Insurance Blog Week in Review – January 1-7, 2012

Things move pretty quickly on the Insurance Blog. There is the potential that you may have missed something that you would have liked to read. The Insurance Blog Week in Review is designed to give you a quick view of everything that was added there this week. It is an easy way to catch up! Americans With Health Insurance are Less Likely to Smoke A Gallup poll finds that Americans who have health insurance coverage are more likely to have healthier habits and are less likely to smoke than are Americans who don’t have health insurance. But, why is this … Continue reading

Insurer Sues Google Over Content of Search Results

An insurance company in Alabama has sued Google. The reason is because the insurer does not like the links that appear on Google when people type in the name of the insurance company. Specifically, it is because two of those links paint the insurer in a very negative light. American Income Life Insurance company is an insurer that specializes in selling life insurance, and other types of supplemental policies. It primarily sells these policies to labor unions, credit unions, and associations. This insurer has filed a lawsuit in the Jefferson County Alabama Circuit Court against Google. Google, of course, is … Continue reading