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Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Group : listing of Reliance Life as a separate company
The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Group said it was looking closely in listing its insurance business on stock markets apart from entering the commercial banking...
AIG : U.S. Treasury Department working on AIG exit strategy
Treasury Department officials finalise their plan to render AIG financially independent after the massive taxpayer investment. The core piece of that strategy would be...
Short news : LA bakes in record heatwave
Los Angeles baked in record temperatures on Monday, bringing sweltering scenes to the West Coast metropolis nearly a month after the end of the...
Friends Provident : new SRT Protection Toolkit
Friends Provident announced today the launch of a bespoke SRT Protection Toolkit and a brand new protection site which has been developed in response...
Health insurance : Bupa’s plan for £1 a week
Bupa's plan is being launched on Tuesday and will offer three levels of cover giving employers the option to cover different employees at different...
DUAL Corporate Risks has teamed up with The Judge to become specialist After The Event Insurance underwriter
Specialist underwriting agency DUAL Corporate Risks has teamed up with The Judge, a leading broker in Litigation Risk Transfer solutions, to become one of their...
Study : Europeans under-insured according to Swiss Re report
In a study published by Swiss Re it would appear that Europe's life insurers are missing out on a potential 25 billion Euro in...
Insurance guides : Allianz Advises Brokers on Government Energy Scheme
Allianz Engineering is reminding brokers of the looming deadline for businesses to sign up to a government-backed climate change and energy-saving scheme. The Carbon...
Pools of the rich suspected in Philippine dengue outbreak
Swimming pools in the Philippines' richest neighbourhoods could be partially to blame after tens of thousands of people were struck down in a dengue...
Short news : canned sandwiches
If you thought 'fast food' couldn't get any quicker than McDonalds, meet "Candwich," the brand-new sandwich in a can. In August, Mark One Foods...
Retirement : major challenges on both sides of the Atlantic
Pension systems on both sides of the Atlantic face major challenges, summed up under the banners of ballooning public-sector debt, slowing economic growth, low...
Allianz : Alba and Phenix to be sold to Helvetia
Allianz Suisse will sell its subsidiaries Alba Allgemeine Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, Phenix Versicherungsgesellschaft AG and Phenix Lebensversicherungsgesellschaft AG to the Helvetia Group. The purchase price...
Asset sales : Prudential near deal to buy AIG’s Japan units
Prudential Financial Inc is nearing a deal to buy American International Group Inc's two life insurance units in Japan in a deal expected be...
Acquisition : Foresters to acquire New York-based First Investors Consolidated Corporation
Foresters and First Investors Consolidated Corporation (FICC) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Foresters will acquire a 100%...
Appointment : Mark O’Connor head of institutional business development at Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical Investment Management (EIM), part of the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, has signalled its intention to develop its institutional investment business with the appointment of...
Need for Culturally Competent Health Care Gains Momentum
In an effort to reduce disparities in health care, the Department of Health and Human Services last week awarded $14 million to support programs...
Aon Cororation : Stockholders Approve Share Issuance in Hewitt Merger
At a special meeting of stockholders of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) held today, Aon stockholders voted in favor of a proposal to approve the...
New Employers’ Liability insurance proposals could require change in practice
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has responded with support to the FSA consultation paper for the new Employers’ Liability Centralised Database, operated by...
Home & Legacy : to cover Lloyds Private Bank customers
Home & Legacy has entered an agreement with Lloyds TSB Insurance Services Ltd to provide personal home and motor insurance to its Private Banking...
Vienna Insurance : pretax rising for 2011
Vienna Insurance Group expects to raise its pretax profit next year even though 2011 will be "more difficult" than 2010, the group's chief executive...
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