Popular travel destinations are very unprofitable for the insurance companies TravelDailyNews Egypt and Turkey became the leaders in number of insured events. Such conclusions can be made by ROSNO statistics of the first six months of 2010. | According to ROSNO Insurance Company, Egypt (5052 cases), Turkey (3378 cases) and Thailand (455 cases) became the leaders in number if insured events. ...
Space tourism sector a good opportunity for insurance firms The Times Of India BANGALORE: As space tourism matures, it holds tremendous opportunity for insurance companies to offer risk coverage to those on-board, similar to what they do for passengers of airlines, industry officials said. | At an international conference on space business, organised as part of Bengaluru Space...
Mainers will see insurance rate hike [Bangor Daily News, Maine] Insurance Newsnet | Sept. 03--AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine Superintendent of Insurance Mila Kofman this week ruled on a proposed increase in monthly health insurance premiums by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine, granting the Indiana-based company an average 14 pe...
Insurers seeing few claims of home damage from storm [The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.] Insurance Newsnet | Sept. 04--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Some of the people who approached Farmers Insurance's claims-processing bus Friday inquired about homeowners coverage. | Others wanted to know, "What are you guys doing here?" joked Rick Roth, field operations scout for ...
Regulators OK increases for Castle Key insurance customers [The Miami Herald] Insurance Newsnet | Sept. 04--Rate increases for Castle Key Insurance and Castle Key Indemnity have been approved and take effect for new and renewing policies Nov. 28, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said Friday. The increases were smaller than what the co...
Regulators OK increases for Castle Key insurance customers The Miami Herald | Rate increases for Castle Key Insurance and Castle Key Indemnity have been approved and take effect for new and renewing policies Nov. 28, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said Friday. The increases were smaller than what the companies ha...
For insurance purposes, wind and water damage treated differently The Providence Journal | Homeowners facing hurricanes or tropical storms generally have to deal with two hazards — wind and water. Damage from the two elements is often treated differently by insurance companies. | Sean Welch, senior assistant vice president for Amic...
III conference to focus on insurance education, research The Hindu | Staff Reporter | VISAKHAPATNAM: The 55 {+t} {+h} annual conference of the Insurance Institute of India (III) will be held here on Saturday and Sunday. The Visakhapatnam Institute of Insurance is hosting the conference. | The conference at Hotel Gre...
Johnson: Employers likely to drop insurance under health care law Knox News | The words sounded so reassuring, so certain. This time they were spoken at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy on the University of Tennessee campus. They came from Beth Uselton, the lead organizer for the Tennessee Health Care Campaig...
Health insurance is taking a bigger bite from workers' wallets Kansas City Star "factbox" --> More News | Workers are paying a larger share of their health insurance as companies shift more costs to their employees to survive the recession. | According to a national study released Thursday, workers paid an average of 14 percent ...
Workers Absorbed Increases in Health Insurance Costs Newsvine | As health care costs continue their relentless climb, companies are increasingly passing on higher premium costs to workers. | The shift is occurring, policy analysts and others say, as employers feel more pressure from the weak economy and the thr...
Catching up with private insurers, Medicare expands coverage to help smokers kick the habit Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - Even though they've lived with the health warnings much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, about 4.5 million older Americans continue to smoke. | Finally, Medicare is catching up to most private insurers by providing counseling for any beneficiary who's trying to quit smoking....
