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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 of insurers’ next pitch (The Charlotte Observer)
Insurers are ramping up efforts to sell long-term-care insurance, offering new products and forging alliances with employers to make the policies more widely available in the workplace.

Inverted yield curve: good for insurers? (CNN Money)
Possible recession, but there may be more investors, some industry mergers, according to analysts.

ING, Manulife Concerned About China’s Pension Plans (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) — ING Groep NV, Manulife Financial Corp. and other overseas insurers are concerned they may be shut out of China’s corporate pension industry, a nascent market expected to grow by 100 billion yuan ($12 billion) a year.

OVERVIEW – CHINA’S INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN JAN-NOV 2005 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance)
Health / Pharmaceuticals 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).

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 recently moved to Florida. We have a 401(k) from a previous employer with a balance of about $42,000, as well as $43,000 in a checking account that we need to invest. Should the checking account funds be added to the existing 401(k)? What would you suggest?
Men catching up to women in life expectancy: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
As the first of the 75 million baby boomers touch 60 in January, there’s good news for the men: They are catching up to women in life expectancy.
Legislature warned vs passing ‘anti-Fund bills’ (Saipan Tribune)
The incoming Legislature is warned from passing bills that would be “counterproductive” to the government’s retirement system.
In the market (The Arizona Republic)
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