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		<title><![CDATA[CBO Weighs In On Premium Impact of Senate Reform Bill]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CBO projects that most people will not see their insurance premiums rise as a result of reform. Robert Laszewski is not so sure. by Ken Terry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:27:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AIG Shares Fall After Analyst Questions Reserves]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Shares of AIG fell 12 percent on Monday after an analyst raised concerns about a possible deficiency in the company's non-life insurance reserves.According to CNBC, Bernstein Research estimated AIG's property-casualty operations could face an $11 billion reserve deficiency in the next year.Bernstein cut its target price...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:45:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dubai Unwinding May Just Be A Bid By Emirate Banks To Exert More Control]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has long been known that banks use derivatives both as insurance products to protect themselves against calamitous events and as speculative products to engineer outsize returns. In the case of banks in Abu Dhabi last week, they appear to have been using credit default swaps and other complex financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:16:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FTSE Plunges 3.2 Pct Over Dubai Fears]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Harpreet BhalLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - The top shares ended at a three-week closing low on Thursday, pressured by hefty falls in the banking sector as concerns over Dubai's ability to pay its debts took a toll on confidence.The FTSE 100 ended down 3.2 percent, or 170.68 points, at 5,194.13,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:00:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marsh & McLennan May Buy HSBC's Insurance Brokerage Unit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than a month ago insurance broker Marsh & McLennan CEO Brian Duperreault announced that he was going on a buying spreeÂ for acquisitions that would be "relatively small" individually, but "mighty" collectively.    Duperreault, the former boss of Ace Ltd., moves fast. The latest rumor in the London...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:51:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MMC Eyes HSBC's Insurance Arm]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Marsh & McLennan MMC MMC, the second-largest global insurance broker by assets, is exploring a deal to buy part of HSBC's HSBA insurance business, the Daily Telegraph reported in its Tuesday editions.MMC is thought to be closing in on HSBC Insurance Brokers, which analysts have valued...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:45:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Sun Life President Boscia Pay a Call on His Former Company?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian life insurer Sun Life Financial is in the enviable position of having too much money and in need of something to do with it. So why not make a U.S. acquisition while the dollar is cheap?    Sun Life President Jon Boscia suggested as much at an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:28:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If Consumer Prices Are Down, Why Are Car Insurance Rates Up?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most recentÂ Consumer Price IndexÂ makes a compelling case for the fact that state regulators may not be keeping up with car insurance rates, especially at a time when many Americans are least able to pay their bills.    Earlier this week the U.S. Department of LaborÂ released figures showing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:24:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Madoff Was 'Smooth as Silk' Says His Insurance Broker]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billion-dollar scam artist Bernie Madoff wasn't big on insurance. But when he did buy it, he was "smooth as silk," says his insurance broker.    In this tell-all era, everyone from former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to lover-and-leaver of a vice presidential candidate's daughter Levi Johnston is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PIMCO: Smart Choice by Insurance Commissioners to Rate Bonds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's not to like about PIMCO, which was picked by insurance regulatorsÂ as the arbiter of value for up to $145 billion in residential mortgage backed securities? The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which represents the state-run insurance system, announced yesterday that Pacific Investment Management Co.Â had won a runoff with 10...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:56:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[State Farm to Pay More than $300 Million to Texas Homeowners]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think Floridians are a tough crowd to please insurance-wise, they don't hold a candle to Texans, who shoot from the hip when an insurance agent nears.    So the decision by Lone Star Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin to unhand State Farm of $310 million should come...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Much House Do You Really Need?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="attachment_428" align="alignright" width="174" caption="You probably need a house bigger than thisâ€"but not by much."][/caption]    Emerging from this recession is a new rule: Buy only as much house as you need.    Unfortunately for their finances, Americans have been doing anything but. You have only...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:43:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ituran Location & Control Ltd Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Maynard Um - UBS.  Maynard Um - UBS Just on the wireless communications product gross margin, can you just talk about how we should look at those going forward? Are there any changes in trends that will move that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:20:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marsh & McLennan Puts Troubles Behind as It Prepares to Grow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marsh & McLennan was once the largest insurance broker in the world, until a series of scandals and management shakeups relegated it to the investor doghouse and downshifted it into second place behind Aon Corp.    But under CEO Brian Duperreault, who came on board in January 2008...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:36:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[3SBio Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Hongbo Lu - Piper Jaffray. Hongbo Lu - Piper Jaffray I have probably a few; one is David, can you give us the split of oncology and nephrology. You said 30% of total sales is from oncology. Is that for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How the Democrats Sold their Healthcare Bill by Exploiting the Abortion Issue]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pro-choice groups are freaking out because Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats in the House "sold out" by tacking the last-minute Stupak amendment, which prevents federally-subsidized insurance plans from covering abortions, to the healthcare bill.  It's easy for the punditocracy to now conclude that the abortion issue will become one...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:49:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Homeowners Insurance: Make Sure You Are Covered]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably think you have adequate homeowners insurance, but how carefully have you read the fine print? By some estimates, nearly two-thirds of homeowners don?t have enough insurance to replace their house and belongings if they were destroyed by fire or storm. Here?s how to fix your policy before disaster...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to File a Homeowners Insurance Claim]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filing a claim on your house every time you experience damage isn?t always the best strategy, especially when the claim is small. Here?s how to figure out when it pays to make a claim ? and how to make sure you get the most money back when you do. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Orbcomm Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14061_23-362940.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Chris Quilty - Raymond James & Associates.  Chris Quilty - Raymond James & Associates Just looking at the satellite net ads in the quarter, do you have a sense of where you are actually seeing gains or net ads...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:23:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AXA Targets Asia Growth in Spite of China Snag]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Denny Thomas and George ChenSYDNEY/HONG KONG (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - French insurer AXA AXAF sought full control of its majority-owned Asian arm to get a tighter grip on the region's booming markets, and stuck with plans to grow in China in spite of regulatory obstacles there.The insurance market in Asia is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:45:34 -0800</pubDate>
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