Heartland Newspapers - Insurance and Finance

‘Defaults Will Outstrip Bankruptcies,’ Economist Says

William Bergman
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October 30, 2012
The federal and state governments may receive most of the attention for what are widely acknowledged to be unsustainable fiscal policies, but local governments also have unsustainable policies of t

Risk-Based Rates Key to Shrinking Florida Taxpayers’ Hurricane Loss Exposure

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October 30, 2012
As the leaderships of both the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Perils of Money Manipulation Explained

Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
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October 30, 2012
Review of The Impending Monetary Revolution, the Dollar and Gold, by Edmund Contoski (American Liberty Publishers, Minneapolis, MN, 2012), 206 pages, $19.95. ISBN: 978-0-9655007-0-8.

Florida Okays Rate Hikes for State-Run Insurer

Christian Camara
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October 30, 2012
Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation has granted the state-run Citizens Insurance Property Corp.

U.S. Tax System Traps Companies’ Money Overseas

Matthew Glans
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October 29, 2012
The United States has the highest corporate tax rate among the 34 nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in addition to being one of the few nations still usin

Census Figures Show Cities’ Fortunes Overhyped

Wendell Cox
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October 29, 2012
The United States Census Bureau has released a report, Patterns of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Population Change: 2000 to 2010, on metropolitan area growth between 2000 and 2010.

New-Home Construction, Existing-Home Sales Climb

Steve Stanek
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October 23, 2012
Residential home construction in September hit its highest level in four years, and in some markets, existing home sales also have been surging.

Court Decision Puts Commodities Position Limits on Hold

Matthew Glans
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October 19, 2012
The effects of speculation on commodities pricing has been hotly debated in recent years.

Three States Join Lawsuit Challenging Dodd-Frank Law

Steve Stanek
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October 17, 2012
The states of Michigan, Oklahoma and South Carolina have joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

End of the Road for Cities’ ‘Eds and Meds’ Sectors

Aaron M. Renn
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September 26, 2012
In the last few decades, as suburbanization and deindustrialization devastated so many cities, they turned to two sectors that seemed not only immune to decline but were actually growing: universit
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