Insurance

Travel insurance: how to get the best cover

Having medical issues should not preclude a good deal Thousands of travellers with pre-existing medical conditions who want to take a holiday are being held back by the extortionate cost of cover. A survey by the Genetic...

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National insurance tipped to rise in Darling tax clawback

Published Date: 21 November 2009 CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling is set to target national insurance and inheritance tax in next month's Pre-Budget Report as he looks to plug gaping holes in the public purse, experts have...

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Senate vote next step on health bill road

The Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote Saturday night. Even if Reid gets 60 votes Saturday, a long road lies ahead Health care faces a tougher fight in the Senate than in the House House, Senate versions would need to...

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Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year

By Marcy Gordon And Daniel Wagner, AP Business Writers WASHINGTON — Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy...

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Healthcare lobby set for record spending this year

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's not just spending on U.S. healthcare that is breaking records. Drugmakers, insurers and industry groups are on track to spend an all-time high of more than $500 million this year to influence...

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The Coming Deficit Disaster

The president says he understands the urgency of our fiscal crisis, but his policies are the equivalent of steering the economy toward an iceberg. Recently, the White House signaled that it will get serious about reducing the...

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The Health-Care Buffet

The obesity bubble is in no danger of bursting. By ALLYSIA FINLEY While lawmakers like to vilify insurance and pharmaceutical companies for driving up health-care costs to make fat profits, obesity is actually a far bigger...

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Initial Senate Vote Looms on Health Legislation

Senators set to cast crucial 1st vote Saturday on Obama health overhaul legislation By ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON November 21, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press 2 comments A crucial first Senate vote on...

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Fla. commissioner OKs Citizens Property rate hikes

By BRENT KALLESTAD Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - More than 15,000 mobile home owners insured by state-backed Citizens Property insurance Corp. will see an 11 percent increase on their insurance policies in...

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New Tax Code may give a fillip to long-term life policies

Roudra Bhattacharya New Delhi, Nov. 20 Long-term life insurance policies are expected to grow in popularity if the EET (exempt exempt tax) regime under the proposed Direct Tax Code comes into force by 2011. According to Mr G.V....

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