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They passed a bill that would require state agencies to report to the Legislature and the governor before implementing any federal health fixes.And they passed HB294, a bill to better regulate Utah's own private-market approach to reform, an online insurance market called the Utah Health Exchange...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:33 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171097&type=newswiresMar 11, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R)Updated: 11-Mar-10 22:00 ET18:58MDT Medtronic announces public offering of senior notes (44.34 -0.29)Co announced a registered offering of $1.25 bln of its 3.0 percent Senior Notes due 2015, $1.25 bln of its 4.45 percent Senior Notes due 2020 and $500 mln of its 5.55% Senior Notes due 2040...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:02:33 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171096&type=newswiresWASHINGTON -- The government's top securities regulator called Thursday for Congress to impose new oversight on financial derivatives, warning that allowing risky instruments like credit default swaps to continue unfettered could bring further economic damage.The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro, said banks that deal in the swaps must be subject to rigorous requirements for holding capital...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:54:17 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171095&type=newswiresWASHINGTON -- The government's top securities regulator called Thursday for Congress to impose new oversight on financial derivatives, warning that allowing risky instruments like credit default swaps to continue unfettered could bring further economic damage.The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro, said banks that deal in the swaps must be subject to rigorous requirements for holding capital...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:53:53 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171094&type=newswiresMar. 11--State Farm Lloyds, which holds 30 percent of Texas homeowners insurance market, plans to raise its rates 4.5 percent later this Spring, the company said in a filing with a state regulator.Mike Geeslin, Texas Department of Insurance commissioner, asked State Farm to withdraw the rate increase, given that it follows an 8.8 percent increase the company implemented in September and October last year...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:37:46 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171093&type=newswires..Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:29:46 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171092&type=newswires..Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:44 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171091&type=newswires..Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:42 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171090&type=newswiresWARNING ON DERIVATIVES: The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission is calling anew for Congress to impose new oversight on financial derivatives. Mary Schapiro warns that allowing risky instruments like credit default swaps to continue unfettered could bring further economic damage.WALL STREET OBSTRUCTING? The chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission says Wall Street banks are seeking exemptions to the proposed new rules for derivatives that could shield more than half the trades that should be subject to disclosure...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:08:28 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171089&type=newswiresMar 11, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R)Updated: 11-Mar-10 21:00 ET18:58MDT Medtronic announces public offering of senior notes (44.34 -0.29)Co announced a registered offering of $1.25 bln of its 3.0 percent Senior Notes due 2015, $1.25 bln of its 4.45 percent Senior Notes due 2020 and $500 mln of its 5.55% Senior Notes due 2040...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:02:24 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171088&type=newswiresFollowing a flat performance in January, Mena equity markets rebounded almost 4.9 per cent last month, according to a report by Rasmala Investment Bank.The top performer was the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange which gained a respectable 5 per cent MTD. The DFM and ADI also picked up pace, following a statement from Dubai World regarding the possibility of offering its creditors 60 cents on the US dollar guaranteed by the government as part of a deal to repay $22 billion of debt...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:48 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171087&type=newswiresNational Bonds Corporation, the Shari'a-compliant saving scheme, has announced a strategic alliance with Emirates Post to enable customers to purchase the savings certificates from over 100 Emirates Post offices across the UAE.Mohammed Qasim Al Ali, chief executive officer of National Bonds Corporation and Ibrahim Bin Karam, chief executive officer of Emirates Post, signed the MoU...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:25 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171086&type=newswiresDate: Thursday, March 11, 2010Contact: Jim Manley, (202) 224-2939REID, IN LETTER TO MCCONNELL, OUTLINES THE PATH FORWARD ON HEALTH INSURANCE REFORMWashington, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explaining the path forward on health insurance reform. In the letter, Senator Reid details the steps that Senate Democrats have taken to secure bipartisan support for health reform despite the lack of cooperation from Senate Republicans...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:59 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171085&type=newswiresTHE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, March 11, 2010PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBSJames S. Brady Press Briefing Room1:47 P.M. ESTQ: Where's the jersey?Q: Is that a jersey, or another pinstriped suit?Q: It's a hockey sweater.Q: When --MR. GIBBS: Soon.Q: Isn't there free trade or something?Q: Another broken promise.MR. GIBBS: There we go...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:33 GMThttp://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=171084&type=newswiresNEW YORK -- After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co...Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:48:32 GMT