Insurance Articles, Editorials and News from Top Quote Online
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Genetic Testing | Insurance Cover, Continued.
published on the 19th June 2008
“The subject of predictive genetic testing - the US experience of which was discussed in our last article - is also a growing issue of concern here in the United Kingdom. In 2001, the British government and the Association of British Insurers...” read more
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Genetic Testing | Insurance Cover
published on the 18th June 2008
“Over the next few articles we will be looking at the topical issue of predictive genetic testing, the laws surrounding it and how it effects, if at all, insurance availability (particularly critical illness insurance and life insurance). The USA is...” read more
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Prizes for Healthy Living
published on the 17th June 2008
“Insurance giant, Prudential, is offering 40% of Mark Warner holidays and £10 Eurostar tickets, two-for-the-price-of-one Cineworld cinema tickets twenty times as many Nectar points from Sainsbury's when buying fruit and vegetables, all in an...” read more
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Killing for Insurance Mk.II
published on the 16th June 2008
“Another day another plot to kill for life insurance money. I thought this sort of thing only happened in Agatha Christie novels but what with Fadri Nasri having his wife killed recently to claim on her life assurance policy and this new case I'm...” read more
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Barclays Selling Assurance Business
published on the 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 worth about £1 billion on an embedded value...” read more
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Dubai Insurance Co. Merger
published on the 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 products. Underwritten by Dubai Insurance and...” read more
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Redundancies in Llanelli
published on the 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 lost their jobs at the factory. Falling sales have...” read more
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Like 'Trophy Wives' from a Sinking Commercial Sector...
published on the 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 be because they were 'trophy' wives, or women who...” read more
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Irish Stroke Sufferers Receive Sub-Standard Care
published on the 6th June 2008
“Stroke victims in Northern Ireland whose speech has been affected by their condition do not receive the therapy they need, according to a recent report by Speechmatters, part of the Stroke Association. Stroke survivors who have developed the...” read more
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Scared by Statistics?
published on the 5th June 2008
“We are constantly bombarded with statistics telling us how likely we are to lose our jobs, contract critical illnesses or get hit by cars, even in these articles we've been guilty of doing that. Is it a bad thing? Well, yes and no. Statistics are...” read more
