Critical Difference.
American insurers are waking up to critical illness coverage, as they try to assess how big a market there may be for it. But the potential for cross-marketing the coverage seems significant, while the benefit to insureds can be crucial. Critical illness insurance may be new to...

AIG Employee Benefit Solutions Offers Updates to Its Group Disability Policy.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-18 November 2008-AIG Employee Benefit Solutions Offers Updates to Its Group Disability Policy(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com AIG Employee Benefit Solutions announced a new launch of their group disability policy, underwritten by AIG Life Insurance Company and American International Life Assurance Company of New...

Insurance and financial products exclusively for MTNA members. (National Association News).
Professional Liability Insurance Included MTNA is proud to offer its members new insurance and financial products in conjunction with Robert H. Clarkson Insurance Agency and Financial Services, Inc. (RHC) and Raymond James Financial Services. "MTNA is committed to its members' personal well-being in addition to...

New Jersey Insurers Expand Cancer Care Coverage.
New Jersey health insurers have voluntarily agreed to cover the costs of routine care for patients receiving experimental treatments in cancer clinical trials. Some cancer advocates say this move--the first in the nation--could inspire states to expand coverage nationwide. For people seeking treatment for cancer,...

Best Doctors and Federated Life Insurance of Canada Partner to Provide Medical Decision Support to Critical Illness Policyholders in Canada.
The Partnership Allows Federated's Critically Ill Policyholders Access to Best Doctors Services ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Best Doctors Inc., the world leader in medical decision-support services for patients, today announced a partnership with Federated Life Insurance, a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial...

Key cover.
Byline: Aman Dhall It promised to be a key policy for corporate India especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), but never took off after Insurance and Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) clipped its wings two years back. Keyman insurance primarily aims to provide cover to enterprises, which are...

Floating option for young borrowers.
Here are a few tips to help you: a. The younger a borrower, the longer is his earning period. Hence, he can easily pay off his long-term loan. A floating rate of interest could help him save, when rates march south-wards. b. Assume that interest...

Following a man to the edge.
War in Iraq, terrorists in Afghanistan and nukes in North Korea. U.S. policymakers have their agendas full with these obvious threats to national security. But what about domestic issues, like the rising cost of providing health benefits and the increasing ranks of the uninsured? At least one...

Women professionals widen the market for life.
Byline: Shubhreet Oberoi NEW DELHI: As the number of professional women in India is increasing, more and more of them are taking up life insurance policies designed specifically for the fairer sex by corporations such as LIC, Birla Sun Life and Kotak Life Insurance. Bajaj Allianz Life...

Medical Insurance: Get wise about health.
Byline: Kavita Kukday Last year, Ranjeet Deshmukh decided to quit his job in Mumbai and re-locate to Pune. He had planned a month-long vacation before joining the new company. But just a week into the vacation, Deshmukh suffered a stroke and underwent brain surgery. He was hospitalised...