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  The FINANCIAL — Stefan Lippe, Swiss Re’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “Since the beginning of 2009, we have significantly increased our capacity to enable clients to benefit from attractive business opportunities. At the end of June our excess capital was estimated

The FINANCIAL -- Munich Re sees a steady shift in requirement trends in insurance and reinsurance. Risks are becoming more complex and new risks are constantly emerging.

The FINANCIAL -- According to research carried out by Hibernian Aviva Health, 48% of people in Ireland are overweight or dangerously overweight and almost a quarter of all adults do no physical exercise according to new statistics published by health insurer Hibernian

The FINANCIAL -- The Insurance Industry Working Group (IIWG) on July 27 published its report into the medium and long-term challenges facing the insurance industry.

The FINANCIAL -- American International Group, Inc. (AIG) on July 27 announced that it has formed the special purpose vehicle (SPV) into which it intends to contribute the equity of AIU Holdings (AIU Holdings, Inc. and AIU Holdings LLC, collectively “AIU Holdings” or the

The FINANCIAL -- Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters nationwide say that people with chronic conditions such as diabetes should not pay higher health insurance premiums. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 18% think they should pay higher costs.

The FINANCIAL -- Vakhtang Dekanosidze, CEO of Partner Insurance Company is forecasting that in 2009 and the coming years, health and auto insurance is still going to be the most popular insurance product for Georgians. Partner was named the fastest growing company

The FINANCIAL -- American International Group, Inc. (AIG) on June 29 announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 98 percent of the shares in its consumer finance operations in Russia, consisting of OOO AIG Bank (RUS), with an option, not exercisable

The FINANCIAL -- The range of professions in the client database is impressive: oil rig workers in Brazil, geologists in Africa, globetrotting fashion models, even the odd movie star. While the white-collared corporate client is by no means a thing of the