category: Life Insurance
 - Protect loved ones - review your life insurance
 - Pacific Life Insurance names longtime insider as new president

category: Health Insurance
 - Health Insurance Lawsuits Dismissed
 - Fewer U.S. Kids Lack Insurance, Study Shows
 - Bush Order Targets Health Costs
 - Study shows decline in state for job-based health insurance

category: Auto Insurance
 - Auto-insurance ripoff
 - Bid to Bar Shift in Rates for Auto Insurance Fails
 - Allstate must cut California auto insurance rates 15.9%
 - It's a buyer's market for auto insurance
 - State considers 'pay as you drive' auto insurance

category: Homeowners
 - USAA Plans Cuts in Home Insurance Premiums
 - McCain backer John Hagee tempers Hurricane Katrina comments
 - Earthquake drill aims to make state more prepared

category: National Insurance News
 - Bustamante Hopes to Win Insurance Post by Losing
 - Hurricane Ike batters Cuba for a second day

category: Banking Services
 - Crop of new banks takes root in niches
 - Congress eyes lending rules