Tag: International insurance news

International insurance news is coming from Nigeria with its health coverage

H. Cutner
nigeria international insurance news

The country expects that its healthcare plan will be providing its residents with coverage by 2015. According to the latest international insurance news announcement from Nigeria, the new healthcare system will have been created and implemented across the entire country by 2015. The system is designed to run on a community level and is meant to provide everybody with coverage. According to the acting National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) secretary, Dr. Abdulrahman Sambo, the Community Based Social Health Insurance Scheme will be effective across all of Nigeria by 2015. This…

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Holocaust Insurance Act in the United States opposed by many Dutch insurers

Julie Campbell
Jewish Families: Holocaust insurance act

Several companies are currently lobbying against the passing of the law in American Congress. A number of Dutch insurers have been fervently and determinedly lobbying U.S. Congress in order to discourage them from passing the Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act. According to recent reports, some of the largest insurers have joined together in this effort. The Dutch companies that are working together include ING, Aegon, and the Dutch Association of Insurers, among others. According to De Telegraaf, a daily newspaper in Amsterdam, they have “lobbied jointly dozens of times” against a…

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Oil insurance fund to be established in India for Iranian crude

Julie Campbell
oil insurance news

A new program is being designed to provide Indian refiners with the coverage that they require. India has now revealed that it has intentions to establish a special fund in order to give refineries the opportunity to obtain oil insurance coverage after reinsurers from the European Union refused to provide protection for units that process crude from Iranian sources. The country’s own insurers have refused coverage to the refiners as they could not obtain reinsurance. The reason is that the oil insurance companies within India were not able to obtain…

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European insurance industry sees major promise in the east

China insurance market news

European insurance industry sets sights on China Many sectors in the global insurance industry have been experiencing exceptional growth in recent years. For European insurance giants, Asia is becoming the most attractive market in the world. Prudential, the largest insurer in Europe, claims that the best investments that the insurance industry can make are in Asia. Prudential CEO Tidjane Thiam notes that China, in particular, is home to the fastest growing sector of the insurance industry, making the country very attractive to investors despite some of the restrictions imposed on…

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Meteor Blast Impacts Russia: AIR Worldwide

Guest Author
Russia Meteor

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, on Friday, February 15, a meteor exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk (population: 1 million) in Russia’s central Ural Mountains, injuring hundreds and causing damage to buildings in six cities. According to the Russian Academy of Sciences, the massive meteor weighed 10 tons and entered the earth’s atmosphere at a speed as high as 33,000 mph. Most of the damage was caused by the shock waves as the meteor broke up in the atmosphere. The force of the explosion was enough to shatter…

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