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# [Plexus Points: Insurance-related stories we're checking out](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/plexus-blog/retirement-plans/food-truck-coverage-starbucks-insurance-exchange)

 Written by [Mike Wilkening](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/author/mike-wilkening) | Jul 22, 2016 4:26:55 PM

The weekend is a wonderful time to catch up on your reading.  
 With this in mind, here are a handful of insurance-related stories you'll enjoy reading, sharing and bookmarking:

-- A major insurer has begun offering [food truck coverage](http://www.heraldextra.com/business/local/farmers-insurance-offers-food-truck-insurance-to-utah-wasatch-front/article_344ad41d-cd78-5d71-a006-0f17caa2227b.html) in Utah.

-- More travelers are said to be exploring insurance coverage [for their trips](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/travel/travel-insurance-europe-terrorism.html?_r=0).

-- A former NFL player [is suing an insurer](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/sports/football/haruki-nakamura-former-nfl-player-sues-insurer-for-denial-of-claim-related-to-head-trauma.html) over what he claims is a career-ending concussion.

-- The proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers [are being challenged](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-antitrust-idUSKCN1011VU)by the U.S. Department of Justice.

-- New York will make boxers and other fighters, including mixed martial artists, carry a [minimum of $1 million](http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2016/07/21/420933.htm)in liability insurance.

-- Starbucks is implementing a [private insurance exchange](http://www.benefitnews.com/news/starbucks-moving-employees-to-private-exchange).

-- A Maine lawmaker wants to change the state's insurance code to forbid a carrier from using age as a factor in [determining automotive rates](http://www.pressherald.com/2016/07/20/lawmaker-proposes-amendment-to-stop-auto-insurance-rate-hikes-for-seniors/).

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