HSBC and Zurich Insurance have launched a new wealth product named SavingsPlus in the Middle East, as part of their 10-year partnership agreement to distribute life and general insurance products. The new product is expected to address ...
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Health insurer Aetna has reported a net income of $536m, or $1.49 per share for the second quarter of 2013, with an increase of 17% and 13% compared to $457m, or $1.32 per share during the comparable period last fiscal. For the quarter ...
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Biogen has announced acceptance of marketing applications of Plegridy(peginterferon beta-1a) for review by the US and EU regulatory authorities. Plegridy, a member of the interferon class of treatments, is a pegylated subcutaneous ...
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Canada-based insurance brokerage Western Financial Group (Western) and Coast Capital Savings Credit Union (Coast Capital) have closed the sale of Coast Capital Insurance Services (CCIS). Western will acquire the ownership of Coast ...
The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has launched the national disability insurance scheme named DisabilityCare Australia to assist people suffering with permanent and significant disabilities. Funded by the Commonwealth and state ...
US-based health care benefits company Aetna is planning to stop issuing health care products to individual consumers in California at the end of 2013. The health insurer, which notified California's insurance regulator about its impending ...
Digital Benefit Advisors has launched Digital Benefits Marketplace, a private exchange to help employers of all sizes to control benefits costs. The exchange, which will be introduced in the coming months in several US states, will offer ...
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Travelers has enhanced its Public Entity Management Liability (PEML) policy to offer limited special expenses coverage reimbursement for finding a replacement for a key public sector employee in case of death or disability leading to ...
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Nissan and some other big brands have suspended advertising campaigns on Facebook after ads were apparently displayed next to offensive content on the site. The campaigns were put on hold in the U.K. just as Facebook rolled out new ...
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Employee benefits unit Lockton Benefit Group has joined hands with SelectQuote Benefit Solutions to provide its clients a private insurance exchange for retiree medical benefits, known as Lockton Select Marketplace. Lockton Benefit Group ...
Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Group Benefits business unit has launched new tools to support compliance efforts of producers and employers in relation to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). a guide and a manual has been published ...
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Biogen Idec is seeking FDA approval for Plegridy (Peginterferon Beta-1a) as multiple sclerosis (MS) medication. The company submitted a biologics license application (BLA) to the FDA for its pegylated subcutaneous injectable candidate ...
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Modern Medical has rolled out its Opioid Defense Manager (ODM) solution in an effort to curb increasing opioid abuse in the workers' compensation industry across the US. Initially introduced in November 2012 in a test phase, the ODM is a ...
AmWINS Group Benefits, a wholesale distributor of employee benefits and professional services, has introduced a voluntary benefits practice, aimed to provide supplemental benefits to professionals and their clients. In addition to working ...
The sharemarket was higher despite weakness among major resources stocks as investors waited for the federal budget. Most major sectors were up at noon, with information technology shares leading the way and despite a dip in the energy ...
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