The largest insurance company in the world, American International Group, is still in trouble. Today, it gave its investors the sad news that the mortgage assets market is still in a bad state; recovery seems to be slow in coming.

There are several different type of health insurance in the United States. The two main types are called Traditional Care Insurance and Managed Care Insurance. These types can be further broken down into four smaller categories. You have a traditional indemnity plan, also sometimes called a fee for service plan, a Preferred Provider Organization plan, or a PPO, a Point of Service plan, or a POS, and a Health Maintenance Organization plan, or an HMO.