Archive for April, 2009

Ping’s Profit Drop

ping an insuranceChinese insurer Ping An Insurance said its net earnings of the first quarter on 27 April. Its profit went down 71.3% year on year to 303.5 million U.S. dollars (2.072 billion yuan). The company’s premium income was boost up 42.2% year on year in the initial three months to 40.14 billion yuan.

However, Authority did not detail what the reasons behind drop the net profit for the first quarter. In a statement, it said company’s net profit in last year declined 94.4% from one year ago to 873 million yuan as a result of rising insurance claims. Most of claims were caused by several severe natural disasters alongside stock market fluctuation. It is the second largest insurance company in China by market value.

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Reducing Home Insurance Rates with Home Security System

Home InsuranceWith the current economic condition spiraling further downwards, everyone off us is trying to make our dollar stretch a further more. Most of us have cut down our second desires or our luxuries to meet our tight budgets, things like vacations or changing the old car is getting tough day by day. What actually most peoples of this age has become is they save money by spending less on luxuries, but at a point on that saving, those people trim away their basic necessities.

But you cannot sit around avoiding your daily basic necessities, you have to trick and grab out opportunities that might allow you to have extra hand of cash.

For instance, take your home insurance. You must have a home insurance to stay in-between a financial shield weather your house is on a mortgage or not. You home insurance covers you for a partial or complete loss or damage of your home and its belongings. It costs a lot of money to keep your house insured property at the right levels you choose. However, you should realize that insurance companies mostly comes with wiggle rooms on your premiums or policy coverage, you just have to call your agent to find that out.

If you have signed for a home insurance and it’s been a good long time since now, then it’s your time to start acting now. Firstly install a home security system and call your insurance agent letting them know about the features and functions of that system. For the insurance agent saying “yes” on each of your description, make sure you will be getting as few dollars discount. Overall, if the agent is even half satisfied with your security system, you might be making a great deal of discount for you.

For example, your insurance agent might have written the policy which includes coverage for water pipes bursting out or sewer system driving back in to your home. You should say your insurance agent that with your security system installed, it gives auto alarm when it detects any such eater related incidents. Ask your agent to reduce the price for your water damage coverage premiums as your security system monitors those incidents 24/7.

Once you chat around with your agent about every single details of your home monitored by your security system, discuss discount son every of those aspects in your policy. Raise your deductable from your auto, recreational and rental properties insurances to receive a group of discounts all at once.

Another biggest saving you can make is by paying in advance. If you pay like six or one year advance in payments, you will probably get a good deal of discounts. And along with the security system off your home, you can just take a great deal of savings each month to meet your basic necessities.

Your primary and ultimate goal is to have the right amount of coverage to replace your possessions or property along with some great discounts chipped away from it. It sounds kind of hard in this current age, but with the home security system installed in your home, you should give it a try.

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GAI Introduced EMS

great american insurance logoGreat American Insurance (GAI) Group introduced Equipment Management Solutions (EMS). It is a latest business service technology specializing in EMMS. EMMS stand for Equipment Maintenance Management Services.

To say about the service in a statement, the company said EMS

  • Offers new means of businesses
  • Consolidate numerous equipment maintenance contracts
  • Extended warranties into 1  inclusive multi-vendor service contract

EMS focuses on organizations and businesses with significant

  • Medical Service
  • Monetary
  • Communication Facility
  • Latest Information Technology
  • Office Equipment Inventories

EMS targeted markets include

  • Hospitals & Clinics
  • Banks & Credit Unions
  • Media & Broadcasting Companies
  • Colleges & Universities
  • State & Municipal Government Agencies
  • Some Other Businesses & Institutions

EMS is branch of Ohio-based Great American’s Premier Lease & Loan Services Division. It is run by industry veteran Michael St. Hilaire. In the past St. Hilaire handled the equipment maintenance program (EPM) that was presented by Executive Risk. At present, it is component of Chubb. However, St. Hilaire manufactured separately and run EPM as well for some years.

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Four Saudi Insurance Firms Launch IPO

On Saturday, four insurance firms of Saudi Arab start on initial public offerings (IPO) to lift a whole of 260 million riyals or $69.3 million.

The firms are AXA for Cooperative Insurance, Weqaya Takaful Insurance and Reinsurance, ACE Arabia Cooperative Insurance Company and Al-Rajhi Company for Cooperative Insurance. The share will be launched jointly by the four firms. The suggest cost will be 10 Saudi riyals per share and in a press statement the CMA said duration of launch will be from April 18 to April 27.

Wiqaya Takaful Insurance Company and Re-insurance and AXA Cooperative Insurance Company will present 8 million shares or 40 percent stake each, and the amount of share of Ace Arabia Cooperative Insurance Company will 4 million shares which is equal to 40 percent stake. Others, the amount of offers by Al Rajhi Company for Cooperative will 6 million shares or 30 percent.

In the global economic downturn it is great news for the capitalist of Saudi Arab that some of insurance firms are coming towards to launch their share while quite a few Saudi companies have had to suspend plans to sell their shares to the public.

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STC Plans Health Insurance for Employees & Families

stc logoSaudi Telecommunications (STC) invited proposals to offer its large workforces and their family members’ health insurance. The offer is considered as most lucrative insurance policies across the Middle East. STC current employs around 20,000, but company spokesman Mohammad Al Faraj said: “Staff family members bring the total number of STC health insurance beneficiaries close to 90,000 people.”

Only the Saudi central bank authorized health insurance firms can take part in the tender. The company said it in the tender announcement that published in nearly all Saudi newspapers last Saturday. STC set a deadline (May 19) for the submission of this bids. Saudi Arabia (KSA) has again and again delayed plans to get health insurance scheme compulsory for employers in the country. Secretary-general of the Co-operative Health Insurance Council Abdullah Al Sharief said in January the plan will be applied in six months for more than 1.5 million Saudis private sector’s employees and their families.

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