell Potter says insurers' quarterly reports show earnings up; health care down

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"… nd the American public—for profits.News analyst Wendell Potter, a former insurance company executive, is the author of Deadly Spin: An insurance Company Insi …"

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