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Click here to see indices Wednesday 28th March 2007: 11:30 By Emily Perryman Access to insurance products is a key priority for the next steps of the government's financial inclusion strategy, according to a report published today by Ed Balls MP. Click here to let us know your thoughts on the new ...

, , ) European banks conference. Geoghegan said that HSBC would grow in insurance either through acquisitions or organically. "HSBC's 10,000 branches and 120 million customers globally are a great place to start an insurance challenge," he said on the Web cast. "I think we will bring in others with us, we will acquire and we will acquire the expertise (we need)." Geoghegan said that the bank a...

The Insurance Product Performance Blueprint lets insurers forecast and report on various business segments and analyze product profitability.

Cognos, which is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, has partnered closely with Australian insurance firm Suncorp to co-develop the Blueprint. It incorporates Suncorp's forecasting methodologies and subject matter expertise in areas like revenue phasi...

LONDON (Reuters) - Banking giant HSBC (HSBA.L) (0005.HK) said on Tuesday it had agreed to pay 228.75 million euros ($303.6 million) to buy Swiss Life's (SLHN.VX) 50.01 percent stake of a French insurance joint venture.

HSBC said it was buying Swiss Life out of Erisa, a joint venture to offer life insurance products through HSBC's banking network in France, and Erisa IARD, a venture to ...

LONDON (AFX) - Marsh, the insurance broking arm of US financial services giant Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc, has applied for a licence in Qatar so it can take advantage of what it sees as strong demand for broking and risk advisory services in the emirate, said Robert Makhoul, head of Marsh's Middle East operations.

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Legal & General's adding of more illnesses to the list of conditions incorporated into its critical illness package means that its offering is "pretty good".

According to James Bailey, insurance advisor at Only Finance, while Bupa critical illness cover was still the "best by far", Legal & General have "upped" their package.

Mr Bailey also explained that Legal & General's addition...

An American Express car insurance package provides comprehensive cover for those people taking a trip across the continent.

Its emergency vehicle assistance cover possesses a number of attractive features, including up to £1,200 cover should a vehicle become out of use due to fire, theft, accidental damage or breakdown.

Other measures incorporated within the American Express c...

Homeowners should take every opportunity to ensure that their properties are protected from the possibility of subsidence.

According to Halifax Home Insurance, subsidence can cause major damage to homes, but paying attention to the growth of trees and vegetation around a property can be crucial for avoiding a subsidence threat.

"People do plant trees too close to houses and they bri...

Zurich has developed a new insurance product for those people who have home contents amounting to between £50,000 and £125,000 in value.

The Home Solutions Advantage package has been created to cater for people moving into the mid-net worth bracket.

The Zurich insurance package also benefits from world-wide contents cover, with automatic accidental cover also applying.<...

Florida's top insurance regulator recommended liquidating Universal Health Care Insurance Co. in St. Petersburg on Friday evening after the Medicare insurer failed to meet a state-imposed deadline for shoring up its financial reserves by as much as $160 million. But the company, owned by Dr. Akshay Desai, said it intends to fight the action and insisted a judge's order gives it at least anoth...