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The numbers do not include the impact on millions of people who lost their jobs and health insurance after the recession began in December 2007.

The 2007 snapshot shows that Massachusetts, which has achieved near-universal coverage, had the lowest rate of uninsured people under age 65, about 7.8 percent. States with the highest rates of uninsured were in the South and West: Texas was at the top, with 26.8 percent, followed by New Mexico (26.7 percent) and Florida (24.2 percent)...

The Builder Agent Network (BAN) is expanding it offerings for Texas home builders and general contractors to include a new package policy for home builders.

BAN is a managing general agent for several insurance companies and works through a network of approved agents that have met stringent requirement guidelines and have extensive knowledge of the building industry...

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has issued an emergency declaration, intended to speed state help to parishes that need it after the storm hits. He said mandatory evacuations are not expected, but parishes might call for voluntary evacuations in some low-lying areas...

If only vehicles registered in the Rio Grande Valley filled the roadways, drivers would have a three-in-10 chance of encountering an uninsured driver, according to the state's insurance regulator.

Almost one-third of the drivers in Cameron County do not have automobile insurance, making the county second in the state for percentage of uninsured motorists...

Travelers Insurance received a cease and desist letter from the Office of Attorney General demanding a deceptive television advertisement be pulled off the air in Texas.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sent the demand letter on July 8, 2010 instructing The Travelers Companies Inc. to cease the ads, and that they be “removed from all Texas television media markets as well as any print, multimedia, radio or computer-generated ads that appear in the state.”...