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Evacuation, temporary shelter and iodine pills are the chief weapons for protecting civilians against nuclear fallout, experts say.
A blast on Saturday that wrecked...
BeatThatQuote.com penalised after Google acquisition
In the same day, Google has acquired British comparison website BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7m and has then penalised its ranking.
Google decided to slap on a...
Google backs weather insurance startup
Google on Monday was among investors pumping $42 million into a climate change inspired technology startup that calculates the chances of crops being ruined...
Air pollution could reduce life by almost two years
Curbing air pollution in major European cities could save 19,000 lives per year, add almost two years to local life expectancy and save 31.5...
Gender discrimination for pension annuities and motor insurance premiums
Millions of men approaching retirement could be left thousands of pounds worse off if a European court rules on 1 March that insurance companies...
RMS comments on earthquake in New Zealand
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Bancassurance : market outlook 2011
Bancassurance deciders of different financial institutions have exchanged on the model’s current situation and the necessity for the market to better adapt to customers...
A private navy to fight piracy?
Insurance firms in London plan to defeat Somali piracy by creating a private fleet designed to escort vessels across the Gulf of Aden.
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Egypt : Mubarak may be in ill health
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak may be in poor health, the country's envoy to Washington told a US broadcaster Monday, days after the longtime...
New : Munich Re’s first guarantee for wind power plants
Munich Re is insuring the guarantees which Fuhrländer, a German builder of wind-power plants, is giving its customers. This is the world's first insurance...
Crisis : Aon comments on Egyptian situation
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corporation, provides comment on the situation unfolding in Egypt:
Beverley Marsden, Director of Aon Political...
Exhausted Davos elites hear burnout warning
After a brutal four days of world leaders' speeches, schmoozing and wild parties, exhausted global elites at the World Economic Forum were warned of...
Doctors eye chemicals for rise in child cancers
A mom whose four-year-old died after losing a battle to a brain tumor called Wednesday for tougher US regulation of chemicals suspected of being...
Study : Past smoking rates shorten US lifespan
High smoking rates in the past, combined with widespread obesity, continue to chip away at US life expectancy compared to other wealthy nations, a...
Southeast Asia facing new ‘health crisis’
Southeast Asia's 600 million people are facing a raft of new health challenges as the disaster-prone region undergoes some of the world's fastest social...
Car insurance : record rise in premiums in 2010
British car insurance prices rose at a record pace last year as providers sought to protect themselves against rising personal injury claims, insurer and...
Aon’s Greg Case and Lord Alan Sugar head list of big name speakers at BIBA 2011
The keynote speakers for this year’s BIBA conference have been confirmed as Greg Case, President and CEO of Aon Corporation, explorer Ed Stafford who...
Apple’s Asian partners and rivals eye Jobs’ health
As Apple's legendary boss Steve Jobs goes on another medical leave of absence, analysts say his company's myriad Asian partners could suffer -- but...
Royal Bank of Scotland sells Priory rehab clinics
State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday said it had agreed to sell Priory Group, whose clinics regularly treat celebrities with addictions, to private...
Geneva Association Secretary General Looks Ahead at Insurance Issues in 2011 and Beyond
Responding to media calls, Patrick M. Liedtke, Secretary General and Managing Director of leading international insurance think tank, The Geneva Association, today outlined key...
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