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Insurance news in the E.U. shows consumers preparing for G-Day

November 21, 2012November 20, 2012 Julie Campbell

Starting in December, the massive upheaval in premiums will kick in as gender is no longer a coverage factor. The insurance news that will rock the European Union next month will explode as policyholders open their bills and discover that the premiums that they had previously been quoted will experience a notable difference. A European Court of Justice ruling has said that gender cannot be used to calculate premiums. This means that insurers will no longer be able to take into account whether a customer is a man or woman…

Insurance news from HSBC includes intention to sell Ping An stake

November 20, 2012April 30, 2013

A share of approximately $9.3 billion of the Chinese insurer will be sold. The latest insurance news from HSBC is that it is currently in negotiations to sell its stake of the Chinese insurer, Ping An, which is worth approximately $9.3 billion. The intention is to boost the profitability of this largest bank in Europe. It will be accomplished as a part of a larger effort to slough away some of its non-core operations. The sale of the Ping An stake is not unexpected insurance news. It was relatively anticipated…

Insurance news from Iran shows crude exports rising

November 16, 2012April 30, 2013

Despite Western sanctions there has been an increase of approximately 70,000 barrels per day (bpd). The October insurance news out of Iran has shown that even though the American and European Union sanctions are still in place against covering oil exports from Iran, their exports still increased by about 70,000 barrels per day, reaching 2.7 million bpd that month. This shows that the Western bans are not having the intended impact on the country. Over the two previous months, the Iranian crude exports spiked to 1.3 million bpd from having…

International insurance deal made by son of Asia’s richest man

October 22, 2012April 30, 2013

Richard Li, Hong Kong tycoon, has acquired three units of ING for $2.1 billion Younger son of the richest man in Asia, and businessman in his own right, Richard Li, is making international insurance news by purchasing three the coverage units of ING Hong Kong, Thailand, and Macau, in a cash acquisition of $2.14 billion in cash. The Dutch financial services firm has now advanced significantly toward paying off its bailout. ING has been taking dramatic steps in order to try to pay back its state bailout funds, and the…

Insurance news reveals the launch of a new global association

October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 H. Cutner

The GFIA has 31 founding members from around the world. The latest insurance news is now including the start of the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA) which includes 31 founding members from around the world and represents 87 percent of the worldwide industry business. Among the founding members is the Insurance Council of Australia. According to an insurance news statement made by Rob Whelan, the CEO of the council, “Insurance is very much a global business, and insurance industry associations face many of the same issues across the world,…

Insurance news from India shows the bill has a chance of passing

October 8, 2012April 30, 2013

Finance Minister of India, P. Chidambaram - Insurance News Headlines

Chidambaram has expressed his confidence about the success of the measure. Finance Minister of India, P. Chidambaram, has made insurance news by promising further reforms for the country and has expressed his confidence that the FDI bills for the insurance and pension industries will be passed by Parliament, in which he will soon hold an open dialogue with the country’s opposition parties. He did point out that there is still some debate and controversy over the topic. But at the same time, the Finance Minister feels that it will be…

Insurance news from India could mean caps on foreign insurers will be lifted

October 5, 2012October 5, 2012 Julie Campbell

This move could be made in the hopes that it will give the country’s economy a boost. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, is making insurance news around the world, in his latest efforts to create the largest opening in the Indian economy has seen in ten years, as the cabinet considers proposals for lifting the foreign investment caps for insurers as well as in the pension industry. The country’s ministers will be considering a large new opportunity for overseas insurers. Should the measure pass, it would make tremendous…