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IAG welcomes action against unsolicited offers for shares
Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) has welcomed the passage through parliament of the Corporations Amendment (No.1) Bill 2010.
IAG Group General Manager, Corporate Affairs &...
Ghost brokers : IFB reports 3 individuals charged with fraud
Today, the IFB reports, three individuals - a man and a woman from Kent and a man from West London have been charged with...
Justice : Minister’s advice on marriage
Couples should take out insurance on their marriages, ministers warned yesterday.
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke wants to scrap legal aid for divorce lawyers. This means...
Disgrace insurance : terminating partnership deals due to scandals cost millions
Companies are protecting themselves against a backlash in sales when the sex secrets of stars who promote their brands are aired in public.
Brand owners...
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...
Short news : insurance fraud with a fake cancer
Robin Smith Lankford, 32, of Oak Ridge, Tenn. was sentenced Wednesday to serve 6 months in prison, followed by 6 months of home...
Health insurance : will your insurance pay for self inflicted injury? (U.S)
Over an eight-year period, a single Rhode Island hospital treated 305 patients who intentionally swallowed objects such as razors, knives, pens, and batteries. The...
US health care : Supreme Court refuses law appeal
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a legal challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reform law, with the case not...
High risk pool’s insurance premiums to be cut by U.S. Government
The federal government said Friday it will cut insurance premiums by nearly 20% for people in high-risk pools, a program under the health overhaul...
Fraud : professionals charged in connection with multi-million pound insurance fraud scam
The IFB today reports a further two individuals in the legal and medical professions have been charged as a part of an ongoing joint...
ARAG: Lord Young’s report fuels compensation culture hysteria
Lord Young’s report on Health & Safety has missed the perfect opportunity to debunk the compensation culture myth once and for all according to...
EU threatens 20% increase in outsourced claims handling costs
The UK insurance industry is set for increased costs on outsourcing as other EU countries force through the removal of the VAT exemption on...
Justice : Hannover Re avoids German tax bill
German companies operating in Ireland are not liable for German corporate tax even if their Irish operations are technically run by a skeleton staff,...
Insurance fraud : North Korean refugees use bogus claims to pay debt
North Korean refugees struggling to adapt to a bewildering new life in South Korea are increasingly getting sucked into insurance frauds as their first...
Access to justice is the best measure of legal services quality
RIAD, the International Association of Legal Protection Insurance, convenes its 21st Congress in London today. This high level international forum will examine the importance...
Car insurance : “crash for cash” scheme criminal to pay
Airedale and North Bradford Police have fired a warning to criminals after successfully confiscating £150,000 from Mohammed ‘Mojo’ Rashid on October 11 under the...
ABI: Insurers committed to asbestos compensation
The Association of British Insurers has claimed that insurance companies are still committed to compensating asbestos victims despite today’s critical Court of Appeal ruling.
The...
Landmark judgement backs start-up companies and employee freedom in Ireland’s technology sector
Specialist insurer Hiscox has praised today’s judgement in the Irish courts backing technology company HWM in their defence against claims of copyright infringement and...
New insurance fund to cover cost of future oil spills
U.S. oil explorers are talking about forming a new insurance fund that would cover the costs of any future oil spill, to avoid a...
Justice : US lawmakers OK health coverage for 9/11 rescue workers
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation covering health care costs for rescue workers and volunteers sickened as a result of the September...
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