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Dawn Pompey Strickland understands how the human body works, and she wants to help people maintain theirs in the most natural way possible. The Dalton resident and mother of two shares her passion for helping others not just through her work as a chiropractor but also as a fitness instructor for people of all ages.

Fugitive Smuggler Lai Changxing Gets Life Imprisonment – NTDTV

Loading video …… A Chinese court has sentenced a smuggling kingpin to life imprisonment. Lai Changxing was extradited back to China in July last year, after being on the run for more than 12 years in Canada.

NY hearings on 'forced' insurance in foreclosure

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Premiums for so-called force-placed insurance have more than tripled since 2004, producing enormous profits for insurers and the banks that take out policies when a homeowner fails to maintain coverage required by the mortgage, according to New York regulators.In some cases, the premiums are “exponentially higher” than regular homeowners insurance and can push homeowners into foreclosure, Department of Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky said Thursday at the start of public hearings on insurance rates

Rethinking Australian bank business models: Christopher Joye – SmartCompany.com.au

Today I want to put to you an idea that the prevailing attitude to, and analysis of, Australia’s banking system is profoundly misguided. The forever-recycled, conventional wisdom is that the Australian banks’ reliance on “wholesale funding” – that is, credit supplied to banks via domestic and international institutions investing in bank “bonds” – is a tremendous source of weakness and instability

Making mortgage payments is tough – Las Vegas Sun

Mitch Clark, Mesquite Thursday, May 17, 2012 | 2:02 a.m. I was surprised at the quote attributed to Paul Mortlock from Reno in your story Friday about a federal program to help underwater homeowners. He stated that he and his wife, Connie, stopped making payments on their house three years ago when their loan payment ballooned — almost as if they had no clue this was going to happen

Notes and quotes from the Louisiana Legislature – WBXH

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Welfare recipients would be unable to withdraw their assistance as cash or spend it on liquor and cigarettes, under a House-approved proposal supported Wednesday by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.

Insurance costs rising for Suncorp

Suncorp continues to be hit by natural disasters, with its insurance costs for the financial year currently $253 million above its expectations.The Queensland-based financial company said its natural hazard costs for the 10 months to April 30 totalled $714 million, above its $461 million allowances.The Christmas Day hailstorm in Melbourne was the largest single event in the period with claims of $250 million, and floods and storms in Queensland, NSW and Victoria since the new year have compounded insurance costs.Floods in south-west Queensland and northern NSW in February generated $76 million in insurance claims to Suncorp, and NSW and Victoria floods in March cost the company $41 million.Storms and floods on the north and central coast of Queensland in March generated $37 million in insurance claims, Suncorp said.Those events come after what the company described as its worst year for natural disasters in calendar 2011.For the six months to December 31, Suncorp’s general insurance business posted a 44.5 per cent fall in earnings, to $162 million.Suncorp said on Tuesday the business’ underlying performance had improved ahead of expectations, partly due to rising insurance premiums.The company also provided an update on the performance of its core banking operations, which registered a 3.0 per cent rise in lending in the three months to March 31 to $42 billion.The modest growth reflects the trend of consumers paying off debts at a faster rate than required, Suncorp Bank chief executive David Foster said.”This trend is weighing on the overall banking system but Suncorp Bank continues to grow as consumers look for alternatives to the major banks,” he said in a statement.Suncorp shares were down one cent at $8.27 at 1154 AEST.

Insurance company drops Swampscott

Home > News Insurance company drops Swampscott By Cyrus Moulton / The Daily Item SWAMPSCOTT The town is being dropped by its insurance company because of excessive claims and is searching for a new carrier beginning July 1, Town Accountant Dave Castellarin said last week.“We go through one insurance carrier that farms [the insurance] out and our main carrier is not renewing so we’re searching around,” Castellarin said Friday.Castellarin said the town was informed in an e-mail from its insurance agent that Trident Insurance Services would not renew the town’s policy as of July 1 and would send a formal letter indicating this sometime this month. Insurance agent Peter Cook of LifePlus Insurance Agency, Inc., said the non-renewal was due to an “extreme loss ratio” for the town, according to Castellarin.

Insurance Networking News Announces Women in Insurance Leadership 2012 Call for Nominations

NEW YORK, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – (http://www.myprgenie.com) – Insurance Networking News (INN), a SourceMedia brand, has issued a “call for nominations” for its 2012 Women in Insurance Leadership (WIL) program. Every year, WIL honors 10 female insurance executives who have made a significant impact on their businesses. The winners will be featured in a special report published with INN’s September/October 2012 print issue and posted on insurancenetworking.com.

Ex-lobbyist: Lawmakers, not lawbreakers, to blame – San Angelo Standard Times

This might raise your eyebrows: Jack Abramoff, the notorious former lobbyist who spent almost four years in jail and owes $44 million in restitution, is touring the country talking about ethics and about reforming the business that made him rich and famous, and then left him an infamous felon. At the apex of his power as a lobbyist, Abramoff had a couple of Texas connections: his close relationship with then-U.S.