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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...

For the third time in the last few months, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has expired, with legislators in Washington, D.C., unable to reach a compromise on long-term expansion of the initiative for now.

On March 25, the U.S. Senate adjourned until April 12, without addressing HR 4851, the Continuing Extension Act of 2010, which extends a number of programs for the unemployed, as well as a proposed short-term extension of the NFIP, through April 30. The House approved the measure March 17, but without Senate approval, the program’s funding ended Feb. 28, essentially shutting it down...

For the first time in Texas auto insurance Plan Association history a public member has been elected to lead the organization’s board.

According to Allstate Foundation's "Shifting Teen Attitudes: The State of Teen Driving 2009," 27 percent of girls admit to speeding at least 10 miles over the speed limit, vs. 19 percent of boys.

According to data assessed between 2000 and 2007, Allstate found that water damage ranked as the most common claim from its Texas homeowner insurance customers. It was followed by wind and hail damage as the second and third most common claim...