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LUCKNOW: The state round of the National Talent Hunt exam organised by the Bureau of Psychology, government of UP, will be held on November 8,
2009 in 88 examination centres across the state. The last date for filing application is September 25, 2009. Students enrolled in Class VIII in government recognised schools would be eligible for the test.
According to Divyakant Shukla, director, Bureau of Psychology, Allahabad, UP, the applicants will have to apply along with a draft of Rs 50 payable to registrar, department examinations, UP, Allahabad. For the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe candidates the amount will be Rs 30. He said that the first round of test will select 555 students from UP. These candidates will then appear in the test to be held at the national level. Reservation rules will also apply in selection process.
NOTE: THE LASt date for feeling appliication is september 25, 2009.
Dinesh Kumar Mishra, regional office of Bureau of Psychology in Lucknow, told TOI that the test will have two papers -- first general awareness and second as per the choice of the candidate. The optional subjects are Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Mathematics and Social Science. The examination will be of three hours -- 8.00am to 11.00am for ordinary candidates and for four hours -- 8.00am to 12 noon for physically challenged.
Application forms can be obtained free of cost from ten regional offices of the Bureau of Psychology in all over the state, district inspector of school office in respective districts, basic shiksha adhikari office in various districts and government inter colleges. The application can also be downloaded from State Council of Education Research and Training website www.scertup.org. Duly filled application forms can be submitted at government inter colleges in the districts till September 25, 2009.
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As part of an effort to provide a safe learning environment for students who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning their sexual orientation, a new school for them plans to launch in January 2010. It will be entirely online.
Billed as the first virtual school of its kind, the GLBTQ Online High School's website asks prospective students to "Imagine a school where you can be you. Where your friends share similar experiences and similar questions." It is the brainchild of David Glick, a 25-year education veteran who has helped develop K through 12 online learning programs throughout the country and beyond.
NOTE: According A reset study by gay, lesbian, and straight education work.
Glick says the ninth- through 12th-grade school will offer a high-quality, college-preparatory education and will serve as a safe haven for LGBT students who have been harassed or bullied at their current schools, as well as provide a destination for students who opt to pursue their schooling online.
Feeling unsafe at school is a problem for many LGBT students. According to a recent study by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, almost 9 out of 10 such students have experienced harassment in their schools, and nearly a third of all LGBT students have missed school because of feeling unsafe.
"We're looking to focus on the positives and connect those students so they can learn from each other," says Glick.
So far, a couple of dozen students from across the country have applied to the private, tuition-based school, but Glick and Dean of Operations Doug Bright are hoping for 50 before they open for business.
Bright says that there is no specific criteria on the types of students they're looking for and that what interests them most is the whole picture. "We're not necessarily going to say 'no' just because you might have a 2.0 GPA," he says.
Some criticize the Maplewood, Minn.-based school—as well as brick-and-mortar LGBT schools such as those featured here—for skirting the underlying problems and promoting segregation rather than understanding and acceptance.
David Johnson, who teaches social psychology at the University of Minnesota, told the Maplewood area Fox News affiliate that it would be better to put LGBT students in a regular high school setting. An online school would only further alienate them, he says.
Glick and Bright acknowledge such arguments but maintain that schools like theirs serve a vital purpose.
"Honestly, I hope we're not in this business forever," says Bright. "But the fact remains that many schools—especially in rural areas—don't offer good support services for the gay community. And as an online school, we can reach those students, wherever they are."
Glick says that many students and educators have expressed excitement with the idea, find it provocative and positive, and think it will allow students to focus on academics.
The school's curriculum will consist of mainstream courses, including advanced placement classes, with opportunities to customize for each student's needs. A course is also being planned so students can learn more about the LGBT community and the political and cultural issues it faces.
Glick says that as the school grows he would like to organize "cluster events" in cities so students can enjoy face-to-face learning activities. He and Bright are also hoping to start a summer camp next year for students both from the school and from outside it.
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As part of an effort to provide a safe learning environment for students who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning their sexual orientation, a new school for them plans to launch in January 2010. It will be entirely online.
Billed as the first virtual school of its kind, the GLBTQ Online High School's website asks prospective students to "Imagine a school where you can be you. Where your friends share similar experiences and similar questions." It is the brainchild of David Glick, a 25-year education veteran who has helped develop K through 12 online learning programs throughout the country and beyond.
NOTE: According A reset study by gay, lesbian, and straight education work.
Glick says the ninth- through 12th-grade school will offer a high-quality, college-preparatory education and will serve as a safe haven for LGBT students who have been harassed or bullied at their current schools, as well as provide a destination for students who opt to pursue their schooling online.
Feeling unsafe at school is a problem for many LGBT students. According to a recent study by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, almost 9 out of 10 such students have experienced harassment in their schools, and nearly a third of all LGBT students have missed school because of feeling unsafe.
"We're looking to focus on the positives and connect those students so they can learn from each other," says Glick.
So far, a couple of dozen students from across the country have applied to the private, tuition-based school, but Glick and Dean of Operations Doug Bright are hoping for 50 before they open for business.
Bright says that there is no specific criteria on the types of students they're looking for and that what interests them most is the whole picture. "We're not necessarily going to say 'no' just because you might have a 2.0 GPA," he says.
Some criticize the Maplewood, Minn.-based school—as well as brick-and-mortar LGBT schools such as those featured here—for skirting the underlying problems and promoting segregation rather than understanding and acceptance.
David Johnson, who teaches social psychology at the University of Minnesota, told the Maplewood area Fox News affiliate that it would be better to put LGBT students in a regular high school setting. An online school would only further alienate them, he says.
Glick and Bright acknowledge such arguments but maintain that schools like theirs serve a vital purpose.
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The school's curriculum will consist of mainstream courses, including advanced placement classes, with opportunities to customize for each student's needs. A course is also being planned so students can learn more about the LGBT community and the political and cultural issues it faces.
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The traditional fortnight's summer holiday is growing longer by a day as staff seek to save money on their breaks, and then ease themselves back into work.
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Increasing numbers of employees are taking two weeks and a day off before returning to the workplace on a Tuesday rather than Monday, experts say.
This allows them to enjoy a more gradual return to the daily routine and also the prospect of a shorter working week before the next weekend.
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Professor Cary Cooper, the Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Management School, said: "I think the reason more people are doing it is because they are working harder and longer than every before, and need two weeks to unwind. Then they come back to work a date late rather than go straight back and feel overwhelmed.
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"I would recommend they do that, as a way of gradually getting back up to speed. I can see lots of psychological advantages."
He added: "Employers probably benefit as well because you can guarantee the workers will be looking through their emails on that last day off."
In years gone by, most families who took summer holidays abroad arranged both flights and accommodation through high street travel agents in one or two-week blocks.
But low-cost airlines and the internet have allowed holidaymakers to be more flexible in the length of their breaks, forcing hotels to accept more bookings for odd nights rather than full weeks or weekends.
Travellers can now save hundreds of pounds by searching for flights away from the busier weekends, with research by Travelsupermarket.com suggesting that a trip to Sydney returning on a Monday could cost £605 compared with £783 on a Sunday.
Airports and roads are also quieter on weekdays, while holidaymakers returning to work on a Tuesday can spend an extra day relaxing with their family rather than rushing headlong into the routine of work.
Stansted airport said Sunday night is still the busiest time of the week for arrivals but "the gap is closing" as more people return home on Mondays.
EasyJet said: "We are seeing increasing numbers of people travelling midweek-to-midweek."
Hilton Hotels said Sunday bookings for its UK rooms had increased more this summer than any other day of the week.
Duncan Barraclough, a travel expert at Travelsupermarket.com, said: "The key to getting the best deal on your flight is to be flexible. If you are able to spread your annual leave over two or possibly even three weeks and fly mid-week you are highly likely to save money.
"Plus, by avoiding travelling at the weekend, you will often find roads and the airport are much quieter, reducing the stress of getting away.
"On top of this, hotels have recently become much more flexible in their booking terms."
According to the TUC, as many as 3 million full-time workers will also have extra time off to play with this summer, after the Government increased the minimum entitlement from 24 days to 28 including bank holidays in April.
Paul Sellers, a policy adviser at the union organisation, said: "As holiday entitlements go up, people will want to tack on days.
"Coming back in part of the way through a week is obviously easing you back into work rather than going full speed from a standing start."
Ben Willmott, Senior Public Policy Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, added: "Lots of people are doing this especially if they've had a long flight. Having that extra day to recover can be quite useful.
"It's much better to be realistic and take an extra day's leave, and from the employer's point of view it makes it more likely staff will be fully rested whenever they do return."
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As of Aug. 1, Palo Alto has a university to call its own.
The Pacific Graduate School of Psychology has renamed itself Palo Alto University and is preparing to welcome students and faculty to a new campus in the Palo Alto foothills this fall.
The name change reflects both the move from a temporary home in Redwood City and the school's expansion to include bachelor's degree programs, Board of Trustees Chair Gary Shapiro explained in a letter to students.
Set on eight acres at 1791 Arastradero Road, the campus consists of three buildings formerly occupied by the American Institutes for Research. The school bought the property for $3.6 million and just completed a $2 million renovation, university President Allen Calvin said Wednesday.
The move is a homecoming for the school, which was based on East Meadow Drive in Palo Alto for 19 years before moving to a Stanford University-owned facility in Redwood City last year.
With an enrollment of fewer than 1,000 students, many of whom are also registered at other colleges, Palo Alto University intends to keep a quiet profile in the city, Calvin said. But he added that the university hopes to become a part of the city's fabric.
"We know Stanford is located in Palo Alto, but we want to make this a university that the people of Palo Alto have a voice in," he said. "We want to get a lot of people on our advisory council — and we have a lot already — who are prominent people
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"We don't offer any freshmen or sophomore classes," Calvin said. "We don't have a football team."
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Psychology college renamed Palo Alto University; expansion planned
By Will Oremus
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Posted: 08/07/2009 11:21:02 PM PDT
Updated: 08/07/2009 11:21:04 PM PDT
As of Aug. 1, Palo Alto has a university to call its own.
The Pacific Graduate School of Psychology has renamed itself Palo Alto University and is preparing to welcome students and faculty to a new campus in the Palo Alto foothills this fall.
The name change reflects both the move from a temporary home in Redwood City and the school's expansion to include bachelor's degree programs, Board of Trustees Chair Gary Shapiro explained in a letter to students.
Set on eight acres at 1791 Arastradero Road, the campus consists of three buildings formerly occupied by the American Institutes for Research. The school bought the property for $3.6 million and just completed a $2 million renovation, university President Allen Calvin said Wednesday.
The move is a homecoming for the school, which was based on East Meadow Drive in Palo Alto for 19 years before moving to a Stanford University-owned facility in Redwood City last year.
With an enrollment of fewer than 1,000 students, many of whom are also registered at other colleges, Palo Alto University intends to keep a quiet profile in the city, Calvin said. But he added that the university hopes to become a part of the city's fabric.
"We know Stanford is located in Palo Alto, but we want to make this a university that the people of Palo Alto have a voice in," he said. "We want to get a lot of people on our advisory council — and we have a lot already — who are prominent people
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Founded in 1975 to fill a regional void in clinical psychology doctoral programs, the university has grown to offer eight degree-granting programs, all related to psychology. Many are partnerships with other universities, such as a joint J.D./Ph.D. in Psychology and Law with Golden Gate University and a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology with Stanford. It added a B.S. in Psychology and Social Action in 2006 in conjunction with De Anza College, and this year it will enroll its first students in a B.S. in Business Psychology, offered in cooperation with Foothill College.
NOTE: Many are partnership w/ other university and pay a psy.d.
Calvin said he hopes to see the university grow in the next few years to an enrollment of 1,000 undergraduates and 500 graduate students. But he said neighbors needn't worry about heavy traffic or fraternity parties, since the students will be transfers from two-year colleges and most of the classes will be held at the Foothill and De Anza campuses.
"We don't offer any freshmen or sophomore classes," Calvin said. "We don't have a football team."
The fall quarter starts the first week of September. A ribbon-cutting for the new facility is scheduled for Oct. 10.
E-mail Will Oremus at woremus@dailynewsgroup.com.
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Too often in Australia personal tragedy is made even harder by the simple admission: "I have no insurance." Victoria's bushfires are no exception. Whether we're talking about insurance to cover the loss of our homes, belongings, cars or more valuable assets such as ourselves, our family and our ability to earn an income, Australia has an ongoing under-insurance problem.
Research by the Insurance Council of Australia in 2007 found almost one in four households - 23 per cent - didn't have home or contents insurance. An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission following the Canberra bushfires found anywhere between 27 and 81 per cent of consumers who did have insurance were under-insured by 10 per cent or more against current rebuilding costs.
NOTE;an university by the austrailian security and ivestment are commision in a following canberra brushfire are found.
A report last year by The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and Industry Funds Forum found more than 50 per cent of industry super fund members were under-insured for death cover by $100,000 or more while 74 per cent were under-insured by $100,000 or more for total and permanent disability insurance and 45 per cent were under-insured by $1000 or more a month for income protection insurance.
An earlier report by the Investment and Financial Services Association found less than one-third of Australians insured their ability to earn an income and families with dependent children were particularly prone to being under-insured. It estimated that in 2005 parents with dependent children were under-insured by about $1370 billion
NOTE: The last report by the austrailian institute of superannuation trustees and indutry funds forum found more than 50 per cent.
Reasons for not buying insurance are obvious: cost, a perceived lack of benefit for the money invested, and more pressing demands on the budget. Not to mention the old "wing it and worry about the worst if it comes" approach. Or "it won't happen to me".
But the scale of the latest tragedy has delivered a harsh lesson that the worst can and does happen. And when it does, it's often unexpected. It's a wake-up call for all of us to review our cover.
To a large extent, it is under-insurance rather than non-insurance that is the more insidious problem. The decision not to insure is a conscious one where you knowingly take on extra risks.
You may be counting on emergency relief efforts to meet the gap if disaster strikes but that won't cover events such as burglary or having an accident that leaves you disabled. And you can't know in advance how adequate any relief efforts will be.
But under-insurance tends to be unconscious. You might give careful thought to how much cover you need when you originally take our your policy but few give the matter any ongoing thought. We pay the premium each year as it arrives, trusting the cover will be there when we need it.
This doesn't take account of changing circumstances. Renovations, new purchases and gifts should ideally be added to our home and contents insurance as soon as possible. But many of us overlook them entirely or only consider lifting the sum insured when it comes up for renewal.
Similarly, changes in your job, income and family situation can all affect the amount of personal insurance you need. But only a minority of consumers apply for their cover to be lifted as these events occur.
As the Canberra bushfires showed, standard home insurance policies also failed to keep pace with the growth in building costs. Many consumers who thought they had enough cover found their insurance would not meet the full cost of rebuilding as costs had grown faster than inflation, and then the high level of demand after the fire pushed building costs up even further.
Most insurance policies include some form of indexation but you can't assume the increases will be enough. At the very least, we should review the level of cover each year when we renew the policy. In most instances, lifting the level of cover is relatively simple and inexpensive. Most insurers now have calculators on their websites to help estimate your insurance needs. Continued…
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Too often in Australia personal tragedy is made even harder by the simple admission: "I have no insurance." Victoria's bushfires are no exception. Whether we're talking about insurance to cover the loss of our homes, belongings, cars or more valuable assets such as ourselves, our family and our ability to earn an income, Australia has an ongoing under-insurance problem.
Research by the Insurance Council of Australia in 2007 found almost one in four households - 23 per cent - didn't have home or contents insurance. An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission following the Canberra bushfires found anywhere between 27 and 81 per cent of consumers who did have insurance were under-insured by 10 per cent or more against current rebuilding costs.
NOTE;an university by the austrailian security and ivestment are commision in a following canberra brushfire are found.
A report last year by The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and Industry Funds Forum found more than 50 per cent of industry super fund members were under-insured for death cover by $100,000 or more while 74 per cent were under-insured by $100,000 or more for total and permanent disability insurance and 45 per cent were under-insured by $1000 or more a month for income protection insurance.
An earlier report by the Investment and Financial Services Association found less than one-third of Australians insured their ability to earn an income and families with dependent children were particularly prone to being under-insured. It estimated that in 2005 parents with dependent children were under-insured by about $1370 billion
NOTE: The last report by the austrailian institute of superannuation trustees and indutry funds forum found more than 50 per cent.
Reasons for not buying insurance are obvious: cost, a perceived lack of benefit for the money invested, and more pressing demands on the budget. Not to mention the old "wing it and worry about the worst if it comes" approach. Or "it won't happen to me".
But the scale of the latest tragedy has delivered a harsh lesson that the worst can and does happen. And when it does, it's often unexpected. It's a wake-up call for all of us to review our cover.
To a large extent, it is under-insurance rather than non-insurance that is the more insidious problem. The decision not to insure is a conscious one where you knowingly take on extra risks.
You may be counting on emergency relief efforts to meet the gap if disaster strikes but that won't cover events such as burglary or having an accident that leaves you disabled. And you can't know in advance how adequate any relief efforts will be.
But under-insurance tends to be unconscious. You might give careful thought to how much cover you need when you originally take our your policy but few give the matter any ongoing thought. We pay the premium each year as it arrives, trusting the cover will be there when we need it.
This doesn't take account of changing circumstances. Renovations, new purchases and gifts should ideally be added to our home and contents insurance as soon as possible. But many of us overlook them entirely or only consider lifting the sum insured when it comes up for renewal.
Similarly, changes in your job, income and family situation can all affect the amount of personal insurance you need. But only a minority of consumers apply for their cover to be lifted as these events occur.
As the Canberra bushfires showed, standard home insurance policies also failed to keep pace with the growth in building costs. Many consumers who thought they had enough cover found their insurance would not meet the full cost of rebuilding as costs had grown faster than inflation, and then the high level of demand after the fire pushed building costs up even further.
Most insurance policies include some form of indexation but you can't assume the increases will be enough. At the very least, we should review the level of cover each year when we renew the policy. In most instances, lifting the level of cover is relatively simple and inexpensive. Most insurers now have calculators on their websites to help estimate your insurance needs. Continued…
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Imagine an object the size of a pea with the potential to destroy a satellite, and you'll get a sense of the potential new risks posed by Wednesday's collision of an Iridium satellite with an inactive Russian military satellite.
The scale of the damage is still being assessed, but so far the U.S. Joint Space Operations Center has identified 600 pieces of debris greater than the size of a tennis ball that were thrown off in the crash (pieces smaller than that are untrackable). Traveling at around 5.0 miles a second, an object much smaller could do a lot of damage, particularly when colliding with one coming from the opposite direction at a similar speed.
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"The issue of debris has been hugely underestimated for a long time," said Sima Adhya, senior technical officer at risk analysis firm Sciemus. "It's a massive problem that the space industry needs to get a grip on."
"There was an incident where a speck of paint chipped the windscreen of a spacecraft," David Wade, space underwriter at Atrium Space Insurance in London, told Forbes.
Most commercial insured satellites operate in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,400 miles above the Earth, where there is hardly any debris, and onboard control ensures that collision risks are small. For these satellites, the main risks covered tend to be mechanical troubles, or a failure at launch, according to Ernst Steilen, head of space underwriting at Munich Re.
Wednesday's collision occurred much closer to Earth, at a level where the majority of satellites, belonging to research institutes or governments, aren't covered by insurance.
Underwriters have so far been unwilling to predict the impact that Wednesday's collision will have on the space insurance industry, which generates around $800.0 million a year. "It is too soon to tell if the recent collision is likely to affect insurance terms, as we do not yet understand the nature of the debris caused by the collision or the ultimate orbit of that debris," said Jeff Cassidy, chief operating officer of specialist insurer Global Aerospace "We will continue to base every policy on its individual risk characteristics and any risk of damage from debris of any origin is just one of the risks faced by in-orbit satellites."
NOTE: The nature of the debris caused by the collision or the ultimate orbit.
Munich Re's Steilen agrees that the collision, if it remains a one off and doesn't result in massive losses, is unlikely to have any immediate impact on the industry. "We have had a reminder of what can happened and will be tracking it closely in the future."
The satellite, belonging to Iridium Satellite LLC, collided with the Russian satellite about 500 miles above Siberia, around midday Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday. With increasing demand for satellite coverage for industry from shipping and mining, to Web sites such as Google Maps, lower space orbits are gradually becoming more crowded.
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"The issue of debris has been hugely underestimated for a long time," said Sima Adhya, senior technical officer at risk analysis firm Sciemus. "It's a massive problem that the space industry needs to get a grip on."
"There was an incident where a speck of paint chipped the windscreen of a spacecraft," David Wade, space underwriter at Atrium Space Insurance in London, told Forbes.
Most commercial insured satellites operate in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,400 miles above the Earth, where there is hardly any debris, and onboard control ensures that collision risks are small. For these satellites, the main risks covered tend to be mechanical troubles, or a failure at launch, according to Ernst Steilen, head of space underwriting at Munich Re.
Wednesday's collision occurred much closer to Earth, at a level where the majority of satellites, belonging to research institutes or governments, aren't covered by insurance.
Underwriters have so far been unwilling to predict the impact that Wednesday's collision will have on the space insurance industry, which generates around $800.0 million a year. "It is too soon to tell if the recent collision is likely to affect insurance terms, as we do not yet understand the nature of the debris caused by the collision or the ultimate orbit of that debris," said Jeff Cassidy, chief operating officer of specialist insurer Global Aerospace "We will continue to base every policy on its individual risk characteristics and any risk of damage from debris of any origin is just one of the risks faced by in-orbit satellites."
NOTE: The nature of the debris caused by the collision or the ultimate orbit.
Munich Re's Steilen agrees that the collision, if it remains a one off and doesn't result in massive losses, is unlikely to have any immediate impact on the industry. "We have had a reminder of what can happened and will be tracking it closely in the future."
The satellite, belonging to Iridium Satellite LLC, collided with the Russian satellite about 500 miles above Siberia, around midday Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday. With increasing demand for satellite coverage for industry from shipping and mining, to Web sites such as Google Maps, lower space orbits are gradually becoming more crowded.
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The company, which is majority owned by Standard Bank (SBKJ.J) and whose only operating asset is Liberty Group, said it remained well capitalised, with a capital adequacy level marginally ahead of the 2.5 times cover it reported in November.
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It said Liberty Group's headline EPS was expected to fall 45-55 percent including the full impact of investment losses on its portfolios, and to drop 25-35 percent exluding the impact of some of those returns.
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The company, which is majority owned by Standard Bank (SBKJ.J) and whose only operating asset is Liberty Group, said it remained well capitalised, with a capital adequacy level marginally ahead of the 2.5 times cover it reported in November.
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Despite opposition from insurance companies and a small business association, a bill that would mandate coverage of autism therapy for children passed a Senate committee Thursday.
Called "Clay's Law," SB 43 would require insurance to pay up to $50,000 a year for early behavioral therapy, which typically involves one-on-one instruction at least 25 hours a week.
Eight other states require similar coverage, and Nevada lawmakers are expected to pass an autism bill as well. Utah has one of the highest rates of autism, with 1 in 133 children affected, compared to the national rate of 1 in 150.
To accommodate the large crowd of parents and children who appeared in support of the bill, the Senate Health and Human Services moved to a larger room. The group cheered and clapped after the committee voted 5-1 for the bill. It now moves to the Senate floor.
"Every kid needs and should have a life as great as mine. I love being me," said Clay Whiffen, the 8-year-old for whom the bill is named.
Diagnosed with autism as a child, boy received therapy because his Highland parents were able to afford the $60,000 cost. He told the senators he now likes to write in cursive, talk with his friends and can hold a handstand for six seconds.
"Just being a kid is hard enough," he said. "Having autism is a whole lot worse."
Another parent with three autistic children said she had to choose which child to help because she couldn't
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Fraser Bullock, who was in charge of the 2002 Winter Olympics' budget, also spoke in favor of the bill. His granddaughter has autism, but he was able to help pay for the expensive treatment. Now managing director of the Utah-based private equity firm Sorenson Capital, Bullock said business owners he contacted support the mandate even though they will bear some of the costs.
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"This cost does not give us a second thought," he said.
No fiscal note has been attached, but supporters and opponents estimate it will cost the state $1 million a year to cover government employees. Supporters also say it would increase private premium costs by less than 1 percent.
Jim Olsen, president of the Utah Retail Merchants Association, said those incremental costs add up. More of his members are dropping insurance coverage for their employees altogether due to escalating premium costs, in part due to unfunded mandates, he said.
Kelly Atkinson, executive director of the Utah Health Insurance Association, also spoke against the bill, saying the mandate would only apply to 33 percent of insured Utahns. For two-thirds of the families in the room, "nothing you do today will impact them."
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After nearly 90 minutes of testimony, senators had little time to debate the bill. They wondered how effective the treatment is -- up to 50 percent of children could become indistinguishable from their peers, according to a pediatrician -- and whether the diagnosis of autism is reliable since it requires observation instead of, for example, a lab test.
Only Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, voted against the bill. Noting that he is fighting to save funding for autism preschools and a registry to track the prevalence and risk factors for autism, he said the bill shifts money from one group to another. "Where do we draw the line with mandates?" he asked.
But sponsoring Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, said young families pay for therapies for older people and now it's others' turn to help them. "This is an appropriate conservative approach," he said.
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Utah autism insurance mandate clears first hurdle
By Heather May
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Posted: 02/12/2009 11:15:01 AM MST
Despite opposition from insurance companies and a small business association, a bill that would mandate coverage of autism therapy for children passed a Senate committee Thursday.
Called "Clay's Law," SB 43 would require insurance to pay up to $50,000 a year for early behavioral therapy, which typically involves one-on-one instruction at least 25 hours a week.
Eight other states require similar coverage, and Nevada lawmakers are expected to pass an autism bill as well. Utah has one of the highest rates of autism, with 1 in 133 children affected, compared to the national rate of 1 in 150.
To accommodate the large crowd of parents and children who appeared in support of the bill, the Senate Health and Human Services moved to a larger room. The group cheered and clapped after the committee voted 5-1 for the bill. It now moves to the Senate floor.
"Every kid needs and should have a life as great as mine. I love being me," said Clay Whiffen, the 8-year-old for whom the bill is named.
Diagnosed with autism as a child, boy received therapy because his Highland parents were able to afford the $60,000 cost. He told the senators he now likes to write in cursive, talk with his friends and can hold a handstand for six seconds.
"Just being a kid is hard enough," he said. "Having autism is a whole lot worse."
Another parent with three autistic children said she had to choose which child to help because she couldn't
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afford full time therapy for all of them. Noting one of her children had cancer, she said she would choose a cancer diagnosis over autism because of insurance coverage.
Fraser Bullock, who was in charge of the 2002 Winter Olympics' budget, also spoke in favor of the bill. His granddaughter has autism, but he was able to help pay for the expensive treatment. Now managing director of the Utah-based private equity firm Sorenson Capital, Bullock said business owners he contacted support the mandate even though they will bear some of the costs.
NOTE: his granddaughter she have a autism, but she was able to help for the expensive treatment.
"This cost does not give us a second thought," he said.
No fiscal note has been attached, but supporters and opponents estimate it will cost the state $1 million a year to cover government employees. Supporters also say it would increase private premium costs by less than 1 percent.
Jim Olsen, president of the Utah Retail Merchants Association, said those incremental costs add up. More of his members are dropping insurance coverage for their employees altogether due to escalating premium costs, in part due to unfunded mandates, he said.
Kelly Atkinson, executive director of the Utah Health Insurance Association, also spoke against the bill, saying the mandate would only apply to 33 percent of insured Utahns. For two-thirds of the families in the room, "nothing you do today will impact them."
NOTE: Klly atkinson he is the exclusive director of the Utah health insurance assosiation.
After nearly 90 minutes of testimony, senators had little time to debate the bill. They wondered how effective the treatment is -- up to 50 percent of children could become indistinguishable from their peers, according to a pediatrician -- and whether the diagnosis of autism is reliable since it requires observation instead of, for example, a lab test.
Only Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, voted against the bill. Noting that he is fighting to save funding for autism preschools and a registry to track the prevalence and risk factors for autism, he said the bill shifts money from one group to another. "Where do we draw the line with mandates?" he asked.
But sponsoring Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, said young families pay for therapies for older people and now it's others' turn to help them. "This is an appropriate conservative approach," he said.
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Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer that lost $2.75 billion last year, got almost $1 billion in reserve relief from a state regulator who is a former executive at the company.
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan rebuffed a Feb. 10 request by the Consumer Federation of America and the Center for Economic Justice to recuse himself from matters involving his former employer. He approved a change in accounting standards that reduces the amount of money Hartford must hold for customer obligations by about $987 million. The insurer announced the action in a regulatory filing today.
"It has been nearly two years since I left my position in the insurance industry," Sullivan said yesterday in an e-mail to Birny Birnbaum of the Center for Economic Justice and CFA's Bob Hunter, a former insurance regulator for Texas. "Neither I nor my spouse or children have any financial interest in the insurance industry that would serve as a conflict of interest prohibited by the Connecticut Code of Ethics for Public Officials."
NOTE:The insurer announced the action in a regulatiory filling today.a former insurance are
regulator for texas.
Sullivan, who was senior vice president of Hartford's Specialty Risk Services, was appointed commissioner in 2007 by Governor Jodi Rell. He told Bloomberg today in an e-mail that his statement to the groups was "self evident." Shannon Lapierre, a spokeswoman for the Hartford, Connecticut-based company declined to comment.
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Sullivan's decision not to recuse himself may diminish consumers' trust in his supervision of the industry, according Michael Hoffman, executive director of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Sullivan could have avoided the perception of a conflict of interest by asking a committee to decide on his suitability to consider the issue, Hoffman said.
"You have to be very careful" when asked to step aside, Hoffman said. "That's a very dangerous thing to decide on your own."
Sullivan isn't the only regulator to ease standards. New York's Eric Dinallo allowed life insurers in his state to get a benefit from equity-market hedges when calculating reserve needs. MetLife Inc., the biggest U.S. life insurer, said in December the change would give the firm a benefit of about $1.8 billion. Regulators in Iowa and Ohio have signaled they may provide relief.
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Life insurers are turning to state regulators after losses on mortgage-backed securities and guaranteed-return retirement products depleted assets. The industry failed to win nationwide capital relief when the National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted down a series of proposals by the American Council of Life Insurers last month.
Sullivan supported the nationwide reform, while CFA's Hunter opposed it.
Hartford Chief Financial Officer Lizabeth Zlatkus said on a conference call with analysts last week that the insurer requested the reserve changes because the rules were "unduly" conservative. The relief from Connecticut allows Hartford greater use of anticipated tax benefits.
NOTE:Sullivan is supported the nationwide reforme, in the rilief from connected allows harford greater use of anticipated tax benefits.
Hartford has plummeted more than 80 percent in the last year in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.
To contact the reporter on this story: Andrew Frye in New York at afrye@bloomberg.net.
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Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer that lost $2.75 billion last year, got almost $1 billion in reserve relief from a state regulator who is a former executive at the company.
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan rebuffed a Feb. 10 request by the Consumer Federation of America and the Center for Economic Justice to recuse himself from matters involving his former employer. He approved a change in accounting standards that reduces the amount of money Hartford must hold for customer obligations by about $987 million. The insurer announced the action in a regulatory filing today.
"It has been nearly two years since I left my position in the insurance industry," Sullivan said yesterday in an e-mail to Birny Birnbaum of the Center for Economic Justice and CFA's Bob Hunter, a former insurance regulator for Texas. "Neither I nor my spouse or children have any financial interest in the insurance industry that would serve as a conflict of interest prohibited by the Connecticut Code of Ethics for Public Officials."
NOTE:The insurer announced the action in a regulatiory filling today.a former insurance are
regulator for texas.
Sullivan, who was senior vice president of Hartford's Specialty Risk Services, was appointed commissioner in 2007 by Governor Jodi Rell. He told Bloomberg today in an e-mail that his statement to the groups was "self evident." Shannon Lapierre, a spokeswoman for the Hartford, Connecticut-based company declined to comment.
Trust Compromised
Sullivan's decision not to recuse himself may diminish consumers' trust in his supervision of the industry, according Michael Hoffman, executive director of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Sullivan could have avoided the perception of a conflict of interest by asking a committee to decide on his suitability to consider the issue, Hoffman said.
"You have to be very careful" when asked to step aside, Hoffman said. "That's a very dangerous thing to decide on your own."
Sullivan isn't the only regulator to ease standards. New York's Eric Dinallo allowed life insurers in his state to get a benefit from equity-market hedges when calculating reserve needs. MetLife Inc., the biggest U.S. life insurer, said in December the change would give the firm a benefit of about $1.8 billion. Regulators in Iowa and Ohio have signaled they may provide relief.
NAIC Vote
Life insurers are turning to state regulators after losses on mortgage-backed securities and guaranteed-return retirement products depleted assets. The industry failed to win nationwide capital relief when the National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted down a series of proposals by the American Council of Life Insurers last month.
Sullivan supported the nationwide reform, while CFA's Hunter opposed it.
Hartford Chief Financial Officer Lizabeth Zlatkus said on a conference call with analysts last week that the insurer requested the reserve changes because the rules were "unduly" conservative. The relief from Connecticut allows Hartford greater use of anticipated tax benefits.
NOTE:Sullivan is supported the nationwide reforme, in the rilief from connected allows harford greater use of anticipated tax benefits.
Hartford has plummeted more than 80 percent in the last year in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.
To contact the reporter on this story: Andrew Frye in New York at afrye@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: February 12, 2009 17:16 EST
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