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Royal Bank of Scotland's £7bn ($13.6bn) auction for its UK insurance business has received a lukewarm response from potential buyers, with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway pulling out of the bidding and there are doubts over the level of interest from Germany's Allianz

Royal Bank of Scotland's £7bn auction for its UK insurance business has received a lukewarm response from potential buyers, with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway pulling out of the bidding and there are doubts over the level of interest from Germany's Allianz.

RADNOR, Pa., May 15, 2008 -- Health Benefits Direct Corporation , a leading technology innovator in the direct marketing and sales of a wide range of individual health insurance, family health insurance, life insurance and other related products for the individual and family insurance market, today announced its results of operations for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

'It depends how you define the [insurance] carrier market' In an announcement overshadowed by Hewlett-Packard's $13.9 billion bid for services provider EDS , Oracle on Tuesday announced it plans to buy AdminServer, a Pennsylvania company that makes policy ... via Infoworld

If the wildfires in Florida have you thinking about whether you have enough insurance for your home, here are some top tips on how you can protect your home when disaster strikes.

Excerpt: 'Not a single-payer system -- a policy approach often considered a nonstarter in U.S. policy circles -- the Dutch approach combines mandatory universal health insurance with competition among private health insurers.' (authored by The Commonwealth Fund)

NEWARK, N.J.----Prudential Financial, Inc.'s Group insurance business announced today the opening of its new office at 2 Portland Square, Portland, Maine and welcomed dignitaries and special guests during its official ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The Dubai Financial Market ended the day slightly lower, dipping 1.31 points to finish on 5,685. Arab insurance Group was day's big gainer, up 9.06%. Meanwhile, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange fell 9.26 points, or 0.18%, to close at 5,016.

Make sure it covers full replacement cost on the structure of the home. Get replacement cost on the contents. Loss to the home is normally on an all risk basis which means everything is covered except those losses excluded.

Reinsurance services provider QBE the americas has announced that Pete McPartland, COO of QBE Regional insurance, has left the company to pursue other interests.