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Barclays Selling Assurance Business
12th June 2008
High street bank Barclays is looking for bidder to purchase the life assurance arm of its business, which handles about £7 billion. Market commentators value the Barclays subsidiary as being...
'Medicinal' Marijuana and Liability
12th June 2008
Tension is brewing between state and federal law in the USA concerning employment rights and the use of prescription marijuana ('weed'), which is permitted by state law in California. Having...
Dubai Insurance Co. Merger
11th June 2008
William Russell, an international insurance specialist for expatriates, and Dubai Insurance Co. have merged to create a new range of international income protection, health and life insurance...
Redundancies in Llanelli
11th June 2008
Operations staff at Draka Wire, a 150 strong Dutch-owned copper wire factory in Llanelli, Wales, have been offered voluntary redundancies, with 18 needing to go. Four temporary workers have already...
Like 'Trophy Wives' from a Sinking Commercial Sector...
10th June 2008
The Telegraph has recently reported that due to the prospect of widespread job losses in the City, lawyers have observed a rise in divorce requests from wives - whom naturally the lawyers assume must...
The Rising Cost of Spare Tyres
10th June 2008
If you have a thick waist, spare tyres or a bit of a pot-belly, ignoring it is a far graver issue than completely writing off the idea of insurance. If getting yourself some income protection...
Age Groups | Accidents and Insurance
9th June 2008
An article in the Guardian recently ("It's not about ageism: our policies are based on risk") raised some interesting questions about the nature of 'ageism' in the insurance sector. Is it...
Lower Income Smokers Cause More Harm to Themselves
9th June 2008
Researchers at New Zealand's Otago University believe that people with lower incomes suck on their cigarettes for longer, leaving shorter butts, and therefore harm themselves more than wealthier...
Adult Asthma Increases Risk of Heart Disease
8th June 2008
According to a report published in the American Journal of Cardiology (titled Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities), adult-onset asthma seems to increase the risk of strokes and contracting heart...
Gout | Heart Disease
7th June 2008
A study carried out by Stanford University School of Medicine of 9,105 men aged between 41 and 63 has shown a connection between gout and heart disease. The research focussed on men who had an above...
