ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's leading organization for assisted living providers and the residents and families they serve is calling upon Treasury secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. to temporarily suspend regulations that force seniors to withdraw money ... [full story]

Wells Fargo Insurance Services -- a unit of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. -- has acquired the EMAR Group, a large commercial insurance brokerage based in Livingston, N.J., with offices in Florida, Wells said Monday. Terms of the deal were ... [full story]

Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Progressive Corp., the third-largest U.S. auto insurer, posted its first quarterly loss since 2000 after the company wrote down the value of investments, including holdings of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The third-quarter loss ... [full story]

The 2008 tornado season is on track to set a record for the number of tornadoes in the USA, according to National Weather Service data. Through July, 1,390 tornadoes were officially recorded in the first seven months of a year — ... [full story]