Unemployment Insurance ExtendedWashington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate voted to extend unemployment insurance and Cobra health benefits for one year.Guidewire Wins Insurance Canada.ca's 'Best In Class Technology Provider - Insurer Solutions' AwardGuidewire Software, a leading provider of flexible core systems to property/casualty insurers, recently announced that it has won an Insurance Canada.ca Technology Award (ICTA)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.Ecclesiastical Insurance saves millions with e-procurementInsurance company Ecclesiastical Insurance has cut its procurement costs by £3m in a year following a £20,000...Hexaware Strengthens Insurance Capabilities; Forges Strategic Partnership With eBaoTechHexaware Technologies, a leading global provider of IT & BPO services and consulting, recently, announced a global partnership with eBaoTech, a leading provider of a complete suite of new generation core application software and services for life and general insurance industriesInsurance 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.‘Perfect’ timing brings Harvey Fierstein to GwinnettLAWRENCEVILLE — Harvey Fierstein will be in Atlanta next week performing the lead role in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” Before the musical’s Atlanta engagement concludes, the Broadway legend will be seated in the audience at the Aurora Theatre for a matinee showing of the Tony Award-nominated musical “A Catered Affair,” for which he penned the book.LAWRENCE: Mayor to conclude series of meetingsMayor Michael Powers wants to meet with township residents, and he plans to hold the third in a series of Meet the Mayor sessions Friday at Amalfi’s restaurant at 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road.Reed opts not to run for HouseLAWRENCEVILLE — Former Christian Coalition director Ralph Reed will not run for Congress. Reed, who lives in Duluth, said he has decided against a race for the District 7 seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. John Linder, saying he would devote his time to the Faith and Freedom Coalition to help other races.Lawrenceville Man Pleads Not Guilty In 1976 Mo. SlayingA 65-year-old Georgia man has pleaded not guilty to killing a former University of Missouri student who disappeared in 1976.Neighbor alerts firefighters in LawrencevilleLAWRENCEVILLE- An alert neighbor calls 911 after hearing an explosion from a house in Lawrenceville. The call came in just after 830a.m. from a concerned neighbor on the 1200 block of Monfort Road after hearing an explosion.
