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Fitch Ratings : rating actions on Japanese insurers on sovereign downgrade
Fitch Ratings has revised Nippon Life’s outlook to stable from Positive and affirmed its insurer financial strength (IFS) rating. The ratings for Daido Life...
UK : Government should act on IMF warning
Finance Secretary John Swinney has called on the UK Government to take heed of the IMF warnings on the lack of growth in the...
Europe : boosting confidence and growth by putting consumers at the heart of the Single Market
Consumer expenditure, amounting to 56% of EU GDP, reflects the enormous power of the consumer to drive forward the European economy.
Only empowered and confident...
RMS comments on Italy earthquake
Shortly after 02:00 UTC on Sunday, May 20, a Mw6.0 (moment magnitude) earthquake struck the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The USGS have reported...
Aon Hewitt : New York is the lowest risk city in the world for recruiting, employing and relocating employees
New York is the lowest risk city in the world for recruiting, employing and relocating employees, according to rankings released today by Aon Hewitt,...
U.S. : 42 per cent of US may be obese by 2030
Forty-two percent of the US population could be obese by 2030, up from about one-third currently, and the associated rise in health woes would...
U.S. : Treasury to sell $5 bn of AIG stock
The US Treasury is to sell $5 billion worth of shares in American International Group Inc. (AIG) in a stock offering, with the bailed-out...
Spain : no more health benefits for illegal immigrants
Spain takes pride in its universal health care but Europe's debt crisis has spurred tough budget cuts that will bring sometimes life-saving treatment for...
Wal-Mart executive in Mexico scandal quits MetLife board
The Wal-Mart executive at the centre of a scandal over bribery in Mexico resigned Tuesday from his position on the boards of insurers MetLife,...
Europe : will resume talks on Hungary cash aid
The European Union said Wednesday it was ready to resume negotiations on financial assistance to Hungary after Budapest bowed to pressure to maintain the...
Cardiac screening could predict future attacks
A test to measure the heart's electrical activity could help predict future heart attacks in otherwise healthy adults over 70, said a US study...
WHO : 135 states agree anti-tobacco trafficking deal
Negotiators from 135 nations sealed Wednesday a global deal to stem the illegal tobacco trade that could net governments $50 billion more annually in...
AIR : tornadoes rip through sections of Dallas-Fort Worth
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, just one month after a notable tornado outbreak across parts of the Midwest and the Southeast, a...
Euthanasia on the rise in Netherlands and Belgium
Ten years on from becaming the first countries to legalise euthanasia, the Netherlands and Belgium now provide assisted suicide to 4,000 people a year.
While...
Swiss Re branches out to Dubai
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is set to expand it’s operations after receiving a licence from the Dubai Financial Services Authority to operate in the...
WHO : tobacco industry is a devious enemy
World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Margaret Chan on Tuesday decried the tobacco industry as a "ruthless and devious enemy" and urged governments and civil...
Taiwan : beef imports checkes to tighten
Taiwan will tighten checks on beef imports over food safety fears surrounding a controversial additive used to promote lean meat, officials said.
Several shipments of...
Netherlands : health authorities recommend removal of breast implants manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese
Dutch health authorities on Thursday recommended the removal of breast implants manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese that were done before 2001.
"Women who...
Taiwan : group seeks record damages in food scandal
Taiwan's Consumers Foundation said Friday it had launched a group lawsuit seeking a record Tw$7.8 billion ($260 million) in damages from companies for selling...
Hiscox : ‘Super losses’ in the US healthcare insurance sector are on the rise
The overall cost and frequency of so called $50m plus ‘super losses’ in the US healthcare insurance sector are on the rise according to...
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