Archive for the ‘Insurance’ Category

Crist wants federal government to run high-risk health insurance pool

Gov. Charlie Crist will leave it to the Obama administration to run the federally subsidized high-risk health insurance plan that is to cover people unable to buy such insurance in the private market due to preexisting conditions such as cancer or diabetes. In a letter late Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, [...]

May 2, 2010   Posted in: Americas, Insurance  No Comments

China’s Insurance Regulator calls for Improved Risk Management

China’s insurance regulator called on the companies it oversees to tighten risk-management procedures and be alert to potential loopholes.

March 29, 2009   Posted in: Insurance, Management  No Comments

Stay away from bad banks and risk insurance

THE GOVERNMENT has put €7 billion of public money into AIB and Bank of Ireland, but it has also employed economist Peter Bacon ā€œto assess the possibility of creating a bad bank or risk insurance scheme to take so-called toxic debts off the banks’ balance sheets in a bid to free up new lendingā€.

March 5, 2009   Posted in: Banking, Insurance  No Comments

Risk insurance: advisers need choices

Financial planners are looking to platform providers to increase the number of risk products available on their platforms as planners increasingly look to insurance to provide an alternative source of income, according to Investment Trends principal Mark Johnston.

March 5, 2009   Posted in: Insurance  No Comments

High risk Dental Insurance

High risk dental insurance is a type of dental insurance that are afforded dental insurance clients who are considered financially unsound due to problems that had been experienced from them in the past with different insurance companies.

February 20, 2009   Posted in: Insurance  No Comments

Risk Insurance and Reinsurance Solutions Joins Advisor Nation as a Network Provider

dvisor Nation/Halo Software LLC, of Braintree, MA has developed a business networking and CRM program exclusively for the financial services industry.

February 12, 2009   Posted in: General News, Insurance  No Comments

Willis Survey Finds Increasing Litigation Risk for UK Financial Firms

In a recent financial lines seminar sponsored by Willis Group Holdings, nearly 90 percent of those attending indicated they believe the current economic climate has increased the risk of litigation against financial institutions.

February 7, 2009   Posted in: Finance, General News, Insurance  No Comments

Want low prices? We need political-risk insurance

On Tuesday, State Farm announced it will no longer insure property in Florida. State Farm’s decision follows the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s rejection of the insurer’s 2008 request to increase rates on property policies.

February 7, 2009   Posted in: General News, Insurance  One Comment

Standard Life urged to compensate all savers in ‘toxic’ cash fund

Pressure is growing on Standard Life to compensate thousands of pension savers who have lost money in its “cash” fund as a leading firm of financial advisers accused the insurer of misleading its customers.

February 4, 2009   Posted in: General News, Insurance  No Comments

Buyers to spread risk more widely in the future: AMRAE

The roles played by brokers and insurers will change over the next three to five years, partly as a result of the current global financial crisis, according to panelists in roundtable discussions at the Association pour le Management des Risques et des Assurances de l’Entreprise’s annual conference Friday.

January 31, 2009   Posted in: Europe, Insurance  No Comments