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Disasters cause world losses of 222 billion dollars in 2010
Man-made and natural disasters generated worldwide economic losses of 222 billion dollars in 2010, more than three times last year's figure, the world's biggest...
BGL Group acquires French price comparison sites
The BGL Group today acquired the French insurance price comparison company, Courtanet.
Founded in 2005 by CEO Jehan de Castet, Courtanet initially offered price comparison...
Iceland : joining EU is not a guaranteed life insurance
The widening debt crisis in the European Union has made Icelanders aware that joining the bloc or switching to the euro will not necessarily...
Four Taiwanese firms invited to evaluate Nan Shan
US insurance giant AIG has invited four Taiwanese units to conduct due diligence on the troubled firm's Taiwan unit Nan Shan Life to revive...
World Health Organisation : health needs plunge 100 million into poverty
More than 100 million people are plunged into poverty every year by illness or "catastrophic" medical bills, the World Health Organisation said Monday, launching...
U.S 9/11 rescuers agree 625 million dollars damages from government insurer
More than 10,000 rescue workers sickened by toxic dust and other debris after the September 11 attacks in New York on Friday accepted a...
US at bottom of health care survey of 11 rich countries
Americans are the most likely to go without health care because of the cost and to have trouble paying medical bills even when insured,...
Europe to knock down barriers for disabled
The one in six Europeans with a disability should be able to cross EU borders carrying a single card offering bloc-wide entitlements from next...
China says no sign of bird flu after HK case
Health authorities in eastern China said they had so far detected no human cases of bird flu after a woman in Hong Kong who...
Australia’s AMP in new bid for AXA Asia Pacific
Life insurance and wealth management firm AXA Asia Pacific (AXA APH) Monday said it had received a new takeover offer from Australian wealth manager...
Health insurance : Germany passes unpopular health system reforms
Germany's parliament Friday passed some unpopular reforms to the country's creaking health system that will increase the financial burden on patients in a bid...
Study : 59 million in US lack health insurance
In the first quarter of 2010, some 59.1 million people in the United States reported having no health insurance for at least part of...
Announcement : Aviva France CEO Jean-Pierre Menanteau announces surprise resignation
Aviva France Chairman and CEO Jean-Pierre Menanteau has announced his immediate resignation during Wednesday's executive meeting according to information from French insurance magazine La...
Weather warning : winter well on its way
After harsh weather hit Britain this week, snow, heavy rain and strong winds will continue to batter Britain today. The first storm of winter...
Health : Congo polio epidemic kills 78
A polio epidemic in southern Congo has killed 78 people since early October authorities said Tuesday, more than a decade after the disease was...
BIBA sets out plan to reduce cost of motor insurance to Transport Select Committee
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has called on the Government to implement an eight point plan to reduce the spiralling cost of motor...
Report : one in four Israelis living in poverty
One in four Israelis is living in poverty, the National Insurance Institute said on Monday in a report which also showed that more than...
Study : Brits ready to work into 70’s
- 67 is when we think we will retire... but we want to retire five years earlier
- 32% of Brits don't have a pension
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US health care : Obama admits big political hit from reform
In his first major interview since a mid-term electoral drubbing, US President Barack Obama conceded he had taken a bigger political hit than expected...
Short news : Brazil worried as more superbug infections emerge
The spread of an antibiotic-resistant superbug in Brazil was worrying officials, as new cases emerged Saturday following the recent deaths of at least 18...
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