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Liberty Syndicates enters motor market as new team joins
Liberty Syndicates Management Limited (Liberty Syndicates), a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is entering the UK and Irish motor insurance markets through the hiring...
Saudi insurer to pay pirates $20mln ransom
A Saudi insurance company is to pay Somali pirates a 20-million-dollar ransom to free a hijacked ship and its 14-member crew held hostage for...
G. Thompson Hutton to retire from XL Insurance Group board of directors
XL Insurance Group announced today that Mr. G. Thompson Hutton has decided to leave the board of directors to start a new business focused...
United Kingdom: Rise in fraudulent insurance claims
Insurers uncovered a record £840 million worth of fraudulent claims in 2009, figures have shown.
A total of 122,000 insurance claims were rejected by the...
Health : World AIDS conference closes
The 18th International AIDS Conference closed in Vienna on Friday after six days of seminars, workshops and networking on fighting AIDS and...
Health prevention : Beach umbrellas do not block all solar radiation
Hiding out under a beach umbrella may offer you far less protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation than you expect, according...
Health / AIDS : Major step seen in quest for anti-HIV vaginal gel
Scientists on Monday reported a major stride towards a vaginal gel that can thwart HIV, a goal that would be of huge benefit...
India: Insurance licence for engineer giant Larsen & Toubro
L&T General Insurance Company Limited, the general insurance arm of the $9.8 billion...
World economic crisis hits AIDS funding, 25 billion dollars has to be mustered
Funding by rich economies for poor countries fighting HIV/AIDS fell back slightly last year, to 7.6 billion dollars after 7.7 billion dollars in 2008,...
Weather warning –July 16 2010 : Italy sweltering in major heatwave
Italy's civil protection agency Friday placed 18 cities including Rome and Milan on maximum alert as the country experienced a major heatwave that was...
Home insurance: Axa to launch a short film about water damage
Axa insurer launched in July a short film documentary about a family affected by water damage.
The short film film takes viewers through this personal...
Britain is the best place to die
Britain leads the world in the quality of care it provides for the dying, leaving many developed nations lagging a long way behind, according...
Health : Waterborne infections cost US over 500 million a year
Three waterborne diseases account for hospitalizations that cost the US health care system around 539 million dollars a year, the Centers for Disease Control...
Weather Warning – July 15, 2010: Heavy rain expected in Northern Ireland
The Met Office has issued on Thursday a weather warning in Northern Ireland from 14.00 to 21.00. Heavy rain is expected in locals areas...
Health : Vitamin D levels linked to Parkinson’s disease risk
Greater levels of vitamin D have been linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's disease in a study in Finland where low sunlight leads...
Weather Warning – July 13, 2010: Heavy rain expected in Wales
The Met office has issued on Tuesday a weather warning in Wales. Heavy rain is expected today from 13.30 to 20.00 in local areas...
Health prevention : Obama to roll out new AIDS strategy
President Barack Obama will Tuesday declare that America's battle against AIDS is at a "crossroads" and roll out a plan to cut new infections...
Car insurance premiums soar by 14%
The cost of car insurance soared by 14% during the second quarter as insurers raised their prices in a bid to return to profit,...
Celebrities: Lady Gaga not covered by her insurance after ex-boyfriend claim
The insurance company of pop-singer Lady Gaga will not cover 30 million dollars lawsuit from her ex-boyfriend and producer Rob Fusari.
The insurance company...
Weather Warning – July 12, 2010: Heavy rain expected in East of England
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for East of England, in Norfolk and Suffolk. Heavy rain is expected today until 4...
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