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Greece : leadership health-ridden ahead of bailout revision bid
Greece's new prime minister and finance minister will for health reasons both miss a key EU summit where they were to launch efforts to...
Europe bans baby bottles with Bisphenol-A
Europe banned baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol-A as of early next year over fears it may harm the health of children throughout the...
Iceland : joining EU is not a guaranteed life insurance
The widening debt crisis in the European Union has made Icelanders aware that joining the bloc or switching to the euro will not necessarily...
Ireland : Massive bailout from European Union and International Monetary Fund
Ireland's massive bailout by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund was inevitable, even though leading Irish politicians were claiming almost to the...
US at bottom of health care survey of 11 rich countries
Americans are the most likely to go without health care because of the cost and to have trouble paying medical bills even when insured,...
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...
Study : 40% of EU’s insurance companies not ready for Solvency II
Approximately 40 % of the larger European insurers consider that they will not be ready for the passage for the new regulatory framework of...
EU ‘monitoring situation’ after US travel alert
The European Commission said Sunday it was "monitoring the situation" after US authorities urged Americans traveling in Europe to remain vigilant about potential terrorist...
Auto insurance : EU equality laws will have women drivers pay higher insurance premiums
European judges were urged today to rule that insurance companies are breaking EU law if they charge women lower premiums than men because they...
EU eyes new rules to supervise financial giants
The European Union's executive arm proposed on Monday to give national supervisors more power to oversee financial conglomerates as part of efforts to prevent...
European stress test to be run in the insurance sector in december 2009
CEIOPS’ Members endorsed in today’s meeting the proposal to run a EU-wide stress test in the insurance sector in December 2009.
CEIOPS will continue to...
ABI urges European Commission to be more ‘consumers’ focused
The European Commission should make sure that investment saving products across the EU are uniformly regulated, says the ABI. Any new rules should prioritise...
