je.st
news
Tag: insurance
NTT Docomo to sell insurance products in tie-up with Nippon Life
2015-10-20 11:36:38| Wireless - Topix.net
A tie-up between mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo Inc. and Nippon Life Insurance Co. will see Docomo selling insurance policies at its stores in Japan, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
Tags: life
products
sell
insurance
UnitedHealth dives deeper into public insurance exchanges
2015-10-15 18:54:17| Beverages - Topix.net
UnitedHealth will jump into 11 more public insurance exchanges next year, as the nation's biggest health insurer grows more comfortable with one of the health care overhaul's main ways of expanding coverage to millions of people. The once-reluctant exchange participant now draws 550,000 customers from that market and predicts that business will improve next year, helped by double-digit price hikes.
Tags: public
insurance
exchanges
deeper
Climate-linked insurance a boon for poor farmers
2015-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Poor farmers the world over are increasingly falling prey to natural disasters, droughts and torrential rain largely due to climate change. But there is some good news as well. Thanks to new technologies, the widespread use of satellites, and more powerful computers such events can largely be predicted in advance, thus making possible novel and more efficient insurance schemes for those at risk. In earlier times, a natural disaster or sustained inclement weather would be followed by a tedious and...
Tags: insurance
poor
farmers
boon
African countries turn to insurance safeguard against climate change
2015-10-07 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When world leaders gather for critical climate negotiations in Paris later this year, they must not overlook the major injustice that means Africa responsible for only a tiny proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions (pdf) will suffer disproportionately from rising temperatures. The most vulnerable populations with the least capacity to cope will shoulder the burden. Across the continent, the agricultural sector still employs about 65% of the labour force, and most of the rural poor....
Tags: change
turn
insurance
countries
Bangladesh RMG injury insurance scheme set up
2015-10-07 12:46:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
An injury insurance scheme for Bangladeshi garment workers has been set up as part of a collaboration between the government, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and Germany.
Tags: set
insurance
injury
scheme
Sites : [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] next »