Insurance News ME

Tesco Dental Insurance uncovers top smiles

Tesco Dental Insurance has polled the UK to discover the public's favourite celebrity smiles.

AIG Group Names Portalatin President Of AIG Europe

American International Group Inc.

(AIG) has promoted

Julio Portalatin to president of AIG Europe, S.A. and president of AIU's Continental European Region, as part of a management reshuffle.

LIC's health insurance foray on cards

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is in the process of filing a health insurance product with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) within a fortnight. It hopes to get it cleared in a month's time. The health insurance product will be a long term product with a term of more than ten years.

Travel cover for HSBC customers in Bahrain

MANAMA: A new travel protection and family shield insurance product has been launched for HSBC customers.The Bank said it will join Bahrain-based insurance company, AIG Takaful-Enaya, in launching the products.

Insurance (Accident & Health): Overview

(by Datamonitor) Gross premiums of approximately $165 billion were received by the US health and accident insurance industry in 2006. With state-funded healthcare provision relatively low in the US compared to other advanced economies, it is not surprising that private health insurance in this country accounts for over two-thirds of the global market. Its value has been rising and this is set to continue.

Over 90% of private health insurance revenues are received from employers, with individual plan-holders in the minority. However, soaring premiums are leading many employers to restrict their health insurance expenditure.