Blue Cross gets rate hike OK (Detroit Free Press)
Michigan's insurance commissioner has granted 10% to 19% rate increases to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for seven insurance policies purchased by people with no workplace coverage. The increases take effect June 1 and run through May 31, 2008. Five individual Blue Cross plans that offer the fewest benefits are not affected.

Travel insurance booms (Daily Local News)
Since the horrors of Sept. 11, 2001, the travel-insurance industry has grown rapidly. Americans now spend more than $1 billion annually on its products, with about 30 percent of travelers purchasing one type of coverage or another, up from just 10 percent before the terrorist attacks. In most cases, however,...

FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LIST (York Daily Record)
Apr 20, 2007 of events and other news of note in the area. To add information to this list, e-mail Weekly Record editor Joan Concilio at jconcilio@ydr.com or call 771-2084.