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Prudential eyes Asia's coming insurance boom: experts
The Times Of India
SINGAPORE: Asia's insurance industry is set to boom thanks to rising incomes, a growing middle class and ageing populations, explaining the allure behind Prudential's costly bid for AIA, analysts said. | And cultural biases that have made insurance a taboo subject in Asia, because of its association...
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Consumer group sues insurer over policy changes
Newsvine
| LOS ANGELES — Mary Feller's family of three spends nearly $25,000 a year on health insurance premiums, which is more than they pay on their home's mortgage in California's Marin County. | "I think for the first time we're really scared that we're going to be without health insurance," she sa...
Surprising Ways to Save Money With Insurance
ABC News
By ELISABETH LEAMY | March 10, 2010 | In this rocky economy, everyone wants to , and there are things you probably didn't know about your insurance that could help you . There are things you probably didn't know about your insurance coverage that can...
NAICOM to Enforce Compulsory Insurance of Properties
All Africa
The National Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Fola Daniel says the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has assembled an enforcement team to ensure individuals and organisations take a policy for properties under compulsory insurance scheme. | ...
Settlements over dropped insurance lanquish
San Fransisco Chronicle
| A state committee is questioning why so few California consumers are taking advantage of settlements reached between state regulators and health insurers over the controversial industry practice of dropping coverage of members after they got sick. ...
NAICOM pushes for compulsory insurance in public benefit
Business Day Online
…Flags off campaign in Oyo State | With the formal flagging off of compulsory insurances in the country, the public has got a lot to benefit from the industry, with compensations on loses which hitherto were swept under the carpet. | In this vein, ...
Insurers pay out £2.85m a month in pothole claims
The Independent
| Insurers paid out an estimated £2.85m in claims last month to people whose cars were damaged by potholes. | AA Insurance said around 1,900 pothole claims were made by motorists during February after roads were damaged by one of the most severe wint...
10% have insurance, 2% have credit cards
Deccan Chronicle
10% have insurance, 2% have credit cards | Hyderabad, March 9: Banking services for the mass of people in the country is still a far cry. | Only five per cent of villages have bank branches and only 40 per cent of people have bank accounts. Just two ...
Maids from the Philippines sit in a shelter in the basement of the Philippines Embassy in Amman, Jordan
AP / Nader Daoud
Foreign Missions Seek Full Insurance for Housemaids
Khaleej Times
ABU DHABI ' Diplomatic missions in the capital are planning memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with different insurance companies to provide housemaids comprehensive insurance cov...
President Barack Obama walks to the White House after stepping off Marine One in Washington Wednesday, July 29, 2009
AP / Alex Brandon
Obama Proposes $249 Million Cut To Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
Hartford Courant
The administration's proposed budget would cut $249 million in the next 10 years from a federal program that acts as a financial backstop to private insurance against terrorist att...
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Prepare for a shock if it's time to renew your car insurance
The Independent
| Car insurance costs climbed 7.2 per cent in the last three months of 2009, their biggest-ever quarterly rise, according to the AA's British Insurance Premium Index. Over the year...
Obama: Health overhaul will stop insurers' abuses
The Guardian
| WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul plan is needed to stop insurance companies from raising prices and refusing to cover people who are already sick. | Obama says insurers believe they can continue raising rates...
Obama: Health overhaul will stop insurers' abuses
Philadelphia Daily News
| The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul plan is needed to stop insurance companies from raising prices and refusing to cover people who are already sick. | Obama says insurers believe they can contin...
AIG Sells Alico Health Insurance Unit To MetLife For $15.5B
Huffington Post
| NEW YORK — American International Group will sell a second overseas life and health insurance unit for $15.5 billion to MetLife Inc. in an ongoing bid to repay billions in government aid. | It was the second major deal AIG completed this mont...
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 Craig Taylor with his son, Ryan, diagnosed with autism.
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Maine Autism Insurance Reform Passes Committee for Some
The Examiner
| Autism advocacy and action groups are celebrating the decision to allow LD 1198,An Act To Reform Insurance Coverage To Include Diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorders, to move forward in the legislative process.  The Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services voted unanimously to pass an amended version of the bill on Febru...



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