Sunday, November 30, 2008

Berkshire Hathaway Buys Insurance Unit

Insurer ING Group said Friday it will sell its reinsurance unit, NRG NV, to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Group for about $435.7 million.

www.valueinvestingnews.com/berkshire-hathaway-buys-insurance-unit

News - Insurance regulation costs £400m

Original article News - Insurance regulation costs £400m Regulation of the general insurance industry, car insurance finance company last year, is costing 400m a year, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

financeorinsuranceor.3xblog.ro/2007/12/21/news-insurance-regulation-costs-400m/

Scared To Death Of Life Insurance: Life insurance - December 18

I found an article on BusinessWeek:. Even most insurance agents and financial planners rely on rules of thumb or unsophisticated worksheets — or put the onus on clients to decide how much insurance to carry.

lifeinsurance.newzguide.com/2007/12/18/scared-to-death-of-life-insurance-life-insurance-december-18/

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Health insurance set to rise

Health insurance premiums could be about to rise by more than four percent.

livenews.com.au/articles/2007/12/12/Health_insurance_set_to_rise

Disability Insurance: Payments and Pitfalls

By Nora Dunn. A massage therapist hurts their hand in a silly accident playing volleyball. For most of us, a broken finger or torn ligament in our hand is a serious inconvenience, but not an insurmountable one.

www.wisebread.com/disability-insurance-payments-and-pitfalls

News - QA: Insurance and storm damage

Read more on News - Q&A: Insurance and storm damage site.

journals.diablerie.org/propertyandliability/2007/12/02/news-qa-insurance-and-storm-damage/

Gocompare.com: A Search Engine for Car Insurance

Modern world has seen a seismic tweaking of the consumers from motorbikes to cars. This change is unlikely to shift in the coming decades. It has opened a new horizon for car insurance sector. Till now, this sector was under-penetrated.

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