Archive for April, 2008

Insurance Woes – OIL

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Insurance may be getting more expensive but the main issue to watch would be oil. Oil has been threatened and predicted to go up to as much as $200.00 a barrel which would of course leave tons of us without fuel or businesses. Have business but no fuel situations can be the worse for that high an increase in fuel prices would be devastating to most industries that rely heavily on transportation. Oil is one of the commodities this world cannot live without and from oil comes and goes economies of countries who do have them in their soil. Be sure to keep tabs on fuel prices or you might not have a business to insure or a company to insure you due to excessive prices of gas and other oil-based products.

15% drop in American Safety Insurance Earnings

asi.jpgThe drop was expected for the introduction of new packages and products to replace the ones they previously had to alleviate the problems have still to turn into profit. Their lower than expected profit comes as no surprise for many US firms are doing the same as the economy worsens. Oil prices that are soaring through the roof doesn’t help at all and it further taxes on already burdened and struggling industries. The economic outlook for the US is bleak yet they are still there. The Federal government has to come up with measures that would prevent this from happening again and a way to help the millions of Americans who are now experiencing difficulty due to lack of food, housing and other basic necessities.

Probes into alleged Insurance Kickbacks

kick.jpgThe law is catching up to violators of good business ethics such as the acceptance of kickbacks for preference of a particular provider. Many insurance firms do give incentives to people within an organization that get’s them the deal (contract) but if done repetitively, can be seen as corruption. These are some of the areas which need review from the American Insurance Institute due to the many cases of such activities that leaves the employer and employee out of the necessary benefits needed for their businesses. Cases of such incidents are to be reported to the good business offices which handles such cases and is covered by the proposed re-structuring of the insurance industry which they themselves (insurance company experts) agree to be in need of checking in the future. As more cases of fraud and corruption arise, insurance companies become targets themselves to syndicates and other lawless elements. Such incidents in cases mostly concerning government agencies such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development which has recently lost it’s chief amidst allegations of kickbacks and other financial incentives given by contractors and insurance firms.