Va. General Assembly votes to ban mandatory health insurance coverageRICHMOND -- Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage.Insurance Mandate May Need Strict PenaltiesThe health care plans before Congress require individuals to purchase insurance. But the penalty for violating the individual mandate may be so low that healthy people might be tempted to pay it instead of buying insurance. That would leave insurers with less healthy customers, prompting companies to raise their rates, prompting more people to drop out, and so forth.Time for a national insurance program to cope with natural disasters?Advocates of legislation to create a national insurance program say it's better to plan ahead than do a bailout after a natural disaster. Critics say it would amount to a subsidy for owners of coastal mansions and encourage people to live in places they shouldn't.Ecclesiastical Insurance saves millions with e-procurementInsurance company Ecclesiastical Insurance has cut its procurement costs by £3m in a year following a £20,000...Hexaware Strengthens Insurance Capabilities; Forges Strategic Partnership With eBaoTechHexaware Technologies, a leading global provider of IT & BPO services and consulting, recently, announced a global partnership with eBaoTech, a leading provider of a complete suite of new generation core application software and services for life and general insurance industriesTaking insurance education onlineFarmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox Ltd. has created a Web-based portal within its corporate university--The Kaufman Institute--to deliver online education, training and development services to insurance professionals.BEN column - Letter describing past education in Bridgeton; WSNJ's Edith story; Rou apologizes to Bob; Country Rose ...Good morning! Forty percent chance of rain Thursday.BRIDGETON: Budget hearings postponedBRIDGETON -- The Cumberland County Finance Committee has postponed all budget hearings scheduled for today. County departments scheduled were the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, the County Library, The Department of Public Works and The Engineering Department.Florissant man dies in motorcycle-truck crashA motorcyclist from Florissant was killed during the evening rush Wednesday when he crashed into the rear of a pickup truck in congested traffic, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. Bryon K. McRoberts, 45, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. at DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton.VINELAND: Afternoon police reports include multiple car accidentsPolice issued Armando Clemente, 24, of the 100 block of North Pearl Street in Bridgeton summonses for driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving and refusal to take a breath test at 1:10 a.m. Thursday in the intersection of West Wheat Road and North Orchard Road.Bridgeton man says his pit bull was used as bait in dog fightsMILLVILLE — The owner of a pit bull found dead and wrapped in a trap near Hankins Pond, in Millville, last week has stated he believes his pet was forced into dog fights and later killed.Kenneth Dunns, of Bridgeton, on...
