Tag Archives: Insurance

The Super-priority Status of Derivatives

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

by Ellen Brown The big risk behind all this is the massive $230 trillion derivatives boondoggle managed by US banks. Derivatives are sold as a kind of insurance for managing profits and risk; but as Satyajit Das points out in Extreme … Continue reading →

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Bankl of Ireland increase of 300% on the premium for life insurance to 640 euro per month !

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

Sent in to us to-day Bank of Ireland is engaged in cherry picking in the life insurance market! Ageism is alive and well in this Irish government backed toxic and corrupt Bank. How many more Banks are engaged in this despicable practice and … Continue reading →

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Who can the State sue for the cost of the Quinn Insurance financial scandal?

Posted on August 12, 2012 by

By Namawinelake Minister for Finance Michael Noonan may not be Father of the Dail – that’s Enda Kenny’s badge – but Michael is the most politically experienced by reference to the roles he has held over the decades. And back in 1982-1986, … Continue reading →

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Lloyd’s withdraw its money from European banks

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

from Mike Larson at Money and Markets:   “Banks could be taken down,”says Lloyd’s finance director. Without warning, Lloyd’s — the world’s oldest insurance market — just announced that it has withdrawn its money from European banks.The reason? According to … Continue reading →

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Impoverishment of the Western World

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

By  Daily Bell U.S. poverty totals hit a 50-year high Census Bureau’s grim statistics show recession’s lingering effects, as young adults move back home and 1 million more Americans go without health insurance … In a grim portrait of a … Continue reading →

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Pothole action group Wicklow

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Wicklow pothole action group. Our continuing monitoring of  local roads is again been called upon as we have received a call to visit the latest pothole to arouse the wrath of the motorists in Wicklow. This latest report comes from … Continue reading →

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Wicklow pothole action group 01.06.2011

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

We, the Wicklow pothole action group, were informed about this pothole yesterday I went out to day to take a photo of it and as I was driving along the R761 about 350 yards after Hunters Hotel in the direction of Newcastle I came across the pothole in question Continue reading →

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Criminal Probability Theory

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Tanya Khovanova I am sitting in front of my computer and scheming, or, more precisely, scamming. I am inventing scams as a way of raising awareness of how probability theory can be used for deception. My first scam is my … Continue reading →

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More financial pain on the way for Irish families

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

FAMILIES were today facing more financial pain after private health insurer Quinn Healthcare said it will hike its prices by an average of 6pc. Up to 500,000 customers are set to pay more from April in Quinn’s second insurance policy … Continue reading →

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Fine Gael’s empty promises of universal health care

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

By Eilish O’Regan Monday February 07 2011 Fine Gael will not be able to begin introducing a system of universal health insurance — ending the current public and private divide — for another five years, it emerged yesterday. And it will take … Continue reading →

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