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		<title>ING&#8217;s Asia life insurance sale shifts into top gear</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 05:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Reuters: By Denny Thomas HONG KONG &#124; Thu May 17, 2012 8:13pm EDT HONG KONG (Reuters) &#8211; Global insurers Manulife Financial Corp (MFC.TO), Metlife (MET.N) and Prudential Financial Corp (PRU.N) are among suitors expected to place first-round bids on Friday to buy ING Groep&#8217;s (ING.AS) Asia life insurance unit in a deal worth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Disability Insurance Awareness Month, MR Insurance Consultants Reminds &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Houston Chronicle: Coordinated by the nonprofit LIFE Foundation, May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM), an educational campaign devoted to raising consumer awareness regarding the financial risk of becoming disabled and the benefits of using disability insurance to protect against that risk. To support these efforts, MR Insurance Consultants is raising two important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung Life says won&#8217;t bid for ING Asia insurance biz</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Reuters: SEOUL &#124; Thu May 17, 2012 2:27am EDT SEOUL (Reuters) &#8211; South Korea&#8217;s Samsung Life Insurance (032830.KS) said on Thursday that it had decided not to bid for ING Groep&#8217;s (ING.AS) Asia-Pacific insurance operation, saying the sales method was not in line with its strategy. &#8220;We considered the acquisition as part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEXT-S&amp;P summary: Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinsuranceconsumertips.com/news/2012/05/16/text-sp-summary-sompo-japan-insurance-inc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Reuters: Wed May 16, 2012 4:50am EDT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) May 16 - =============================================================================== Summary analysis &#8212; Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; 16-May-2012 =============================================================================== CREDIT RATING: Country: Japan Local currency A+/Stable/&#8211; Primary SIC: Fire, marine, and casualty insurance =============================================================================== Credit Rating History: Local currency Foreign currency 22-Feb-2012&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Insurance Is for Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from LifeHealthPro: Last week, in advance of Mother’s Day, InsuranceQuotes.com released the results of a survey that found 42% of U.S. adults whose mothers are living don’t know whether their moms have life insurance. Gasp! &#8230;Or not. Despite working every day on a magazine called Life Insurance Selling, I have no idea what kind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life insurance penetration dropped in 2010-11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Zee News: New Delhi: The country&#8217;s life insurance penetration decreased in 2010-11 from a year ago, although non-life insurance penetration rose marginally, Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. &#8220;The life insurance penetration has decreased from 4.60 in 2009-10 to 4.40 in 2010-11, whereas the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICD, Samsung Life Insurance ink MoU</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Khaleej Times: Redirect Notice  The previous page is sending you to http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/uaebusiness/2012/May/uaebusiness_May241.xml .  If you do not want to visit that page, you can return to the previous page. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. continues on Khaleej Times >>> Read the full article &#160; &#160; Related News: &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Life insurance firms get relief; to be out of MAT regime</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinsuranceconsumertips.com/news/2012/05/13/life-insurance-firms-get-relief-to-be-out-of-mat-regime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 21:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Hindu Business Line: Ministry withdraws proposal New Delhi, May 13:  The Finance Ministry has withdrawn its proposal to bring life insurance companies under the Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) regime. Had this provision been adopted by Parliament, life insurance companies would have had to pay MAT at the rate of 18.5 per cent. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Quotes, Inc. Reveals Health Risks for Mom That May Increase Life &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Sacramento Bee: DARIEN, Ill., May 12, 2012 &#8211; /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Life Quotes, Inc. and Consumer Insurance Guide, stress the importance of moms staying fit and getting in to see their doctor for their annual checkups this Mother&#8217;s Day with advice from one of the world&#8217;s leading fitness experts, Jackie Warner, and Sister to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purchasing life insurance is not antiquated idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 00:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from The Daily Advertiser: Life insurance is as important today for the modern family as it was years ago for the more traditional family. Yet life insurance is among the last things that people buy. There are so many different types of insurance that the average person is confused as to which type of [...]]]></description>
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