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headlines from this weekend insurance
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news auto insurance customer
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satisfaction falls in the US according
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to a study from JD Power and Associates
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customer satisfaction with auto
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insurance in the US has fallen over the
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past year the study shows the customer
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satisfaction is down in policy offerings
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price interaction claims and billing the
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largest II clients and customer
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satisfaction have to do with the policy
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options that consumers have when it
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comes to auto insurance coverage
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homeowners insurance providers fleeing
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New York markets New York officials are
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beginning to voice concerns regarding
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homeowners insurance companies leaving
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certain parts of the state some
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insurance companies including all state
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and State Farm have been limiting their
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presence in certain markets such as Long
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Island this trend is being attributed to
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the impact of Hurricane sandy which
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caused significant problems for the
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state's insurance companies many of whom
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have yet to fully recover from the
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catastrophe life insurance companies in
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Asia are being snatched up by Japan
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several wealthy Japanese financial firms
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have been showing strong interest in the
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life insurance sector of Southeast Asia
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while total mergers and acquisitions
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coming from Japanese companies in the
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sector have fallen since 2012 these
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firms have been showing aggressive
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interest in a very specific market the
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life insurance sector of Southeast Asia
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has been inundated with Japanese
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companies that have expressed interest
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in merging with insurers or acquiring
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them outright health insurance exchange
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campaign launched by the HHS the US
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Department of Health and Human Services
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has launched an aggressive new campaign
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to help raise awareness about health
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insurance exchanges throughout the
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country the campaign is meant to inform
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consumers throughout the country about
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these exchanges and the types of
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coverage that they offer from
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october2013 to March 2014 the HHS plans
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to enroll more than seven million people
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into health insurance exchanges
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throughout the country homeowners
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insurance and Florida become more
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expensive for the citizens property
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insurance has been making moves during
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Reese the cost of homeowners insurance
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throughout the state the state-run
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insurer plans to raise rates in order to
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encourage consumers to find coverage
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elsewhere while also addressing its own
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financial issues by your rates could be
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an increase of as much as four hundred
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dollars annually for some homeowners in
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the state that's it for this week's news
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roundup be sure to visit live insurance
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