Receipt-only system to aid insurance claims (Daily Yomiuri Online)
The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. launched a system earlier this month in which benefits for hospital stays of 14 days or shorter for surgery are paid to claimants on the basis of hospital receipts alone instead of conventionally required medical certificates, the first of its kind in the nation.

Lawmakers bone up on health care (The Oregonian)
SALEM -- A dozen committees, commissions and task forces are mulling health care proposals to bring to the 2007 Legislature -- perhaps a hint that the next session could be focused on rising medical costs and the 600,000 Oregonians who lack health insurance.

Capsized N.Y. Tour Boat's Insurance Broker Focus of 3-State Probe (Insurance Journal)
Regulators in three states are investigating whether companies in London and Miami sold a fraudulent insurance policy to the owner of a tour boat that capsized on a New York lake and killed 20 elderly