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Aon Hewitt survey shows employers offering help to meet retirement goals (US)
According to a report released by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), companies have little...
Aon Hewitt survey shows employers offering workers more help to meet retirement goals
According to a report released by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), companies have little...
Germany suspends global AIDS fund payments
Germany said on Wednesday it was suspending yearly payments of 200 million euros (274 million dollars) to the Global Fund Against AIDS, TB and...
Traffic noise boosts risk of stroke
Exposure to road traffic noise boosts the risk of stroke for those 65 or older, according to research published online Wednesday in the European...
Hiscox estimates investment return for 2010
Although 2010 was marked by many significant and expensive catastrophes, most of these occurred in areas where Hiscox had deliberately reduced exposure due to...
German ‘Angel of Death’ commits suicide: prosecutors
A German doctor on trial for allegedly killing 13 cancer patients has committed suicide, apparently with an overdose of morphine, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
"We...
Senior management changes at Friends Provident
The Company announces that Andy Briggs will become CEO of Friends and that Trevor Matthews will assume a new role of Vice Chairman. Andy...
HSBC Congratulates its CII Diploma Graduates
HSBC celebrated the success of over 240 of its wealth management employees who successfully completed the Chartered Insurance Institute’s (CII) diploma in financial planning...
Aviva motor business with Swinton Insurance doubles
Aviva has successfully rolled out its personal lines pricing to Swinton Insurance branches nationwide, more than doubling sales for its private motor product year-on-year.
Access...
New home content management tool for Parago Home
Parago Home launches its new home contents management tool today, in a bid to reduce the staggering number of Brits (90%) who are unable...
DUAL launched new standalone product
Specialist underwriting agency DUAL Corporate Risks has launched a new standalone product for Public Offering of Securities Insurance (POSI).
The product covers directors, officers and...
AMII sees rise in new members
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has seen an unprecedented increase in membership over the past six months.
Since the launch of the AMII/Chartered...
The BIBA Young Broker of the Year Award 2011 Nominations are open
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) is inviting nominations for the 2011 BIBA Young Broker of the Year Award.
The Award, which carries a cash...
BIBA’s Trade Risk Focus Group is forming a working group with the Export Credits Guarantee Department
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association’s (BIBA) Trade Risk Focus Group is forming a working group with the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), the UK...
Catastrophe bonds market has grown in 2010 and will continue in 2011
The market for catastrophe bonds has grown in 2010 and will continue to expand this year. The volume of newly issued catastrophe bonds is...
Brisbane flooded homes attract opportunist home buyers
Real estate agents were shocked to receive calls as early as Thursday, January 13 - the day the Brisbane River peaked at 4.46 metres,...
Aviva plans to pay half its debt
Britain's second-largest insurance group said it will pay down almost half of the £1.5bn in debt it needs to refinance during the period.
The company...
Sweden sits on health aid cash over graft fears
Sweden has told the head of the global fund to fight AIDS that it will not pay its 167 million euro contribution unless more...
WHO calls for junk food ban in schools
Junk food should not be sold in schools and playgrounds, the World Health Organisation said Friday in a series of recommendations aimed at promoting...
Insurance fraud adds an extra £44 to the average home insurance bill
New data from Legal & General reveals that over two-thirds of insurance industry intermediaries (69%) think that fraud is getting worse. The FraudStoppers Report...
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