Motor insurance premiums to double for motorists speeders Fradulent car crashes staged costs insurance companies £350 million every year Car insurance premiums could rise by 15% in 2010 Cost of big freeze on households reached £2 billion Property owners, beware of squatters and legal expenses cover level How to survive the cold this winter ? Bulgaria ups health tax to fund hospitals Public Health Minister Gillian Merron announces new programme to reduce health inequalities What a health cash plan for ? How to get the best life insurance deals ? State Farm Life Insurance Affiliates Expect to Pay Policyholders $653 Million in Dividends for 2010 Over 100 families helped every day by critical illness and life insurance There is more to check than price when buying travel insurance policies O2 launches travel insurance powered by Mondial Assistance Insureandgo launches holiday dispute coverage for legal action taken against holiday service providers Unemployment declined as government increases help for unemployed What is income protection insurance ? ‘Act now’ – Advisers reminded as pensions age change looms near  RSS Featured News

World Trade Center attacks : 657 million dollars deal for Ground Zero workers

More than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York’s Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totaling 657 million dollars for health problems under a deal reached Thursday. Thousands of plaintiffs, mostly firefighters, police... 

English insurer encourages children to have vegetable gardens in schools

Fifty english schools will each be given their own vegetable garden to grow as a direct result of the hugely successful ‘Dig Down South West’ campaign, it has been announced today. The initiative (digdownsouthwest.co.uk) is aimed at encouraging children... 

Taiwan aims to rule on AIG unit’s deal by June

Taiwan aims to make a decision by the end of June on the controversial sale of the local unit of American International Group (AIG) to a Hong Kong consortium, a top economic official said Thursday. Deputy economic minister Hwang Jung-chiou also told a... 

Obama aide puts moral case to health insurers

Barack Obama’s top health official made a tough moral case to insurance giants Wednesday: put people and patriotism before profits and drop opposition to the president’s overhaul plans. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius... 

Dutch regulator fines Fortis Holding for market manipulation

Dutch financial markets watchdog AFM said Wednesday it had fined insurance group Fortis Holding 576,000 euros (780,000 dollars) for market manipulation and withholding share price sensitive information. Four fines of 144,000 euros each were imposed on... 

Bulgaria ups health tax to fund hospitals

Bulgaria’s government voted Wednesday to raise health insurance payments in a move to end doctors’ protests and pump more money into its underfunded hospitals. The right-wing government voted to increase monthly health payments for all citizens... 

White House, top ally, feud over health goal

The White House and one of its top allies in the US Congress feuded Tuesday over a target date for enacting President Barack Obama’s historic but embattled health care reform bill this month. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs stuck with his prediction... 

Prudential eyes Asia’s coming insurance boom

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... 

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