Freddie Mac lost $7.8 billion in the final three months of last year, but the mortgage finance company didn’t need a federal cash infusion for the third quarter in a row. Freddie Mac, which has been controlled by federal regulators since September 2008, lost $2.39 a share, the company said Wednesday. The loss included...
Sacramento, CA — Anthem Blue Cross is in the hot seat in Sacramento. State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is alleging that the insurance company has committed over 700 violations of California law. “There’s evidence to suggest that there have been serious issues with the way Anthem deals with paying health insurance claims,” says Poizner....
The Federal Reserve is poised to turn off a major money spigot that has helped sustain the ailing real estate sector, as an extraordinary program under which the Fed has pumped $1.25 trillion into the mortgage market is slated to end March 31. “Housing has been on government life support, and without it the...
With more than 8 million Toyota cars and trucks (including some Lexus vehicles) under recall for a variety of issues that include brake and accelerator problems, insurance claims are all but certain. But how will those claims, and the volume of them, affect your insurance rates? Dating back to mid-January, Toyota recalled a variety...
Fannie Mae, (FNM.P) the largest provider of funding for U.S. home mortgages, on Monday said it is launching a $1 billion program to boost money available to small- and mid-sized lenders. The program would provide credit lines for 10 to 12 lenders in 2010, a spokeswoman said. Since the onset of the credit crunch,...
President Barack Obama wants to give the federal government sweeping new authority to curb exorbitant rate hikes by the nation’s health insurance companies, a White House official said Sunday night – a proposal designed to win over skeptical voters as Obama announces his own health insurance legislation for the first time Monday. Releasing his...
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