2008-11-01 Strategies: Keep an extra eye on receivables this holiday season

In fact, insurance companies that provide "trade credit insurance" are also nervous. This is insurance that large suppliers take out to make sure theyll get paid if something, such as bankruptcy, happens to their customers. These insurance companies are looking at the economic climate, and reducing or eliminating insurance on some companies receivables.

Im not alone in worrying about the health of some major companies. Over dinner, a friend told me the large law firm she works for sent a memo with a list of 30 large companies they considered to be risky, warning the attorneys to carefully monitor their billings to those clients. She was shocked at the names on the list many were stores where she shopped.

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2008-11-01 Top Houston Attorneys of Walker Texas Lawyer Advise Victims as Insurance Companies Continue to Deny Hurricane Ike Claims

According to the attorneys, most claims have gone unpaid due to the storm surge conflict -- wind verses flood. Storm surges are caused by wind which results in flooding therefore insurance companies have denied claims due to lack of flood insurance, not windstorm coverage. This type of creative insuring leaves many victims reliant on the civil court system as a last resort -- the only viable recourse victims have to contest a denied.

Wrongfully denying claims and offering insufficient payment for damages has become an everyday practice for many insurance companies in the wake of these hurricanes. We feel the unspoken motto of the insurance industry is; Delay, Deny, Defend and Disappoint," added Walker.

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2008-10-27 The Bailouts Keep Coming: Treasury Considering Expanding Bailout To Insurance Companies North Dakota News

The Treasury Department is considering buying equity stakes in insurance companies, a sign of how the governments usd. 700 billion rescue program could turn into a piggy bank for a range of beleaguered industries

The availability of U. S. government cash in the middle of a global credit squeeze is drawing requests from insurance firms, auto makers, state governments and transit agencies. While Treasury intended for the program to apply broadly, the growing requests could put a strain on the usd. 700 billion, a sum that only last month stunned lawmakers

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2008-10-31 Russian companies face serious liquidity risks, German agency warns-International Herald Tribune

Russian companies face serious liquidity risks, German agency warns

Januss warning came as European banks made it clear to Hermes and other state-backed export insurance companies during a conference in Berlin this week that they were not prepared to provide any long-term financing without insurance coverage.

Russian companies, estimated to be holding usd. 45 billion of debt that needs to be refinanced, face serious liquidity risks as domestic borrowing costs soar and foreign investors reassess the risk of doing business in Russia, according to Hermes, the German governments export credit guarantee agency.

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2008-10-31 MetLife, Hartford, Prudential take earnings hit

Hartford Financial, MetLife, and Prudential Financial all reported a brutal third quarter. Life insurance companies invest the premiums that consumers pay them in order to cover payouts and expenses and make a profit. As Wall Street has cratered, insurance companies have seen a significant chunk of their portfolios crumble away.

As with the other insurance companies, Hartford took a massive hit from losses in its investment portfolio. "Our holdings in the financial sector weighed heavily on our investment performance in the quarter," said Ramani Ayer, The Hartfords chairman and CEO, in a written statement.

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2008-10-31 Where They Stand: Health Care-News

Cynthia McKinney supports the Single-Payer/Medicare For All health plan. In Congress, she was a co-sponsor of every bill to create a national system for universal access to health care under the model. McKinney would push to take insurance companies out of the healthcare equation because she believes that more times than not, patients cannot receive the treatment they require because the treatment is blocked by "the profit motive of the insurance companies. "

We need to stand up to the insurance companies and the drug companies. We need to bring Americans together. And we need to pass a plan that lowers every familys premiums, and gives every uninsured American the same kind of coverage that Members of Congress give themselves. "

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2008-10-31 Trend Capital : Tax Income Exemption Will Raise Bank and Insurance Market Efficiency: Parliamentary Commission Head

Exemption of Azerbaijani banks, insurance and re-insurance companies from income tax for three years term is envisaged in the Bill to promote and stimulate capitals in banks, insurance and re-insurance companies. The Parliament accepted the Bill on 28 October. The bills goal is to accelerate development of financial sphere, raise the quality of services in bank and insurance spheres and stimulate capitalization of companies.

Corr. U. Ismayilova /The income tax exemption, which is directed to capitalize insurance and re-insurance companies, will enable to raise the efficiency of the banking system and insurance market, Ziyad Samadzade, the Head of the Permanent Parliamentary Commission on Economy Policy, said.

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2008-10-31 FDIC could expand to insurance companies, Bair says-Related Stories-SIFMA SmartBrief

If Congress changes the regulatory structure for insurance companies from a state-by-state system to a federal one, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. could be extended to cover insurers, FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair said. The FDIC could provide guarantees for insurers similar to the way it does for banks, Bair said.

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2008-10-31 Surviving Insurance Companies After a Car Accident

The womans insurance company said they would pay for my rental car until my van was fixed provided that, if I was found liable for the accident, I would pay for the rental car. I said that was fine because I know Im not liable for the accident. However, during a three-way phone call between the insurance companies and me, her insurance company denied saying that. Basically, my accounts been overdrawn because in order to have a rental car, you have to give them (the rental companies) a debit or credit card. The charges ended up being almost usd. 700 and the insurance company said they would not pay that.

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2008-10-30 How outsourcing can help insurance companies cut cost

Business Days investigation shows that out of about N43 billion premium income generated by 13 insurance companies in 2007, only about N9 billion was allocated to profit. The figure reveals that management expenses accounted for over N8 billion, while the rest was expenses on claims. This, market watchers say, could have been less if part of the operational activities were outsourced to consultants and agents.

Against the backdrop of the current price crash in the nations capital market which for long became an investment haven for insurance companies, providing them the opportunity to earn high investment income, there is growing worry that the situation might be more difficult going forward.

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