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AXA and Japan Post Insurance are largest insurance companies
Japan Post Insurance Co. and Axa lead as the world's largest insurers, while U.S. insurers barely crack the top five, according to the latest...
Australia floods : early market estimates put losses at about $1 billion for the insurance sector
Suncorp shares slumped 3 per cent, or 26c, to $8.35, knocking $330m from its value, QBE shares lost 38c, or $380m in value, to...
British flu death toll hits 39
Britain's flu death toll has risen to 39 since October, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced Thursday, with 36 of the fatalities due to...
Two dead as flu cases widen in France
French health watchdogs said on Wednesday the country was officially in the grip of a flu epidemic after 176,000 people had fallen sick, two...
Tower Australia directors back Dai-ichi Life deal
Shares in life insurer Tower Australia jumped more than 40 percent Wednesday after it unanimously recommended shareholders accept a takeover offer from Japan's Dai-ichi...
Croatia registers first swine flu death this season
Croatia recorded its first death linked to swine flu this season as a 60-year-old man infected with H1N1 virus died at a Zagreb hospital,...
Chinatrust makes biggest bid for AIG Taiwan unit
Taiwan's Chinatrust Financial has offered three billion US dollars for Nan Shan Life, the highest bid yet for the local unit of insurance giant...
Sompo Japan, Bank of Shanghai to ally
Japan's major non-life insurer Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. will form a sales partnership with China's Bank of Shanghai, a newspaper said Sunday.
Sompo Japan, a...
24 swine flu deaths in Britain since October
A total of 24 people have died of swine flu in Britain since October with children among the dead, authorities said Thursday.
Data from the...
AIG may announce buyer for Taiwan unit next week
Insurance giant American International Group is likely to announce next week the buyer for its Taiwan unit, Nan Shan Life, a report said Thursday...
Claim volumes double in snow and ice, says AA Insurance
- Highest percentage of snow and ice claims ever: 70 per cent of all claims snow and ice related
- Drivers risking icy roads are...
Third of Americans will be diabetic
Diabetes is costing the United States up to 160 billion dollars per year and might affect one-third of Americans by the middle of the...
Judge rules Obama health reform unconstitutional
A US judge Monday ruled that a key provision in the Obama administration's landmark health care reform requiring all Americans to have insurance was...
England reports new swine flu deaths
Eight people have died from swine flu in England since early September, health authorities told AFP on Saturday, with Britain seemingly at the forefront...
East European states face ageing population
Four eastern and southern European states face a shrinking and ageing population, the World Bank warned Thursday, calling for urgent policy changes to prevent...
AIG : recapitalization plan to speed up bailout exit
American International Group, US government-controlled after a bailout, said Wednesday it has struck a deal to speed up repayment of taxpayer dollars and reclaim...
Justice : Drug companies in the U.S. to pay 421 million USD for price scam
Three pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay 421 million dollars for reporting inflated drug prices to the US government, officials said Tuesday.
The Justice Department...
Five Taiwan firms bid for AIG’s unit
Five Taiwanese companies are bidding for US insurance giant AIG's local unit, Nan Shan Life, with offers of between two and three billion US...
Insurer Zurich says to cut 500 million dollars in costs
Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services said on Thursday it intended to shave 500 million dollars (380 million euros) or 5.0 percent from its global...
Good to know : Global health funding boosted by AIDS awareness
Wealthy nations boosted funding for health programs in poor countries more than fourfold between 1990 and 2010, thanks largely to greater awareness of the...
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