Interstate health insurance failsA bill giving Washington consumers an opportunity to buy health insurance from other states died in the Legislature this year under pressure from advocates for mental health equality, massage therapists and others.Time for a national insurance program to cope with natural disasters?Advocates of legislation to create a national insurance program say it's better to plan ahead than do a bailout after a natural disaster. Critics say it would amount to a subsidy for owners of coastal mansions and encourage people to live in places they shouldn't.Ecclesiastical Insurance saves millions with e-procurementInsurance company Ecclesiastical Insurance has cut its procurement costs by £3m in a year following a £20,000...Taking insurance education onlineFarmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox Ltd. has created a Web-based portal within its corporate university--The Kaufman Institute--to deliver online education, training and development services to insurance professionals.Insurance Mandate May Need Strict PenaltiesThe health care plans before Congress require individuals to purchase insurance. But the penalty for violating the individual mandate may be so low that healthy people might be tempted to pay it instead of buying insurance. That would leave insurers with less healthy customers, prompting companies to raise their rates, prompting more people to drop out, and so forth.Va. General Assembly votes to ban mandatory health insurance coverageRICHMOND -- Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage.Naperville Sun has new phone numbersGoodbye, 416.Phone numbers for Naperville Sun staff who had the 416 prefix have been changed. From here on out, any phone numbers beginning with the 416 prefix will no longer work.Suspect in ex-Naperville teen's murder case violated paroleSAN DIEGO -- A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one teen and suspected in the death of a second young woman violated his parole by moving too close to a school but was allowed to remain free.Up with People tours NapervilleSkip Searcy is more than a fan of Up With People, a high-energy entertainment group that will be performing this weekend in Naperville. As a former cast member whose daughter also performed in a tour, Searcy has seen firsthand the group's ability to inspire audiences with messages of hope and goodwill.Former coach gets 3 years in prison for sex with 13-year-oldA former Naperville cheerleading coach was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for an ongoing sexual relationship he had in 2006 with a 13-year-old student. Bradley Abraham, 30, formerly of Aurora and now of Chicago , was sentenced to 40 months in prison by DuPage Judge Perry Thompson. Abraham was a former coach and part owner of Illinois Cheer Extreme Athletics, 127 Ambassador ...Former Naperville cheerleading coach gets 40 months in prisonA former Naperville cheerleading school owner was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of his ex-students.
