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Somali pirates : steep rise in attacks
Government is being asked to reduce escalating threat from Somali pirates. These are becoming extremely more audacious in attacking ships and are choking supply...
One in five UK charities fear closure because of Big Society
More than one in five (22.3%) of the 94 UK charities surveyed by Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corporation,...
Greek doctors strike against revamp
Greek doctors began a four-day strike Monday against an overhaul of health care dictated by the European Union and the IMF to aid the...
UK National Insurance hides tax rise
National Insurance should be abolished when the government's proposed universal state pension is introduced, a leading think-tank has claimed.
The NI system has been abused...
Ireland : 400-million-euro deal to shed health staff
Ireland's government unveiled a 400-million-euro (559-million-dollar) voluntary redundancy and early retirement scheme on Monday in a bid to shed staff from the health service.
Health...
Pensions tax relief proposals
The life and pensions provider is pleased the Government is both listening to and working with the industry.
Friends Provident believes the Government's proposal to...
AIG : final plan to repay U.S. government
The Treasury Department and American International Group have finalized a deal aimed at restoring the troubled insurance giant to independence and repaying the massive...
Short news : Bulgarian health minister quits amid funding row
Bulgarian Health Minister Anna-Maria Borisova quit Wednesday after a disagreement with the prime minister over how to handle an insurance fund crisis that has...
Report : UK needs to prepare for climate change
Insurance costs will rise for home and business insurances if Britain does nothing to prepare for the impact of climate change.
"The UK must start...
BIBA concerned that consumers and businesses will be hit by increasing insurance costs
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) is disappointed that the Government has announced increases to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) in today’s budget.
BIBA believes that...
Research and Markets : A Comprehensive Overview of the Insurance Market of Romania
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Romania Insurance Market Intelligence" report to their offering.
The insurance industry of Romania has been growing...
Bailed out insurer American Insurance Group and China Strategic Holdings have agreed to extend the deadline for completing AIG’s planned $2.2 billion sale of its Taiwan unit
While the extension could help AIG and its buyers address concerns from Taiwanese regulators, the longer the transaction is stretched out the less likely...
More deregulation would boost Italy: antitrust head
Italy's competition watchdog on Tuesday called for more deregulation of the transport, energy and finance sectors to breathe "oxygen" into the economy struggling in...
Hungary seeks to calm financial fears
Hungary's government hastened to calm fears Saturday with assurances that the country's public deficit was containable, after earlier statements that it faced similar problems...
Ministers pledge increased support for all those looking for work
Ministers have pledged to keep increasing support for jobseekers as figures out today show the rise in unemployment is continuing to slow, with fewer...
AIG to pay incentives under U.S Treasury Department pressure
The U.S. Treasury Department is pushing AIG to cut big pay incentives it claims were needed to keep staff, but which have stoked a...
Key vote set for US health care reform
President Barack Obama's health reform drive got a shot in the arm Thursday as a Senate panel scheduled a key vote and the House...
Completion of reform to the healthcare regulatory bodies
The completion of a series of reforms, to strengthen the focus on public protection in the regulation of health professionals including nurses, midwives and...
