Several states are going beyond Affordable Care Act provisions to further protect consumers from health insurance premium increases, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the Urban Institute and Georgetown University analyzed the ...
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Annual paraxylene term negotiations for 2014 have gotten off to a slow start in Asia, and talks are expected to be protracted, as the supply/demand fundamentals are expected to change significantly halfway through next year, sources ...
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The Missouri Department of Insurance and New York Life have reached a settlement following an examination into the firm’s life insurance and annuity benefits handling. Missouri will receive $179,916 from New York Life, under a ...
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Sofi Insurance Services now offer free life insurance quotes. The return of premium life insurance allows for better financial planning. In the past, life insurance options were limited. Today, those who are planning for their futures and ...
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Treating the elderly didn't drive the U.S. increase in healthcare cost from 2000; 91 percent was from professional services, drugs and devices, researchers say. Dr. Hamilton Moses III of the Alerion Institute in North Garden, Va., and the ...
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Liberty Mutual Insurance, an American global insurer, is set to acquire Mexican surety company Primero Fianzas from private investor group Grupo Valores Operativos Monterrey. Terms of the deal, which is subject to the receipt of ...
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Telefónica, a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider, has inked a deal with Sparkassen DirektVersicherung to launch the first telematics product for car insurance in Germany. Claimed to offer significant security ...
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Allianz Group, a Germany-based insurance provider, has reported a 6.3% rise in net profit to more than €1.4bn in the third quarter of 2013 compared with a year ago period. The profit increase was driven by the insurer's property and ...
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Chinese spot CIF import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode remained steady amid marginal sideways movements, industry sources said Wednesday Import premiums remained around $200/mt CIF China Wednesday, ...
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Global Sources opened its fourth annual China Sourcing Fairs in Johannesburg featuring a comprehensive array of quality products from China and Asia suppliers. The Fairs are being held at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Gallagher Estate, ...
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Zurich Insurance, a Switzerland-based multi-line insurance provider, is in advanced stages of negotiations to take over Australian firm Wesfarmers' A$2bn insurance business. The Swiss firm has commenced due diligence on the Aussie's ...
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Deland, Gibson Insurance (DG), a Massachusetts insurance agency dedicated to lowering their clients' Total Cost of Risk, announced its appointment with Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned ...
Global multiline property and casualty insurer ACE Group has reported net income of $916m, of $2.66 per share for the third quarter of 2013, up by 43.1% compared to $640m, or $1.86 per share, during the same period last fiscal. ACE ...
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Global reinsurance firms Munich Re, Swiss Re and Hannover Re have started contract talks for 2014 with insurance firms, amid growing competition from pension funds, due to increased capital investment. The steady growth of investment by ...
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New Zealand owned life insurer Pinnacle Life has added a new ‘tick box’, which enables policy owners to boost their accidental death coverage by 50% by increasing their current premiums by 20%. The company said that the new ...
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