1.   And the central bank collects a premium for selling the option, which helps to offset the costs of intervention.

2.   Yet taxation was a far more efficient method of collecting premiums and distributing payments than a separate state insurance scheme.

3.   Allstate Corp. said fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled as the insurer collected more premiums and received fewer catastrophe claims.

4.   Allstate Corp. said fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled because the insurer collected more premiums and received fewer catastrophe claims.

5.   Both companies plan to limit their insurance activity to reinsurance policies sold to insurance companies, where claims are typically not paid for years after premiums are collected.

6.   Conseco Inc. fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled as the insurer collected more premiums and profited from acquisitions.

7.   Conseco Inc. said its third-quarter earnings more than doubled as the insurer collected more premiums.

8.   HMOs collect premiums and set aside reserves that they hope will cover costs when medical bills arrive later.

9.   In addition, Jennings said, Congress would have to provide additional money to the IRS so it could assess and collect Medicare premiums.