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International insurance acquisition made of Ireland’s largest insurer

H. Cutner
international insurance deal Ireland and Canada

Irish Life Insurance will be purchased by Great-West Lifeco, an insurer that is headquartered in Canada. Great-West Lifeco, Inc. has just announced its latest international insurance acquisition, with the purchase of the largest insurer in Ireland, Irish Life Group, for a total of $1.75 billion. This deal has now been officially announced after having had to receive official approval. The Government of Ireland had to give its approval of the international insurance deal, as it took on the largest life insurer in Ireland in the summer of 2012, after its…

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Life insurance benefits worth $665 million unclaimed in New York

H. Cutner
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Over 89,000 people across the United States will be receiving their portion of the total amount. Nearly 90,000 people throughout the country will be receiving their due portions of a total of more than $665 million in life insurance benefits to which they had no idea they were entitled. The governor of the state has said that these benefits payments are the outcome of a new law. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the life insurance payments have come from a law that was signed in 2012, which requires insurers to…

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US Health and Life Insurance in the Next 5 Years

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Life Insurance

Taking out life insurance is an important decision that provides your beneficiary with a benefit at the moment of your death. However, when it comes to thinking of the future, health care is a factor that does not only contribute to your wellness, but that will be connected to changes in life insurance terms now that the Obama administration is moving forward with the health care law. The health care law that presumes to provide equal opportunities to all American citizens to receive medical attention and get insured regardless if…

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Vienna Insurance misses mark on profit estimations

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Vienna Insurance misses mark

Vienna Insurance profit predictions derailed Vienna Insurance Group, the largest insurance organization in Eastern Europe, has missed its own profit estimations for the 2012 fiscal year. Several factors have come together to derail the insurer’s predictions, with fourth quarter earnings showing signs of struggle as these factors culminated toward the end of the year. While the insurer did see gains, they were not as promising as had been previously expected, thus leading Vienna Insurance to revise its approach to 2013. Pre-tax profits reach $780 million in 2012 The company’s pre-tax…

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Life insurance stake at Vysya sold by ING

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The 26 percent share in the company was expected to sell and has finally gone to another insurer. ING, the Dutch banking group, has sold its 26 percent share of Vysysa Life Insurance to another insurer in the Asian marketplace, Exide Industries, a local company. This makes ING the second foreign business to step out of India within the last year. This is a notable occurrence as the life insurance sector within India is considered to be competitive. ING made the initial announcement on Wednesday, stating that this decision to…

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