Posts Tagged ‘insurance’

Mortgage insurance ‘kickbacks’ alleged in Supreme Court case

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The Supreme Court plans to confront consumers’ anger toward the mortgage lending industry Monday with a hearing in a lawsuit against a real estate title company. The plaintiff, Denise Edwards, is trying to sue First American Financial Corp. in a class action [...]

Things To Know Before Applying For A Car Loan

Who wouldn’t cherish the dream of owning a car! And the first question that pops up (probably the one thing that lingers on our mind) is – which car loan should I opt for? Which car finance will have answers to all my queries on car finance and cater to my needs in providing hassle [...]

Initial jobless claims drop to 403,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims remained above the 400,000 mark for the second week in a row with 403,000 Americans filing for benefits during the week ending April 16, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. That number was down 13,000 from the previous week’s [...]

Rise in first-time jobless claims signals weak recovery in labor markets

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The number of first-time applicants for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose for the week ending April 9 by 27,000 to 412,000. Analysts had expected the number to remain in the 380,000 range. Some analysts now say the jump in claims signals uncertainty over recovery [...]

Illinois sells $3.7 billion in bonds

Illinois has sold $3.7 billion in bonds to reimburse and fund the state’s required deposit to its pension systems for fiscal 2011. The bonds will have an eight-year final maturity with principal payments of $100 million due in 2014, $300 million in 2015, $600 million in 2016 and $900 million due annually from 2017 through [...]

Jobless economic recovery continues as unemployment claims rise to 410,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The ongoing recovery in the nation’s financial service sector still has not reached the rest of the economy, causing the number of Americans filing first time jobless claims to rise to 410,000 for the week ending Feb. 12. That was an increase of [...]

Mortgage Investors Getting Protection From Obama’s Housing Bill

Thousands of homeowners who are struggling to meet their monthly mortgage payments or are already in default with their home mortgage cheered when they heard about the Obama’s new housing bill.  Many people have been holding their breath each month, praying they won’t be laid off and need to go through mortgage default on their [...]

Texas Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates to Rise for 2011

The standard minimum unemployment insurance (UI) tax rate paid by Texas employers in calendar year (CY) 2011 will be 0.78 percent, up from 0.72 percent in CY 2010, the Texas Workforce Commission … View full post on All Stories

Report: Health Insurance Premiums Spiked 41 Percent In Past 6 Years

David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored plans have increased an average of 41 percent nationwide between 2003 and 2009, according to a new study. The report, by the health care advocacy group Commonwealth Fund, states that while premiums spiked, individuals’ insurance plans bought less [...]

Unemployment Benefits Expire Tuesday

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Two million Americans are set to lose their insurance after jobless claims expire on Tuesday. Lawmakers returned from their Thanksgiving break on Monday without voting on extending them. About 800,000 workers who have been searching for jobs for at least six months will [...]

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