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Spain's Bankinter has asked Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) about a buyout of their insurance joint venture, in a move that values the business at up to £700m.

OMAHA, Neb. (MarketWatch) -- Berkshire Hathaway will consider investing in the insurance business of U.K. banking giant Royal Bank of Scotland and is close to buying a medium-sized company in the country, Chairman Warren Buffett said Sunday.

Excerpt: 'College graduates and the affluent are most likely to have participated in a wellness program in the past three years. Those with at least some college are more likely to favor health insurance covering complementary alternative medicine techniques. Alternative techniques or practices that employees believe should be covered by insurance include the following . . . .' (authored by Wolters Kluwer)

Warren Buffett is considering mounting a multi-billion-pound bid for some of the most famous names in British insurance, including Direct Line and Churchill. The billionaire investor said yesterd...

Berkshire Hathaway's fledging bond insurer generated $400m in premiums during the first quarter, outstripping all the established, but troubled, operators in the so-called US monoline insurance market

There are better and more affordable health insurance fixes than the ones that John McCain has roposed.

Fairfax Financial Holdings said its first-quarter profit jumped nearly six-fold, as the insurance holding company continued to benefit from gains on credit default swaps in its investment portfolio. via Business insurance

Once you have health insurance, you probably think you don't have anything to worry about.

Homeowners often don't take time to reassess their home-insurance coverage when it's time to pay the premium. But with many Americans looking for ways to save a buck these days, examining that paperwork could pay off.

But Buffett has warned investors that the era of double-digit returns is over