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Explorer Ralph Plaisted, Who Reached North Pole By Snowmobile In 1968 ... - Los Angeles Times
wyoming, minn. (ap) _ ralph s. plaisted, an insurance salesman turned explorer who in 1968 led the first expedition that indisputably reached the north pole over the ice, has died. he was 80. plaisted died monday of natural causes at his home in ...
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Extra Insurance Can Protect Those Diamonds And Pearls
home insurance policies are probably not adequate to cover the loss or theft of jewelry.
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Metlife Auto & Home(r) To Introduce Deductible Savings Benefit To Massachusetts Auto Insurance Customers
warwick, r.i.----metlife auto & home, one of the top five personal auto insurers in the commonwealth of massachusetts, announced that it has received approval from the division of insurance to offer a deductible savings benefit to its massachusetts customers.
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Mortgage Shopping? Rates Are Looking Much Better - Boston Globe
up until about a week ago, it was pretty much impossible to find a 30 year fixed mortgage rate much lower than 6.375 percent. mortgage rates declined on monday and tuesday of this week and now rates in the 5's are common. bankrate is reporting an ...
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Preparing For Ike - Kwtx
(september 10, 2008)—much of the texas gulf coast is under a hurricane watch as hurricane ike continues to churn slowly through the gulf of mexico, feeding on the warm waters and growing in both size and strength. the watch extends from cameron, la ...
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Do You Have Enough Life Insurance To Protect Your Family?
columbus, ga. (wtvm) -- september marks life insurance awareness month. experts say most americans purchase insurance on their car or home, but they fail to insure themselves with life insurance.
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New Erie Insurance-sponsored Habitat For Humanity Home First In Commonwealth To Earn National Disaster-resistant ...
erie insurance and the greater erie area habitat for humanity are partnering to build a new home that will earn the institute for business & home safety's fortified ... for safer living® designation for disaster resistance.
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Julian Roberts Sets Deadline For Old Mutual - Times Online
julian roberts, the new chief executive of old mutual, has given himself two months to sort out the problems at the insurance giant's us life division before deciding whether to put the struggling unit up for sale. speaking to the times on his first ...
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Couple Asks To Dismiss Portions Of Katrina Lawsuit - Forbes
a mississippi couple wants a federal judge to dismiss portions of a hurricane katrina lawsuit they filed accusing their insurance company of acting in bad faith in refusing to pay for some damages to their home. after initially accusing state farm ...
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Tell Tom: Bill Collectors, Flood Insurance
a guy in pennsylvania says he's being harassed by a bill collector in florida for money that he doesn't owe! and a woman in florida wants to know why her home owner's insurance won't cover flooding.
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Emc Insurance Group Inc. Comments On Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae Investment Impairments
emc insurance group inc. (the company) today announced that it will record an "other-than-temporary" investment impairment loss in the third quarter of 2008 on its investments in perpetual preferred stock issued by the federal national mortgage association (fannie mae) and the federal home loan mortgage corporation (freddie mac) as a result of the u.s. government's announcement that it is ...
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Democrats Offer A Checklist For Obama - Miami Herald
republican presidential candidate sen., john mccain, r-ariz., and his wife cindy, left, participate in a round table discussion with women in business, wednesday, sept. 10, 2008 at the down home diner in philadelphia. washington -- with john mccain ...
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Volatility Hedge Funds Outperform Industry First Time Since '03 - Bloomberg
sept. 9 (bloomberg) -- hedge funds that profit from turbulence in the financial markets are beating stock, bond and commodity investments for the first time in five years. volatility hedge funds climbed 7.3 percent this year through august, according ...
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Farmers Insurance Group Prepares For Deployment To Help Hurricane Victims
farmers insurance group of companies, including subsidiaries foremost insurance and bristol west, are prepared for deployment to help customers once hurricane ike hits landfall in texas by this weekend.
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Emc Insurance Group Inc. Comments On Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae Investment Impairments
des moines, iowa----emc insurance group inc. today announced that it will record an "other-than-temporary" investment impairment loss in the third quarter of 2008 on its investments in perpetual preferred stock issued by the federal national mortgage association and the federal home loan mortgage corporation as a result of the u.s. government's announcement that it is placing these companies ...
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Ex-cop Sentenced In Hit-and-run - Miami Herald
a former miami-dade police officer on monday was sentenced to eight years in prison for leaving the scene of a car crash that killed a pompano beach man. michael ayalon, who apologized in court to the family of rick nye, pleaded no contest in march ...
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Hurricane Ike Batters Cuba, Killing 4; May Threaten Gulf Rigs - Bloomberg
sept. 9 (bloomberg) -- hurricane ike tore across central cuba, killing four people and prompting mass evacuations, before heading for the country's west and the gulf of mexico, potentially threatening u.s. oil rigs. ``it looks like it is going to be ...
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Fire Victim Can't Get Insurance Information
mount auburn man asks troubleshooter howard ain for help after fire at home last week
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Universal North America To Offer Homeowners Insurance In Hawaii
hawaii insurance commissioner j.p. schmidt announced a new insurance option for homeowners; effective sept. 22, 2008, universal north america insurance c
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Federal Mortgage Success Stories - Blueridgenow.com
the government’s takeover of fannie mae and freddie mac, the nation’s largest mortgage finance companies, is training a spotlight on a part of american financial system that rarely gets much attention: the vast network of federal agencies and ...
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