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Health care reform bill 101: Who must buy insurance? (The Christian Science Monitor)
In an attempt to de-mystify the health care reform bill now before Congress, the Monitor takes a look at what is in it and how it might affect you. First, we look at the new requirement to buy health insurance.

American National Insurance creates NY unit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
American National Insurance Co. on Friday announced the formation of a subsidiary based in New York. American National Life Insurance Company of New York will help introduce the company's products to the New York market, the company said.

Insurance-rate regulation dropped from latest health bill (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON — A Democratic plan for new federal power over health insurance rates was dropped Thursday from the final health care bill, squeezed out by the way the Democrats are pushing the bill through Congress.

NC Auto Insurance Rates Lowest In The South (WFMY News 2 Greensboro)
NC Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced Friday that NC drivers pay an average of $591.11 each year for auto insurance.

Report: N.C. auto insurance rates lowest in South (WRAL.com Raleigh)
North Carolina drivers pay an average of $591 each year for auto insurance, the eighth lowest in the country and the lowest in the South, according to a new report from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Insurance rates dropping for some Jackson County homeowners (WLOX-TV Biloxi)
JACKSON COUTNY, MS (WLOX) - Insurance rates are going down for thousands of Jackson County homeowners. The Fort Bayou Fire Department was recently evaluated by the Mississippi Rating Bureau, which decided to lower the area's fire rating from an eight to a seven.

Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda & UKs Legal in JV for life insurance (Express India)
Public sector lenders Bank of Baroda and Andhra Bank on Friday floated a life insurance company in joint venture with UK-based risk, wealth and investment firm Legal & General.

AP sources: Insurance watchdog not in health bill (AP via Yahoo! News)
Democratic aides say President Barack Obama's plan for a watchdog agency with power to roll back excessive premium hikes by insurance companies has been dropped from the latest version of the health care bill.

Dems try sweetening health bill with insurance subsidies, rebate (New Haven Register)
Associated Press WASHINGTON — Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions of dollars into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote.

The insurance anomaly, redux (Anchorage Press)
The saga of the life insurance payout from the city to the trust of late former Mayor George Sullivan continues…