Overview – China’s Insurance Industry In Jan-Nov 2005 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) China’s insurance industry raked in premiums totaling 454.813 billion yuan (US$56 billion) in the first eleven months of 2005, up 13.83 per cent year-on-year, according to statistics published by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).
Long-term care is hub [...]

American Indians Commemorate Mass Execution (WCCO) (AP) Mankato, Minn. More than 20 American Indians rode into downtown Mankato on horseback while dozens more completed a relay run that began at Fort Snelling to commemorate the 144th anniversary of the largest mass execution in U.S. history. You can’t directly pay into 401(k) (Orlando Sentinel) Q: We [...]

Big insurers avoid equity-indexed annuities (South Coast Today) One of the insurance industry’s hottest products is coming under fire — from insurance companies. Sales of equity-indexed annuities have soared, hauling in $23 billion in 2004 and an additional $21 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to annuity tracker Advantage Compendium. Types [...]