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HSA health insurance company, made the study found that up to 20% of British adults delayed visiting a dentist due to cost issues. Reducing the number of dentists willing to take NHS patients known, and 40% of respondents agree that no NHS dental provision would not exist in the future. Agreement on whether the government [...]
Insurance Firm Sues CPA for $5.7 Million
An insurance company claims that relying on false financial statements has cost it $5.7 million. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America has filed a federal lawsuit against the CPA, H. Neal Privitt of Little Rock, who provided the financial statements in an attempt to recover the money. Travelers was the surety bonding company for [...]
ASIAN-BASED IGATE’S Q3 NET INCOME UP 60% AT US$14.3 MLN
US-based, Indian-focused IT outsourcing firm iGATE on Wednesday said its net income jumped by 60.67 per cent to US$14.3 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2010. The company, which earns 80 per cent of its revenue from North American markets, had registered a net income of $8.9 million in the third quarter last year. [...]
Private health insurance online will start
January 19th, 2010 
gary The city-based aggregator Onlyinsurance.com is to provide a variety of PMI products from a range of providers (including BUPA AXA-PPP). PMI offers the latest portfolio addition Onlyinsurance.coms insurance before the expected increase in demand for PMI in the near future. The only group retail director Ian Hall said Onlyinsurance.coms goal should be at the forefront [...]
Fortis launches two UK life products
January 18th, 2010 gary Global banking and insurance group, Fortis, has launched its first UK life products, following the formation of a UK life division in February of this year. Your Life Plan and Real Life Cover are available through a small group of financial advisers, prior to a full roll-out. Your Life Plan has been designed to provide [...]
S KOREA’S KDIC TO SELL PART OF ITS STAKE IN WOORI FINANCE
January 5th, 2010 gary South Korea’s state-run deposit insurance agency plans to sell part of its stake in Woori Finance Holdings Co. KSE:053000) through block trade, financial sources said Monday. The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC), which holds a 73 per cent stake in Woori Finance, is expected to unload about 4 per cent of its shares at 15,350 [...]
Deaths not caused by the H1N1 vaccines, says the World Health
November 20th, 2009 gary About 40 people died after being vaccinated against the H1N1 influenza pandemic, but investigations so far show the deaths were not caused by the vaccine, the World Health said on Thursday.The agency reiterated that the vaccine against the pandemic was safe and he was concerned that some pregnant women and others at risk were it [...]
American Alternative Insurance Partners
November 15th, 2009 gary Emeryville, California, announced that American Alternative Insurance Corp. (CIAC) is the insurer of its online program Umbrella. CIAC is a subsidiary of Munich Re America Corp. and a subsidiary of Munich reinsurance America Inc. The company received an “A +” number of XV by AM Best. In addition, CWC is an admitted insurer in all [...]
Federal law gives rights to renters: Banks hide details during foreclosures
November 8th, 2009 gary Mary E. O’Leary WEST HAVEN, Nov 08, 2009 (New Haven Register – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – Robert Boyd has had a lot of bad news this year. A driver for a charter bus company, he has been unable to work since his prostate cancer metastasized to Stage 4 bone cancer. The only good [...]
At first glance, unlikely opponents of healthy living
November 8th, 2009 gary Janet Hook WASHINGTON, Nov 08, 2009 (Tribune Washington Bureau – McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) – Who could object to rewarding people who quit smoking, lose weight or start to exercise? The American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association, for starters. Some companies now charge lower insurance premiums to workers who meet benchmarks for [...]
