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Court: Insurance rates can reflect credit scores
Insurance companies can use a person's credit report to determine rates, the Michigan Supreme Court said Thursday in declaring that state regulators exceeded their...
Health provider partners may face privacy fines
U.S. companies that partner with hospitals and other health providers could face steep fines if they disclose private patient information under a new federal...
Pension deficit hits £100 billion, deficits could increase by a further £40 billion over next year
Pension deficits have ballooned to the £100 billion landmark but the knock-on effects of the austerity measures announced in the Budget are likely to...
Jail for Lindsay Lohan after violating probation
Troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan sobbed and pleaded in court but a judge still slapped her with 90 days in jail for violating probation...
Health insurance : 32,000 lives could be saved with colonoscopy
Around 32,000 lives could be saved each year if people over 50 got regular colorectal cancer screening as recommended, the US Centers for Disease...
Health insurance Google strengthens benefits for gay or lesbian workers
Google on Thursday improved health and family leave benefits for its US employees with same-sex domestic partners.
The Internet titan began adjusting the pay of...
Judge declares Spain’s Marsans insolvent
Viajes Marsans, one of Spain's biggest and oldest tour operators, has been declared insolvent, according to a court ruling seen by AFP on Monday.
The...
Wall Street bill boosts Obama reform legacy
Barack Obama is about to affix the tightest handcuffs on Wall Street in decades, adding a finance reform bill to his historic health overhaul,...
QQ WebSites, a Web Site Builder for Independent Insurance Agencies Nationwide
QQ Solutions today announced the availability of its new Web site builder, QQ WebSites, for independent insurance agencies nationwide. Agents new to the Web...
Bailed out insurer American Insurance Group and China Strategic Holdings have agreed to extend the deadline for completing AIG’s planned $2.2 billion sale of its Taiwan unit
While the extension could help AIG and its buyers address concerns from Taiwanese regulators, the longer the transaction is stretched out the less likely...
Aviva appoints UK strategic partnerships director
Aviva announced on Monday June 7th the appointment of Anthony Middle as the UK strategic partnerships director.
The new role of strategic partnerships director –...
Merkel, Sarkozy in joint push for market reform
France and Germany on Wednesday called for a European ban on certain high-risk market dealings such as naked short selling in a joint appeal...
Aon named best global broker by Euromoney magazine
Aon Corporation has been named the world's best global insurance broker for the third straight year by the respondents of Euromoney magazine's annual insurance...
Incumbent Lincoln holds Arkansas
Two-time Arkansas Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln overcame anti-incumbent sentiment Tuesday to win a hardfought run-off against upstart challenger Bill Halter.
Lincoln, whose campaign had enjoyed...
Politicians fight anti-incumbent anger in US primaries
US voters headed to the polls Tuesday to choose candidates for November's midterm elections, with Democrats and Republicans alike battling to overcome a wave...
White House threatens greenhouse gas bill veto
The White House Tuesday cited the specter of the Gulf oil spill as it threatened a presidential veto of a Republican bid to block...
Cooper Gay in merger talks to create $3.5bn independent broking giant
Cooper Gay, London-based independent wholesale, reinsurance and specialist retail insurance broker , and US wholesale broker Swett & Crawford have confirmed they are in...
Greeks protest against pensions reform
Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Greece to protest against a controversial, debt-dictated pension reform proposal that includes cuts, higher contributions and tougher retirement...
Gulf of Mexico disaster could increase oil cost
The problems British oil giant BP faces in controlling a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico highlight the dangers of working in...
Chinese banking giant ICBC to open branch in Belgium
Chinese banking giant ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) is soon to open a branch in Belgium, the Belgian prime minister's office announced...
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