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| Hartford gamble too big for Sun Life - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-31 |
| Hartford gamble too big for Sun Life- Globe and Mail, Canada- Sun Life was never considering an acquisition of Hartford, but had been actively looking at portions of the life insurance businesses. It is not ruling out the possibility that the discussions, which were still in the early stages, will resume at some ... - | |
| No one wants Quebec's limited private health insurance - CBC.ca | As of: 2009-03-30 |
| No one wants Quebec's limited private health insurance- CBC.ca, Canada- 'We have such a good access to the surgeries in Quebec that the industry knows they won't be able to sell any insurance to anybody.'?Yves Bolduc, Quebec's health minister Yves Millette, senior vice-president of the Canadian Life and Health Insurers' ... - | |
| Lincoln Withdraws Application, Enters Agreement - Morningstar.ca | As of: 2009-03-30 |
| Lincoln Withdraws Application, Enters Agreement- Morningstar.ca, Canada- by Alan Rambaldini | 30 Mar 09 | E-mail Article to a Friend Life insurer Lincoln National LNC announced March 27 that it is withdrawing its application to issue debt under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, ... - | |
| In The Eye Of The Storm - Canadian Underwriter | As of: 2009-03-26 |
| In The Eye Of The Storm- Canadian Underwriter, Canada- "When you go to law school, not a lot of people are sitting there saying: 'When I graduate, I want to become an insurance law practitioner,'" he says. "But what you realize very quickly is that every major part of life is underwritten in some fashion; ... - | |
| More disclosure on equity market sensitivity wanted from lifecos - Natio... | As of: 2009-03-26 |
| More disclosure on equity market sensitivity wanted from lifecos- National Post, Canada- ?This would have provided a more dynamic picture of the market equity exposure of life insurance companies than we currently have,? he added. ?Not only would disclosure of this nature have been beneficial for investors for the reasons mentioned above, ... - | |
| For once, Ontario wins - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-26 |
| For once, Ontario wins- Globe and Mail, Canada- Employment Insurance discriminates against residents of Alberta and Ontario, paying them less for fewer weeks, simply because of where they live. For years, there was stoicism about this transfer of wealth. Ontario had a lot and other provinces did not ... - | |
| Back To The Future - Canadian Underwriter | As of: 2009-03-26 |
| Back To The Future- Canadian Underwriter, Canada- The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) in October 2007 released its Discussion Paper on the Mutual Recognition of Reinsurance Supervision, which addresses a framework for an international reinsurance supervisory system. ... - | |
| Bridging The Data Divide - Canadian Underwriter | As of: 2009-03-26 |
| Bridging The Data Divide- Canadian Underwriter, Canada- ... Insurance Group's senior vice president of operations, Jorge Arruda, the whole point of technology investments is to increase broker efficiency. "A matter of decreasing something from minutes to seconds, when added to the whole policy life-cycle, ... - | |
| Life's a bit brighter with city shoeshiner - Winnipeg Free Press | As of: 2009-03-26 |
| Life's a bit brighter with city shoeshiner- Winnipeg Free Press, Canada- There was no two ways about it." It was after his time as a cook, while he was on unemployment insurance, that his brother Daniel suggested he join him shining shoes at O'Hanlon's men's shoe and clothing store in the Portage and Main concourse. - | |
| Supreme Court of Canada denies leave to appeal in Fletcher case - Canadi... | As of: 2009-03-26 |
| Supreme Court of Canada denies leave to appeal in Fletcher case- Canadian Underwriter, Canada- The Supreme Court of Canada has denied a Manitoba MPs leave to appeal a decision that denied him the right to claim accident benefits under section 138 of the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act. The Supreme Court did not offer a reason for its ... - | |
| Leaving TO for a lakefront life - Metro Canada - Toronto | As of: 2009-03-25 |
| Leaving TO for a lakefront life- Metro Canada - Toronto, Canada- A veritable mercantile mashup, this strip of shops features everything from an accountant?s office and insurance broker to the Hy-Tea restaurant and a tattoo parlour. But beyond the variety sits simplicity when you approach Beachfront Park on Lake ... - | |
| Province?s funding of rheumatoid arthritis treatment welcomed - Alberta ... | As of: 2009-03-25 |
| Province?s funding of rheumatoid arthritis treatment welcomed- Alberta Daily Herald Tribune, Canada- As of April 1, the drug Rituximab will be covered by Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan for rheumatoid arthritis patients who meet ?special authorization criteria.? Sandy Ursel, a Pincher Creek, Alta.-resident, was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis ... - | |
| ANNOUNCEMENT - CPP Investment Board - Financial Post | As of: 2009-03-24 |
| ANNOUNCEMENT - CPP Investment Board- Financial Post, Canada- Mr. Astley is former president of Sun Life Financial Canada and former president and CEO of Clarica Life Insurance Company. He currently sits on the board of directors for the Bank of Montreal and is chair of its human resources and management ... - | |
| Defining ?accident? - Lawyers Weekly | As of: 2009-03-23 |
| Lawyers Weekly- Defining ?accident?- Lawyers Weekly, Canada- The Supreme Court of Canada is poised to again consider the meaning of ?accident? for first-party insurance coverage in the upcoming appeal for Gibbens v. Co-operators Life Insurance Co., [2008] BCJ No. 625 (CA), a decision on whether paraplegia ... - | |
| Sprinkler systems in new homes - Renfrew Mercury | As of: 2009-03-22 |
| Sprinkler systems in new homes- Renfrew Mercury, Canada- He says that according to a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation report, it costs about $38 million of sprinkler installations to save one life, based on a cost of $3000 per home to install. Updated home sprinkler installation costs may in fact be ... - | |
| Life after bailouts - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-19 |
| Voice of America- Life after bailouts- Globe and Mail, Canada- Further bailouts would have been received with repugnance, after the fury this week over bonuses to employees of the bailed-out insurance company American International Group Inc. Moreover, the Federal Reserve has left itself hardly any room to keep ...- US Federal Reserve announces massive increase in government debt Center for Research on Globalization- all 5,230 news articles - | |
| Canadian life insurers face downgrades - Financial Post | As of: 2009-03-19 |
| Canadian life insurers face downgrades- Financial Post, Canada- Canadian life insurers face downgrades as a "global contagion" in equity markets hurts earnings of companies such as Manulife Financial Corp. and Sun Life Financial Inc. AM Best Co. lowered its outlook Thursday for Canada's life insurance industry to ...- AM Best revises outlook on Canadian life insurance market to negative Investment Executive- all 11 news articles - | |
| Moody's downgrades Manulife subsidiaries - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-03-18 |
| Earthtimes (press release)- Moody's downgrades Manulife subsidiaries- Globe and Mail, Canada- Moody's downgraded the insurance financial strength ratings of Manulife's subsidiaries including Manufacturers Life Insurance Co., John Hancock Life Insurance Co. and John Hancock Life Insurance Co. (USA) to Aa3 from Aa1. The debt ratings of Manulife's ...- John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III Reports Second Quarter Earnings Stockhouse- Moody's downgrades Manulife after Q4 loss Financial Post- Market slump hits Manulife ratings Globe and Mail- all 64 news articles - | |
| Two paycheques from poverty - Straight Goods | As of: 2009-03-18 |
| Two paycheques from poverty- Straight Goods, Canada- Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife, Inc reaches more than 70 million customers around the world and MetLife is the largest life insurer in the United States (based on life insurance in-force). The MetLife companies offer life insurance, ... - | |
| New online resource from TD Insurance puts road safety first - Canada Ne... | As of: 2009-03-17 |
| New online resource from TD Insurance puts road safety first- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada- TD Insurance, through its TD Insurance Credit Protection and TD Insurance Life and Health brands, is the number one provider of critical illness insurance and direct life and health premium origination in Canada. And through its TD Insurance Meloche ... - | |
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