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Credit insurance Coface attacks the Serbian market
Already present in Serbia since 2007 segments of debt collection and company information, Coface now wants to tackle market credit insurance in the country.
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Pioneering Online Insurance Business DirectAsia.com Launches in Thailand
Award-winning DirectAsia.com has proven to be a major success in both the Hong Kong and Singapore markets. DirectAsia.com currently has up to 4 per...
AIIR Worldwide : estimates insured losses in Germany from historic floods at between 4 and 5.8 billion Euros
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates insured losses in Germany from the recent floods in central Europe at between EUR 4.0 billion and EUR...
FCO issues warning about inadequate insurance cover for holiday activities
Medical treatment can cost thousands abroad yet new research by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has found that fewer than half (45%) of...
Fitch Ratings : German flood claims may hit EUR 3 billion
The floods in Germany are likely to be even costlier than those in 2002, Fitch Ratings says. If flooding progresses as it has in...
Aon Hewitt : employers increasingly adopting payment strategies to improve efficiencies in the U.S. Health Care System
To mitigate rising health care costs, an increasing number of companies are considering adopting strategies that will improve the way they pay for health...
France : unemployment hits 15 year high
The rising French unemployment figure topped out at 10.8% in the first quarter of 2013, the highest it has been since 1998, according to...
Bahamas insurance companies to get insured in face of hurricane threats
The Bahamas has one of the worst records for hurricanes in the Caribbean. Natural disasters in the Bahamas increased during 2011 and 2012, with...
Aon : celebrates Global Service Day
Celebrating its commitment to empowering economic and human possibility around the world Aon is holding its Global Service Day, where colleagues in 44 countries...
AIR Worldwide : heavy rains cause record flooding and landslides across Central Europe
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Central Europe has been inundated during the past several weeks with heavy and relentless rain, which has...
AIR Worldwide : M6.2 earthquake strikes Taiwan late Sunday night
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Taiwan Sunday night, June 2, 2013, at 9:43 p.m. local time...
Travellers may be asked for credit card instead of EHIC card, warns EU Commission
A year ago this month, Columbus Direct warned British travellers that the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) card may not be enough to cover...
AIR Worldwide : Hurricane Barbara makes landfall, brings op to 16 inches of rain
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Hurricane Barbara, the second hurricane of the 2013 Pacific season, made landfall in the state of Chiapas...
AIR Worldwide : Massive EF-5 Tornado Causes Destruction in Moore, Oklahoma
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, at 3:01 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013, a massive tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb of...
Aon : Greg Case addresses Detroit Economic Club on managing risk and people in a global economy
Noting that companies around the world face more risks from more sources than ever before while also grappling with rising health care costs, talent...
Cayman Islands : hub for offshore health insurance
As per 2012 the written premium of health insurance in the Cayman Islands valued US$196.3 million, growing at a CAGR of 8.7% since 2008....
AIR Worldwide : Damage from Tropical Cyclone Mahasen Less Than Feared
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, the first tropical cyclone in the Northern Indian Ocean this season, Tropical Cyclone Mahasen, made landfall northwest...
Fitch Ratings : Foreign Bonds to Bridge Japanese Life Insurers’ Yield Gap
The plans of major Japanese life insurers for a modest increase in their allocation to foreign bonds - at the expense of Japanese government...
Retailers could use NGOs to report on safety conditions
Outsourcing and offshoring expert Professor Michael Mol believes retailers could use NGOs to report on working conditions at factories they are using in countries...
Xchanging : supports ACORD LOMA Forum
Xchanging announces it is proud to be the Diamond Sponsor at the ACORD LOMA Forum in Las Vegas on the 6-8 May. At the...
