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DOUBTS about insurance reserves and bad bank debts linger for Suncorp, although a loan to the struggling MFS-Octaviar group seems safe for now.

August 4, 2008--An estimated 17 million Americans purchased non-group health coverage directly from insurance companies in 2007.

While auto insurance rates continued a three-year decline in 2007, homeowner insurance rates picked up again, according to figures released Monday by the Ohio Department of insurance.

NEW YORK----Willis Group Holdings , the global insurance broker, announced today that Allan Gribben, CEO of Willis International, has been appointed Global Sales & Marketing Director, which includes responsibility for the â??Client and Growthâ?� initiative, part of Shaping our Future, Willisâ?? strategy for profitable growth.

Economic downturns make people feel vulnerable. Tough times remind us how precarious our financial security can be. You think of the horrible possibilities: You could lose your job. You could get sick with little or no health insurance. You could be forced to tap retirement saving, permanently hurting your standard of living in later years. And even if you hold on to all that, you could see the value of your investments tank. Amid all the gloom and doom (which I noted in a post this morning), how can you protect yourself? There are a lot of useful suggestions in a BusinessWeek online special report, 'Defending Your Money.'Here are a few highlights: 1. How to cut your property taxes.Writes Will Andrews: After remodeling his house and adding a new kitchen and 20% more square feet to the home's size, 'Our happiness was boundless until we got a letter from the town assessor's office stating the assessed value of our property had been hiked 37%-and that our property taxes were go

The Dubai Financial Market fell by 0.30%, ending the day, Monday at 5,394.01. Debut from Takaful House did not help raise the arrows up as Tamweel, DFM and Union Properties suffered losses. The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange also dropped by 0.61%, ending the day at 4,924.74. All sectors were down except for a slight rise in the telecommunication and insurance sectors.

Lexington insurance Company, a unit of AIG Commercial insurance, has launched Pandemic Rx, an endorsement to Lexington's commercial property policy for acute care medical facilities to cover business income loss and extra expenses incurred during a declared pandemic influenza public health emergency.

DOUBTS about insurance reserves and bad bank debts linger for Suncorp, although a loan to the struggling MFS-Octaviar group seems safe for now.

Meadowbrook insurance Group, Inc., a specialty property and casualty insurance holding company based in Southfield, Michigan, announced today that the merger of ProCentury Corporation, a Columbus, Ohi

The Hanover insurance Group has reported a net loss of $10.2 million, or $0.20 per share, for the second quarter of 2008, compared to net income of $59.8 million, or $1.14 per share, for the same period of 2007.