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Retiree celebrates 75th touring Mediterranean island (The Pantagraph) CALTAGIRONE, Sicily

2008-08-27T20:40:05Z

Retiree celebrates 75th touring Mediterranean island (The Pantagraph)
CALTAGIRONE, Sicily -- May 13, 2008, was a special date for Bill Vaughn of the Twin Cities.

Rice criticises Israeli settlements (Channel 4)
With hopes fading for brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by the year's end, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered few signs of progress on Tuesday, saying only that talks are "serious" and again chiding Israel for continuing settlement construction.

China Life Insurance to explore investment overseas (Channel NewsAsia) BEIJING:

2008-08-27T15:10:04Z

China Life Insurance to explore investment overseas (Channel NewsAsia)
BEIJING: China's leading life insurance company says it is exploring investment opportunities overseas as it warns of tough times ahead. China Life Insurance says it expects the domestic-A share market to decline further in the second half of the year.

Court Favors Pinault?s Artemis in Insurance Suit (New York Times)
A U.S. appeals court threw out a $241 million restitution award against France?s Artemis SA linked to the purchase of assets from the failed Executive Life Insurance Company of California.

China Life says profit down 32 percent (AP via Yahoo!

2008-08-26T17:25:04Z

China Life says profit down 32 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
China Life Insurance Ltd., the country's biggest life insurer, said Tuesday its first-half profits fell 32 percent from the year-earlier period as a plunge in Chinese stocks dragged down its investment income.

China Life says profit falls 32 percent (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
China Life Insurance Ltd., the country's biggest life insurer, said Tuesday its first-half profit fell 32 percent from the same period last year due to a steep drop in the country's stock markets.

Judge: Bank has claim to Boesen's life insurance (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
A Sioux Falls, S.D., bank has the right to collect about $3 million in life insurance benefits intended for Ed Boesen's widow, a Polk County judge ruled Monday.

Kumho Life Insurance Plans To Go Public This Year (Nasdaq)
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- South Korea's Kumho Life Insurance plans to go public this year and is aiming to raise KRW300 billion-KRW500 billion from the securities market, a company official said Monday.

FACTBOX-Tax-exempt US groups aid W. Bank settlers (AlertNet) Source: Reuters

2008-08-25T20:40:04Z

FACTBOX-Tax-exempt US groups aid W. Bank settlers (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters Aug 25 (Reuters) - Despite its stated policy against settlement growth, the United States grants tax-exempt status to organisations that openly raise money to aid Jewish settlers in the occupied West ...

Magpies of the Outback reign supreme (Adelaide Now)
FOOTBALL'S first flag in the 2008 premiership season was won here on Saturday ? in the most remote league in Australia, spread across the APY Lands in the far north-west of South Australia.

Ceylinco Insurance - General records impressive figures in first half

2008-08-25T17:40:04Z

Ceylinco Insurance - General records impressive figures in first half (Daily News)
Ceylinco Insurance General announced a massive growth during the second quarter, recording a mammoth premium of Rs 5.8 b in General Insurance. During the same period, Ceylinco Insurance Life recorded a premium income of Rs 3.9 billion.

Life insurance may be one way God provides (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Dear Dr. Graham: I sell life insurance for a living, and the other day a man told me he didn't need any kind of insurance because the Bible says God will take care of him and his family. Is he right?

San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency of MassMutual Financial Group Expands to 100 Financial Services Agents to Meet ... (Centre Daily Times)
The San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency LLC, a Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) General Agency, announced today that it has grown its roster of financial services agents to 100, spread between its Walnut Creek, San Francisco, Roseville and Fremont offices. Reaching the milestone of 100 agents by 2008 had been a goal set by General Agent Robert Fakhimi three years ago.

Insurance firms req'd to raise their capital (Philippine Star via Yahoo! Philippines News)
The Insurance Commission (IC) has released a draft department order that increases the new minimum capital requirements on all insurance, life, non-life and reinsurance firms.

Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain (MENAFN) Demand

2008-08-24T20:30:09Z

Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain (MENAFN)
Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain

Is umbrella liability insurance for you? (CNN.com)
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Most Americans have auto insurance, health insurance, dental insurance, homeowners or renters insurance, life insurance, maybe disability insurance.

Free Life Insurance (WGRZ-TV Buffalo)
Some Queen City families who aren't able to afford life insurance can now receive coverage free of charge. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown joined representatives from Mass Mutual Insurance Tuesday at the JFK Community Center.

Life Insurance (ThirdAge)
How do you know when buying life insurance is really worth it? Is there some formula out there that can help me figure it out?

Life insurance may be one way God provides (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

2008-08-23T21:05:03Z

Life insurance may be one way God provides (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Dear Dr. Graham: I sell life insurance for a living, and the other day a man told me he didn't need any kind of insurance because the Bible says God will take care of him and his family. Is he right?

A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength Rating of Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad); Downgrades Issuer Credit ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OLDWICK, N.J.----A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ and downgraded the issuer credit rating to bbb from bbb+ of Colonial Life Insurance Company Limited .

Free Life Insurance (WGRZ-TV Buffalo)
Some Queen City families who aren't able to afford life insurance can now receive coverage free of charge. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown joined representatives from Mass Mutual Insurance Tuesday at the JFK Community Center.

Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain (MENAFN)
Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain

Anti-India sentiment grows amid Kashmir unrest (AP via Yahoo! Philippines

2008-08-23T20:40:04Z

Anti-India sentiment grows amid Kashmir unrest (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
The crowd's hostility was unmistakable.

Anti-India sentiment grows amid Kashmir unrest (USA Today)
The crowd's hostility was unmistakable. Each time they passed Indian soldiers, thousands chanted the name of one of South Asia's most violent Islamic groups.

IDBI Fortis Life Insurance opens branch in Vijayawada (New Kerala)

2008-08-22T21:15:12Z

IDBI Fortis Life Insurance opens branch in Vijayawada (New Kerala)
Hyderabad, Aug 21 : IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Limited, which has embarked on an aggressive drive to open 100 branches across the country during this fiscal, has formally launched their branch in Vijayawada.

Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain (MENAFN)
Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain

A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength Rating of Colonial Life Insurance

2008-08-21T22:05:07Z

A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength Rating of Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad); Downgrades Issuer Credit ... (Centre Daily Times)
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and downgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to "bbb" from "bbb+" of Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Limited (CLICO) (Trinidad & Tobago). The outlook for both ratings is stable. CLICO is an insurance member company of CL Financial Limited, a diversified holding company based in Trinidad and Tobago.

Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain (MENAFN)
Demand for life insurance products surge in Bahrain

Sanjaya appears in Nationwide Insurance commercial (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar is pitching Nationwide Insurance. He's in a new ad that's part of the company's "Life Comes at You Fast" campaign. He says he thinks the ad is "really funny" and he knows from personal experience life comes at you fast. He says he went from being an unknown singer to appearing before of millions of people as an "American Idol" contestant, and ...

Cop jailed for life over execution (The National) A POLICEMAN

2008-08-21T20:35:08Z

Cop jailed for life over execution (The National)
A POLICEMAN in East New Britain was jailed for life last week after being found guilty by the National Court of shooting another man several times at close range outside a nightclub in Kokopo four years ago.

Retiree celebrates 75th touring Mediterranean island (The Pantagraph)
CALTAGIRONE, Sicily -- May 13, 2008, was a special date for Bill Vaughn of the Twin Cities.

Walk on water (BBC News)
Think bridges are built just to cross water? Think again

Donnie Wahlberg Says Life Insurance is a No-Brainer, Encourages Americans

2008-08-20T22:55:03Z

Donnie Wahlberg Says Life Insurance is a No-Brainer, Encourages Americans to Assess Their Needs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
This September, singer, actor and producer Donnie Wahlberg will urge millions of Americans to make sure their financial plans have the "right stuff."

Gender Gap Exists in Adequate Life Insurance Coverage Despite Greater Financial Concerns among Women, According to ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Despite heightened financial concerns for their families' futures, working women are less likely than men to have adequate life insurance coverage. The sixth annual MetLife Study of Employee Benefits Trends reveals that, in general, female employees who have life insurance own only two times their household income in coverage.

UAE mortgage market adopts global insurance trends, say financial experts (AME Info)
Studies confirm a growing demand for life insurance premiums, as the increasingly sophisticated UAE mortgage markets adopts preferred global insurance practices to back mortgage applications.

Gender Gap Exists in Adequate Life Insurance Coverage Despite Greater

2008-08-20T03:45:09Z

Gender Gap Exists in Adequate Life Insurance Coverage Despite Greater Financial Concerns among Women, According to ... (Centre Daily Times)
Despite heightened financial concerns for their families' futures, working women are less likely than men to have adequate life insurance coverage. The sixth annual MetLife Study of Employee Benefits Trends reveals that, in general, female employees who have life insurance own only two times their household income in coverage. Male employees with life insurance, however, generally have three ...

SBI life plans overseas foray (Business Standard India)
Riding high on the strong brand identity of State Bank of India, SBI Life Insurance is now looking to foray into overseas market next year by targeting Indian expatriates in the Middle East countries for selling insurance products.

Non-life insurance premiums spike in H1 (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - Non-life insurance premiums rose sharply during the first half of the year, recording a year-on-year increase of 41 percent, according of the Ministry of Finance.

Policy curbs may be hindering insurance sector growth (The Economic Times)
The insurance scene, especially that of life insurance, resembles the famous Charles Dickens conundrum of being the best of times and the worst of times simultaneously.

Cop jailed for life over execution (The National) A POLICEMAN

2008-08-19T20:35:03Z

Cop jailed for life over execution (The National)
A POLICEMAN in East New Britain was jailed for life last week after being found guilty by the National Court of shooting another man several times at close range outside a nightclub in Kokopo four years ago.

In the Shadow of 'The Egg' (Everett Herald)
Michael Martina (click to enlarge) Gao Yuting, and engineer who worked on China's new National Theater, welcomes Chinese media in the main auditorium.

Recent Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. News (Japan Corporate News)

2008-08-19T06:10:04Z

Recent Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. News (Japan Corporate News)
Tokyo, Aug 18, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Monday that its core insurance business profit totaled 99.7 billion yen in April-June.

Bank Seeks Boesen's Life Insurance (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
A Clive bank asks a Polk County judge for access to life insurance money that may go to the widow of Des Moines businessman Ed Boesen.

Barclays signs life insurance arrangement with Norwich Union (Insurance Business Review)
Barclays has signed a deal with Norwich Union for the insurer to provide the bank with life insurance products for its mass market customers.

Gender Gap Exists in Adequate Life Insurance Coverage Despite Greater Financial Concerns among Women, According to ... (Centre Daily Times)
Despite heightened financial concerns for their families' futures, working women are less likely than men to have adequate life insurance coverage. The sixth annual MetLife Study of Employee Benefits Trends reveals that, in general, female employees who have life insurance own only two times their household income in coverage. Male employees with life insurance, however, generally have three ...