quality-ins.com blog
Insurance News Links for Year - Jan | Feb | Mar | Jul | Aug | Sep | - / date -
Days 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
INSURANCE NEWS -
Chinese bank shares fall sharply - Hinesberg Journal As of: 2008-01-21
Chinese bank shares fall sharply- Hinesberg Journal, Canada - 6 minutes ago- By JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer 7 minutes ago BEIJING - Shares in China?s banks fell sharply Monday after news reports said its No. ...-  -
Overnight News Recap: Global Equities Collapse on US Recessionary ... - ... As of: 2008-01-21
Overnight News Recap: Global Equities Collapse on US Recessionary ...- CEP News, Canada - 19 minutes ago- "The writedowns in US subprime mortgage investments are starting to increasingly affect the balance sheets of non-US banks. The $150B economic stimulus ...-  -
ECONOMY: Canada?s growth to slow significantly to around 2%, say ... - A... As of: 2008-01-21
ECONOMY: Canada?s growth to slow significantly to around 2%, say ...- Alberta Index, Canada - 3 hours ago- (AlbertaIndex, January 21, Monday) --- Two banks have predicted that Canada?s economy will slow significantly to around 2% this year as a result of the ...-  -
ACA Capital deal buys some more time - ReportonBusiness.com As of: 2008-01-21
ACA Capital deal buys some more time- ReportonBusiness.com, Canada - 46 minutes ago- Roughly 30 banks from around the world have been working with ACA on the forbearance agreements, including Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, ...-  -
The economy will become the central issue in US and Canada - Montreal Ga... As of: 2008-01-21
The economy will become the central issue in US and Canada- Montreal Gazette, Canada - 4 hours ago- Major investment banks and brokerages have written down huge multi-billion dollar losses because of exposure to the sub-prime crisis. ...-  -
What's to come after insurer downgrades? - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-01-21
What's to come after insurer downgrades?- Globe and Mail, Canada - 4 hours ago- It all adds up to the likelihood central banks will cut interest rates. Tomorrow the Bank of Canada is widely expected to lower the target overnight bank ...-  -
Suitors come knocking on ACE doors - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-01-21
Suitors come knocking on ACE doors- Globe and Mail, Canada - 4 hours ago- Montreal-based ACE, created after Air Canada emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2004, currently owns 75 per cent of the national airline. ...-  -
Editorial - Investing in families - Winnipeg Free Press As of: 2008-01-21
Editorial - Investing in families- Winnipeg Free Press, Canada - 3 hours ago- IT is merely provocative to note that if Winnipeg were to see almost 40 per cent of its children being seized by the state, as has the remote northern ...-  -
Seamark fights to win back institutional appeal - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-01-21
Seamark fights to win back institutional appeal- Globe and Mail, Canada - 4 hours ago- While Seamark has had a reputation for running top-quartile funds using a growth investing style, its performance has suffered lately in its key balanced ...-  -
Segregated funds can simplify an investor's estate planning - The Pr... As of: 2008-01-21
Segregated funds can simplify an investor's estate planning- The Province, Canada - 3 hours ago- Although segs share a number of similarities with their mutual-fund cousins, they are life-insurance contracts that offer several benefits not offered by ...-  -
More than black and white - Globe and Mail As of: 2008-01-21
More than black and white- Globe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours ago- ... Audra McDonald and Sanaa Lathan) as the hit Broadway revival, the play, set in the 1950s, is about a Chicago family and a $10000 life insurance cheque ...-  -
Clients feel burned after gym blaze - ChronicleHerald.ca As of: 2008-01-21
Clients feel burned after gym blaze- ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 2 hours ago- Fit for Life operated in a New Minas building that burned to the ground in a fire suspected of being deliberately set. As many as 400 members were left ...-  -
Fine-tuning their investments - Montreal Gazette As of: 2008-01-21
Fine-tuning their investments- Montreal Gazette, Canada - 4 hours ago- The Morisettes, both athletic and in excellent health, also have long-standing whole-life insurance policies with cash redemption values of about $21000 ...-  -
Why nothing could be finer than McCain's win in Carolina - Globe and... As of: 2008-01-21
Why nothing could be finer than McCain's win in Carolina- Globe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours ago- As for the 45 million Americans without health insurance, the candidates offer a variation on the theme of encouraging citizens to buy their own insurance ...-  -
Bank-robbing binge earns man eight years - Canada.com As of: 2008-01-21
Bank-robbing binge earns man eight years- Canada.com, Canada - 9 hours ago- A 20-year-old man who committed nine bank robberies last summer - three of them on the same day - has been sentenced to eight years in prison. ...- Toronto man pleads guilty to string of bank heists Globe and Mail- Eight Years for Six Bank Robberies 580 CFRA Radio- all 6 news articles -
Quebecor World granted creditor protection - National Post As of: 2008-01-21
Vancouver Sun- Quebecor World granted creditor protection- National Post, Canada - 9 hours ago- The company revealed it chose the financing offer over a rival, US$1.2-billion debtor-in-possession financing from its banks, saying the Credit ...- Quebecor World creditor protection imminent: sources National Post- Quebecor World filing shows credit markets harsh Globe and Mail- Quebecor World throws fate to the courts Globe and Mail- ReportonBusiness.comall 114 news articles -
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF SUBPRIME CONTAGION: FOSTER - National Post As of: 2008-01-21
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF SUBPRIME CONTAGION: FOSTER- National Post, Canada - 12 hours ago- For comedy that cuts right to the bone about the role of investment bankers and mortgage brokers in the subprime mortgage fiasco, this little skit from the ...-  -
Héroux-Devtek Increases Its Credit Facilities - Canada NewsWire (press r... As of: 2008-01-21
Héroux-Devtek Increases Its Credit Facilities- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 16 hours ago- These Credit Facilities allow Héroux-Devtek and its subsidiaries to borrow (either in Canadian or US currency equivalent) from a group of banks for working ...-  -
Quebecor World seeks bankruptcy protection - CTV.ca As of: 2008-01-21
Vancouver Sun- Quebecor World seeks bankruptcy protection- CTV.ca, Canada - 23 hours ago- MONTREAL -- Commercial printer Quebecor World Inc. is seeking court protection from bankruptcy in Canada and the United States. ...- Cormark coverage discontinued as Quebecor files for bankruptcy National Post- Quebecor World wins bankruptcy protection Calgary Herald- Quebecor World seeks bankruptcy protection after bankers balk at ... 570 News- ReportonBusiness.com - ReportonBusiness.comall 114 news articles -
Spousal guidelines accepted as ?litmus test of reasonableness? - Lawyers... As of: 2008-01-21
Lawyers Weekly- Spousal guidelines accepted as ?litmus test of reasonableness?- Lawyers Weekly, Canada - 13 hours ago- ... them as ?a starting point for the purpose of assessing an appropriate level of spousal support, or for checking the validity of a proposed settlement. ...-  -
US Credit Card Crunch - National Post As of: 2008-01-21
US Credit Card Crunch- National Post, Canada - 17 hours ago- If the stock-market carnage doesn?t have you jittery enough about the troubled US economy, check out ?Maxed Out,? a documentary on credit cards and the ...-  -
Posted By By ELIZABETH BOWER - Peterborough Examiner As of: 2008-01-21
Posted By By ELIZABETH BOWER- Peterborough Examiner, Canada - 13 hours ago- White recalls a man with bipolar who bought a new $30000 truck and maxed out 10 credit cards because his mania made him feel invincible. ...-  -
Missing woman's mother offers DNA sample to Texas police - Canada.com As of: 2008-01-21
Missing woman's mother offers DNA sample to Texas police- Canada.com, Canada - 7 hours ago- Since she went missing, she has not used her cellphone, credit cards, or accessed her bank accounts. The case has been featured on a number of US TV ...-  -
Investment risk: Nerve medicine - CanadianBusiness.com As of: 2008-01-21
Investment risk: Nerve medicine- CanadianBusiness.com, Canada - 18 hours ago- I came into the investment business through the back door as an actuary and a risk manager. For more than a decade, I worked for several large life ...-  -
Alpha investing: Super geeks - CanadianBusiness.com As of: 2008-01-21
Alpha investing: Super geeks- CanadianBusiness.com, Canada - 18 hours ago- If you?re in the market for investment advice, you?ll hear a lot about ?alpha.? It?sa trendy term. Money managers brag about their ability to churn out ...-  -
PUR Investing Launches New ETF Portfolio Management Services for a ... -... As of: 2008-01-21
PUR Investing Launches New ETF Portfolio Management Services for a ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - Jan 21, 2008- 21 /CNW/ - PUR Investing Inc. (PUR Investing), an innovative Canadian investment counseling firm, is launching new web-based services in January 2008 for ...-  -
For some, the glass is half full - Financial Post As of: 2008-01-21
For some, the glass is half full- Financial Post, Canada - 7 hours ago- I don't think that's going to happen," said Gordon Pape, author of the just-published Sleep-Easy Investing. "There are going to be some real bargains ...-  -
Banking blue chips not spared in selling panic - Financial Post As of: 2008-01-21
Banking blue chips not spared in selling panic- Financial Post, Canada - 16 hours ago- ... and Sun Life sank 2.9% or $1.39. Shares in banks and insurance companies are not usually as volatile as stocks in other sectors. ...-  -
Van makes ?huge difference? in life of youngster - Orleans Star As of: 2008-01-21
Van makes ?huge difference? in life of youngster- Orleans Star, Canada - 15 hours ago- With relatively low fundraising costs, it was enough to pay off the balance of the vehicle and subsidize insurance and rust proofing, with some left over ...-  -
Trojan offers high-tech pioneering - London Free Press As of: 2008-01-21
Trojan offers high-tech pioneering- London Free Press, Canada - 7 hours ago- The list of donors includes Libro Financial Group, Middlesex County Pork Producers, Western Fair Association, Town and Country Mutual Insurance, ...-  -
Banks could dodge rate cut; But it wouldn't necessarily help ... - P... As of: 2008-01-21
Banks could dodge rate cut; But it wouldn't necessarily help ...- Peterborough Examiner, Canada - 13 hours ago- The threat of heightened competition could scare the banks off such a plan because other lenders, such as credit unions, could drop their rates and lure ...-  -
Review board tackles payday loans - CBC Nova Scotia As of: 2008-01-21
Review board tackles payday loans- CBC Nova Scotia, Canada - 17 hours ago- Payday loans are short-term loans that are not available through banks or credit unions. A group that represents some payday loan companies, the Canadian ...-  -
Scientists seek clues to mystery disease; Many think Morgellons is ... -... As of: 2008-01-21
Scientists seek clues to mystery disease; Many think Morgellons is ...- Peterborough Examiner, Canada - 13 hours ago- Now the US Centers for Disease Control, aided by a major US health insurance provider, is embarking on a study to try to get a handle on a condition ...-  -
Fairfax a top pick to weather storm - Financial Post As of: 2008-01-21
Fairfax a top pick to weather storm- Financial Post, Canada - 7 hours ago- There was one reason Fairfax, a holding company with subsidiaries in the property and casualty and re-insurance business, landed in the company of the ...-  -
Ford commercial critics should laugh and move on - StarPhoenix As of: 2008-01-21
Ford commercial critics should laugh and move on- StarPhoenix, Canada - 6 hours ago- Most of the criticism seems to come from Winnipeg, where car theft is epidemic. Victims, police and car insurance authorities there were so offended that ...-  -
Police seize same damaged car twice in two hours - The Kingston Whig-Sta... As of: 2008-01-21
Police seize same damaged car twice in two hours- The Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - 12 hours ago- Less than two hours after pulling a car off the road because it was literally falling apart, the same officer caught the same driver behind the wheel of the ...-  -
Gunned-down gangster bragged about poker winnings - Calgary Herald As of: 2008-01-21
Gunned-down gangster bragged about poker winnings- Calgary Herald, Canada - 8 hours ago- "I do not know the people who robbed me and I don't know why or how they knew the jewelry was in the car." Earlier this month, Scarpino's insurance case was ...-  -
Make emergency info easy to find - Peterborough Examiner As of: 2008-01-21
Make emergency info easy to find- Peterborough Examiner, Canada - 14 hours ago- As an officer, I often got to the scene after a person was transported to the hospital, and I would look through the vehicle for insurance, registration and ...-  -
US recession ahead? A survey of the gathering economic storm - News1130 As of: 2008-01-21
US recession ahead? A survey of the gathering economic storm- News1130, Canada - 16 hours ago- The hardest-hit occupations in terms of recent job losses include real estate brokers, financial services sales agents, loan counsellors and public ...-  -
Printer Quebecor World to file for bankruptcy shelter, arranges ... - 94... As of: 2008-01-21
Printer Quebecor World to file for bankruptcy shelter, arranges ...- 940 News, Canada - Jan 21, 2008- MONTREAL - Giant commercial printer Quebecor World Inc. (TSX:IQW) is filing for bankruptcy-court protection and has arranged a new financing lifeline. ...-  -
CML HealthCare Income Fund Declares January Distribution - Canada NewsWi... As of: 2008-01-21
CML HealthCare Income Fund Declares January Distribution- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - Jan 21, 2008- ... technological change; interest rate fluctuations and general economic conditions; insurance coverage of sufficient scope to satisfy any liability claims ...-  -
Ford drops 'steal' ad; Police didn't like its message - Pete... As of: 2008-01-21
Ford drops 'steal' ad; Police didn't like its message- Peterborough Examiner, Canada - Jan 21, 2008- ... a passing police car before fleeing on foot. Twenty vehicles per day were stolen in Manitoba in 2007, according to a Manitoba Public Insurance website. ...-  -
NS regulator begins hearings on rate structure for payday loan ... - Can... As of: 2008-01-21
NS regulator begins hearings on rate structure for payday loan ...- Canada East, Canada - Jan 21, 2008- HALIFAX - A regulatory board in Nova Scotia began a week of hearings Monday to determine how much payday loan companies can charge borrowers, ...-  -
Cormark coverage discontinued as Quebecor files for bankruptcy - Nationa... As of: 2008-01-21
Cormark coverage discontinued as Quebecor files for bankruptcy- National Post, Canada - Jan 21, 2008- "Accordingly, it will seek bankruptcy protection (CCAA) today," he said in a note to clients. "We are cutting our target from 25¢ to NIL. ...-  -
INSURANCE NEWS ABOUT -