BERWYN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ:DLLR - News), a leading international financial services company serving under-banked consumers, today announced that the Company has entered into an agreement to purchase eighty-two financial services stores in southeast Florida which offer check cashing, ... [full story]

Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer, is proposing a reform of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund that she says could reduce the potential for catastrophe fund assessments on insurance consumers. The proposal follows an effort earlier this year to provide ... [full story]

The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday examined recent efforts by states to expand health insurance coverage to more residents and to make health care more accessible and affordable. According to the Inquirer, legislatures in more than two dozen states have begun ... [full story]

As Americans build more homes in natural wild land areas across the country, they face increased levels of fire risk, according to a new national study by Colorado State University researchers. "The wild land-urban interface has grown to an area larger ... [full story]

INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 11, 2007) �" Despite concerns about Florida’s just-expired no-fault auto insurance law, the system will go back into effect next year. Gov. Charlie Crist today is signing legislation passed during a special legislative session to re-enact the controversial ... [full story]