Insurance News

GOVERNMENT must begin to implement the national health insurance (NHI) system as the only affordable option for a free health- care system, Cosatu said yesterday .

Italy's Assicurazioni Generali will end its insurance partnership with Commerzbank that accounts for 4-5 percent of new business in the country now the German bank has struck a deal with rival Allianz.

AGE ACTION has called for moves to safeguard the principle of community rating in health insurance after reports that older customers could see the cost of their premiums triple without it.

The Finance Department is working out an arrangement on the comprehensive third party liability insurance scheme that will allow Government Service Insurance System to share the business with private sector companies.

Insurance agents: ISO scores may affect premiums

NEW YORK -- Small-business owners dealing with damage caused by Tropical Storm Fay -- or this summer's Midwest flooding or California wildfires -- are likely feeling some regret because they didn't have adequate insurance coverage. And so the cost of salvaging either a building or the business itself is falling squarely and solely on them.

CHICAGO (AP) - Allstate Insurance Co. on Sunday ramped up its Gulf Coast operations in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav's landfall, activating more than 1,000 claims adjusters and positioning 15 mobile response units from Texas to Alabama.

NEW YORK - Small business owners dealing with damage caused by Tropical Storm Fay — or this summer’s Midwest flooding or California wildfires — are likely feeling some regret because they didn’t have adequate insurance coverage.

Italy's Assicurazioni Generali will end its insurance partnership with Commerzbank that accounts for 4-5 percent of new business in the country now the German bank has struck a deal with rival Allianz

The kids are headed off to college – and with them, a lot of expensive equipment. But before they check into the dorm, you should check out your insurance options to make sure that their stuff is protected.