Hexaware Strengthens Insurance Capabilities; Forges Strategic Partnership With eBaoTechHexaware Technologies, a leading global provider of IT & BPO services and consulting, recently, announced a global partnership with eBaoTech, a leading provider of a complete suite of new generation core application software and services for life and general insurance industriesGuidewire Wins Insurance Canada.ca's 'Best In Class Technology Provider - Insurer Solutions' AwardGuidewire Software, a leading provider of flexible core systems to property/casualty insurers, recently announced that it has won an Insurance Canada.ca Technology Award (ICTA)Va. General Assembly votes to ban mandatory health insurance coverageRICHMOND -- Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage.Insurance Mandate May Need Strict PenaltiesThe health care plans before Congress require individuals to purchase insurance. But the penalty for violating the individual mandate may be so low that healthy people might be tempted to pay it instead of buying insurance. That would leave insurers with less healthy customers, prompting companies to raise their rates, prompting more people to drop out, and so forth.Time for a national insurance program to cope with natural disasters?Advocates of legislation to create a national insurance program say it's better to plan ahead than do a bailout after a natural disaster. Critics say it would amount to a subsidy for owners of coastal mansions and encourage people to live in places they shouldn't.Unemployment Insurance ExtendedWashington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate voted to extend unemployment insurance and Cobra health benefits for one year.Thole: Kisch to join Humboldt High School Athletic Hall of FameStillwater good guy Bob Kisch will be inducted into the Humboldt High School Athletic Hall of Fame during a banquet at the Prom Center in Oakdale on Tuesday, April 13.Oakdale ready for academic decathlonOakdale High's academic decathlon team is competing for the 10th straight year in the state finals. The California Academic Decathlon is this weekend in Sacramento.Oakdale chief: Critics had a shotChief Bill Sullivan pledges changes following a no-confidence vote by his department's union last spring.Celebrity Guest Reading Day at Dedham's Oakdale SchoolDedham's Oakdale School recently held its Celebrity Guest Reading Day. Here a few of the highlights.Mars Area HS Student Wins Visions and Voices Best of Show, Eleven Students Receive Best of Category Honors at PTIOAKDALE, Pa., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Students, friends, family members, and high school art teachers attended the 2010 opening of Visions and Voices, Pittsburgh Technical Institute's high school student show, Saturday, February 27, 2010, to see 603 pieces of work and learn which students received this year's honors.
