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Wealthy nations boosted funding for health programs in poor countries more than fourfold between 1990 and 2010, thanks largely to greater awareness of the need to fight HIV/AIDS, a report released Tuesday said. Read more…
Following the early incidence of winter weather, and with a prolonged cold snap forecast, independent broker Perkins Slade has offered homeowners tips on how best to safeguard their homes from the wintry weather.
Homeowners should check their central heating and ensure the thermostat is working properly, and those with older boilers should consider installing frost thermostats.
In addition, heating should be kept on constantly, including overnight, to prevent pipes freezing and then bursting.
Perkins Slade also advocates lagging exposed pipes and making sure that the means of turning off the main water supply is known.
Should the home be vacant for a period of time the central heating system should be drained and the main water supply turned off, or the heating should be kept on at 10C.
According to BBC weather forecasts the cold weather, including the earliest snowfall for over a decade, could last two weeks.
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The BGL Group today acquired the French insurance price comparison company, Courtanet.
Founded in 2005 by CEO Jehan de Castet, Courtanet initially offered price comparison services to independent insurance brokers and gained contracts with around half of that market. In 2009, it launched assuremieux.com, a consumer price comparison service for car, health, loan, home and motorbike insurance. In 2010, Courtanet launched creditmieux.com, a price comparison service for consumer loans. Read more…
When you’re looking to get the best car insurance that you can there many things that you have to think about in order to make sure that you’re getting an accurate price quote. There are many things that will come into play when you’re trying to figure out how much you’re going to be paying for your car insurance premiums so you actually have to think of what could lower this price. Even though there are many factors that will change the price of your insurance quote here are some suggestions that you might want to take into consideration when you’re trying to find the cheapest online insurance quote for free.
You can do a simple search online to find many different car insurance companies that will offer you a free quote online. These Read more…
The following op-ed by Harvey Rosenfield, the founder of Consumer Watchdog and the author of Proposition 103, was published in The Daily Journal of Los Angeles on Monday, November 15, 2010.
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Can the California Insurance Commissioner or one of his staff authorize an insurance company to break the law, so that the company is immune from a civil suit for illegal surcharges?
According to Division Three of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, the answer to this question is yes. Its decision last month in MacKay v. Superior Court (21st Century Ins. Read more…
Germany’s parliament Friday passed some unpopular reforms to the country’s creaking health system that will increase the financial burden on patients in a bid to ease yawning healthcare deficits. After months of squabbling, Berlin finally settled on a scheme that sees total premiums rise to 15.5 percent of employees’ gross pay from the current 14.9 percent from January 1. Deputies voted by 306 to 253 to pass the disputed legislation. Federal Health Minister Philipp Roesler said the reforms would “not only solve the problems in 2011 but would be the start of a fair and better system.” “This is our contribution to growth and employment,” he added. Germany’s healthcare system is praised for its quality but it is also one of the most expensive in the world. Roesler has said that if he had not taken action, the system’s deficit would have hit 11 billion euros (15 billion dollars) in 2011. But the minister has come under fire for sparing privately insured patients, who are wealthier on average than those under the state insurance scheme and make up about 10 percent of the population. Previous reforms in 2006 and 2008 also resulted in higher contributions.