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Medical-Malpractice Claims Numbers Hold Steady, But Claim Sizes Are Up, Aon Says
Aon Corp (NYSE:AOC). The study, Aon's seventh annual look at medical-malpractice claims and losses, found the overall number of medical-malpractice claims hasn't increased for the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 27, 2006
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Most Baby Boomer-Era Voters Support Universal Health Insurance, AARP Poll Says
House to Democrats next month. AARP's poll surveyed likely voters age 42 and older, finding that nearly all (93%) are registered to vote, and that an overwhelming majority (86%) ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 10, 2006
Funding Fiasco?
Katrina or the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. In addition, 27.5% of respondents said they foresaw no potential advantages to creating a federal natural disaster ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: October 1, 2006
Best's Review Survey: More Respondents Oppose Federal Catastrophe Backstop
October issue of Best's Review. Best's Review is published by A.M. Best Co. for insurance professionals, including home office executives, agents, brokers and others who are ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 29, 2006
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Study Finds Health Insurance Costs Still Outpace than Inflation
Kaiser Family Foundation. Premiums rose an average of 7.7% in 2006, the smallest increase since 1999, the study found. The current inflation rate, by comparison, as measured by the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 27, 2006
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Survey of Small-Group Health Market Called First of Its Kind
... Lemieux of AHIP's Center for Policy and Research. (By Chris Grier, Washington correspondent, BestWeek: Chris.Grier@ambest.com)
Source: BestWire   Date: September 26, 2006
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Study: Individual Health Coverage Nearly Impossible to Attain
August 2005, was better and more thorough. Though the AHIP survey was of insurance companies, not people paying for and seeking coverage, AHIP said its survey "reflects the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 14, 2006
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Public Support for Stronger Building Codes Gives Insurers Hope for Legislation on the Issue
Insurance Research Council. And insurers said this may help get such codes adopted and enforced across the country. "We are happy people have come to recognize that building codes ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 5, 2006
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Best's Review Survey: Talk About Terror Risk Is Outpacing Actual Coverage
Five years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, insurers still are wary of writing terrorism policies in perceived target areas such as New York and Washington, D.C., according to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 29, 2006
Index Annuity Sales Dropped 14% in 2nd Quarter; Better CD Rates, Regulatory Issues Linger
Advantage Compendium (BestWire, June 13, 2006). Generally, industry experts and companies have attributed the decline to more attractive interest rates on competing products such ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 25, 2006
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Norwich Union Concerned About Lack of Neighborliness in United Kingdom
Norwich Union said in a statement. It also is cheaper, the insurer added, since a week of 24-hour surveillance would cost more than 2,500 pounds ($4,719). The survey indicated that ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 25, 2006
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Health Brokers Say Informational Tools Are Crucial for Consumer-Directed Plans
Health insurance agents and brokers believe the trend toward consumer-driven health care is here to stay, but insurers will need to offer more integrated products and more advanced ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 9, 2006
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Marsh: Two-Thirds of U.K. Businesses Lack Disaster Plans
About two-fifths of U.K. businesses have had occasion to invoke business continuity management, Caddick said. Understanding is particularly low among businesses that have not been ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 3, 2006
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Broker Initiatives Aim to Improve Financial Disclosure, Carrier Performance
Carrier B," Bramall said. Since it announced the program, Willis has received positive feedback from carriers, Bramall said. "The carriers want to be recognized where they give ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 24, 2006
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Swiss Re: Global Life Market Outpaced Nonlife in 2005 Premium Growth
... The rating is under review with negative implications. (By David Pilla, senior associate editor, BestWeek: David.Pilla@ambest.com)
Source: BestWire   Date: July 12, 2006
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U.S. Sales of Variable Annuities in First Quarter Rise 20.5%
Association of Variable Annuities. Meanwhile, net flow -- a key measurement --rose 46.8% to $7 billion, but represented 18.5% of total sales. Net flow is total premium flows minus ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 30, 2006
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Nearly 70% Rethinking Retirement Investments, Says Prudential Survey
More Americans would buy guaranteed-income insurance products such as annuities in the five years before and after retirement if only they knew about them, according to a report ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 30, 2006
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First-Quarter Index Annuity Sales Drop 2%; CD Rates, Regulatory Issues Cited
Jack Marrion, president of Advantage Compendium. Index annuities also are known as equity-indexed annuities. U.S. sales of fixed annuities, including index annuities, dropped to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 13, 2006
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Beacon Research: U.S. Sales of Fixed Annuities Drop 7.4% from Prior-Year First Quarter
Treasury rate and the 10-year Treasury rate was about 3 percentage points. Starting in mid-2004, short-term rates began to rise, while long-term rates held steady -- flattening the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 6, 2006
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Survey: Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Small-Business Health Plans
The survey was welcomed by U.S. Senate sponsors of the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, which passed the Senate's Health, Education, Labor, and ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 31, 2006
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