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...will soon earn the first half of its name back. The Federal Government, which seized the failed bank last summer, is expected to close a deal in the next week that would return the California mortgage lender to private ownership. For IndyMac, the deal means independence in less than eight months. For the government, the IndyMac sale provides a shining example of how takeovers can work, at a time when the Obama Administration may soon begin pushing for more nationalizations. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...work. But Anna McCourt, a supervisor at the ACS call center, says employees often have difficulty understanding the jargon in insurance policies. Even human-resources personnel may not fully understand all the intricacies of a policy when briefing a new employee. Coverage that seems generous when you are healthy - eight annual doctor visits or three radiation courses - quickly proves insufficient if you find yourself really sick...
...illness may not fall neatly into six-month increments. While Pat had been continuously covered since 2002 by the same company, Assurant Health, each successive policy treated him as a brand-new customer. In looking back over Pat's medical records, the company noticed test results from December, eight months earlier. Though Pat's doctors didn't determine the precise cause of the problem until the following July, his kidney disease was nonetheless judged a "pre-existing condition" - meaning his insurance wouldn't cover it, since he was now under a different six-month policy from...
McCourt says most people have difficulty understanding the language in insurance policies. Even human-resources personnel may not fully understand all the intricacies of a policy when briefing a new employee. Also, coverage that appears adequate at first glance may fall short - eight annual doctor visits or three radiation courses may initially seem sufficient, but a breast-cancer patient can require many more visits and multiple radiation courses in just a few weeks of treatment...
...visit Europe. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has flown west for her first foreign trip, spending a week in Asia last month before traveling to the Middle East. Meanwhile, Obama has returned the Winston Churchill bust that sat in the Oval Office for the past eight years to the British. Indeed, some Europeans brood that the new President's only nod toward them came with the family decision to adopt a Portuguese water dog. (See pictures of presidential dogs...