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Political notebook: Gay marriage debate set Tuesday in committees
By Don Davis Gay advocates have lobbied for allow same-sex marriages for years, but they made little progress. That appears ready to change Tuesday when House and Senate committees will hear bills...
Posted on 3/8/13 at 4:24 PM
Crop insurance deadline nears
A few years ago, I phoned area crop insurance agents just prior to the annual March 15 deadline forpurchasing or modifying crop insurance for spring-planted crops. I was curious about the trends and p...
Posted on 3/4/13 at 4:35 PM
Weekly Memo 12-14-2012
Each Weekly Memo to the City Council and the agenda packet is also provided on theCity Councilweb page. WEEKLY UPDATE: Labor Negotiations The City met this week with AFSCME Council 65, which repres...
Posted on 12/17/12 at 9:27 AM
Protect Yourself from Storm Chasers
When major storms leave damage to your home, it can be tempting to work with the first contractor that comes knocking on your door, the company that promises you a new roof by the end of the week, or ...
Posted on 7/9/12 at 1:48 AM
Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio...
Posted on 3/15/12 at 6:03 AM
UnitedHealth plans to keep overhaul elements
Insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. sees some parts of the health care overhaul as sound medicine and plans to keep them even if the law fails to survive an upcoming Supreme Court ruling.By Tom Murphy , June 11, 2012
Life insurance company fined $7,500 for overcharging for policy in N.D. 
Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says the United National Life Insurance company of Illinois raised its rates without getting state approval first. The company agreed to pay a $7,500 fine to settle the case. Hamm says the company will be paying refunds to customers who paid the higher price.
By Associated Press , June 05, 2012
Utah insurance agent barred from business in ND 
State Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says Bart Winterton of Vernal, Utah, operated as an insurance producer without being licensed in North Dakota. Hamm's cease-and-desist order bars Winterton from engaging in any insurance business in the state.
By Associated Press , May 21, 2012
Minot bail bond agent has license revoked 
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the license of a bail bond agent in Minot. Hamm cites what he says were improper business practices by Karen Andrews.
By Associated Press , May 17, 2012
Grand Forks area insurance agent ordered to stop business 
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has ordered a Grand Forks area agent to stop doing business in the state. Hamm says Tim Everett allegedly created bogus insurance policies and collected commissions on them.
By Associated Press , May 16, 2012
Blue Cross plans program to rate, compare doctors
By Patrick Springer , April 26, 2012
ND agency fines 2 insurance companies 
Nortregulators have fined two mutual insurance companies $10,000 each for operating outside their authorized territories. State Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says his office fined West McLean Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of Minot and Cando-based Family Mutual Insurance Co.
By Associated Press , April 26, 2012
Tana Bock, Grand Forks, column: N.D. insurers won’t cover autism treatments
Private health insurance plans do not cover applied behavioral analysis and other autism-related services in North Dakota. Some policies list specific exclusions for autism. Instead, parents of children with autism are forced to either pay out-of-pocket for these interventions or give up on getting the best possible therapy for their child.By Tana Bock , April 17, 2012
Minnesota judge rules insurer must provide benefits after gender change
A federal judge has ruled a health insurer improperly denied benefits to a spouse who had undergone a sex change operation.By Associated Press , April 05, 2012
Conservative justices question health care law
By Mark Sherman , March 27, 2012
Massive spike in long-term care costs hits Minnesota seniors
The unforeseen premium increases have caused a rash of calls to state regulators and advocates from worried or irate older Minnesotans. But the effect could go much further. It could dampen a new three-year effort by state agencies to convince more people to finance their own long-term care in old age.By Warren Wolfe , March 19, 2012
Feds health overhaul blueprint for states released
The Obama administration is releasing a blueprint for states to sign up millions of uninsured Americans for medical coverage through the president's health care law.By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar , March 12, 2012
Senate defeats Republican-led bill to reverse birth control rule
By Laurie Kellman , March 01, 2012
Licensed insurance agents in N.D. double in decade 
State Insurance Department data show an increase from 25,856 in 2002 to 49,893 in 2011. That's a ratio of about one insurance agent for every 15 North Dakota residents. But fewer than 6,000 of the agents are actually in the state.
By Associated Press , February 18, 2012
Minnesota bipartisan health exchange bill faces long odds 
The federal overhaul that Congress passed in 2010 calls on states to create health exchanges that are intended to be marketplaces -- largely online -- for individuals and small employers to purchase health insurance coverage starting late next year.
By Christopher Snowbeck , February 17, 2012
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