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Largest American medical insurance provider in state of Georgia – Blue Cross – has suffered from serious information leakage.
having studied the information about computer state experts of the analytical center of company Perimetrix have come to conclusion, that the firm is not able to arrange post dispatches and competently to test the software.
Blue Cross’s employees tried to send about 200 thousand letters to own clients; however, they have by mistake specified incorrect addresses on envelopes. According to Blue Cross representatives, the reason of a mistake relies in replacement certain «computer system», which new version has been tested not up to the end. In result of this mistake, addressees of letters have appeared under threat of theft of the person – in each envelope the weight of private data, including numbers of social insurance contained.
Except for outflow of financial data, now it is meaningful to speak about medical information outflow. In spite of the fact that these data have not been specified in letters directly, experts will manage to understand, what disease the present addressee of the letter suffered. Thus, Blue Cross has broken law requirements, demanding to protect the data making medical secret.

According to the insurance companies, in this season similar policies are bought 2 times more often, than earlier. Thus at trip abroad policies, which insurance sum does not exceed $10 thousand use the greatest popularity.
According to insurers, tour operators insist on inexpensive insurance as it reduces the price of cost of trip as a whole. But for the tourist the cheap policy can appear insufficient as it has a set of exceptions.
In Turkey, for example, medical services for last year have risen in price in 2 times, and cost of insurance policies essentially has not changed. Cases of the unfair attitude to the ill tourists from the personnel of hotels have also become frequent. The victim can direct to clinic which will demand payment by cash or will refuse cooperation with the insurance company. Therefore in emergency situations it is recommended to contact first of all with the assisting company, which phone is specified in the policy.

Reinsurance broker Martin-Martin sig.ve reasurans brokerligi ticaret (Turkey, Istanbul) has opened representation in Ukraine, which is based in Kiev.
As “Ukrainian News” transfer, Martin-Martin sig.ve reasurans brokerligi ticaret specializes on granting of intermediary services in sphere of insurance.
In Ukraine the broker has received the status of financial establishment and has brought it in the corresponding register on November, 13th.  On April, 23rd, in Ukraine it has been registered 64 insurance and reinsurance brokers.

According to the insurance companies, this season similar policies get 2 times more often, than in the last year. Thus at trip abroad policies which insurance sum does not exceed $10 thousand use the greatest popularity.

According to insurers, tour operators insist on inexpensive insurance as it reduces the price of cost of round as a whole. But for the tourist the cheap policy can appear insufficient as has set of exceptions.

In Turkey, for example, medical services for last year have risen in price in 2 times, and cost of insurance policies has not changed essentially. Cases of the unfair attitude to the ill tourists from the personnel of hotels have also become frequent. The victim can be sent to clinic, which will demand payment by cash or will refuse cooperation with the insurance company. Therefore in emergency situations it is recommended to contact first of all with assistant company, which phone is specified in the policy.

Financial Corporation CIT Group has declared sale of the hypothec actives for the sum of $10 billion, planning completely to leave this niche of business, captured by crisis.

According to the terms of transaction, declared on Tuesday, Lone Star Funds would get a share in the company for $1,5 billion, and also would take up promissory notes of CIT Group in the size of $4,4 billion.
CIT will also sell the hypothec portfolio of shares for the sum of $470 million to the company Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance – for $300 million. To a word, the buyer is one of divisions of the investment company Berkshire Hathaway, which belongs to the richest businessman in the world.
The financial corporation CIT, which is uniting the bank, consulting, insurance and investment business, has representations in 50 countries of the world with client base for more than 1 million people.

Medical insurance at departure abroad is obligatory thing; without it is impossible to not receive entry visa in the countries of the Schengen agreement. However, not all tourists closely study terms of insurance and, signing the document, do not know, what exactly enters into the insurance policy. Meanwhile, typical medical insurance includes a minimum of services. For example, the emergency stomatologic help, as a rule, is not included.

Many tourists learn about insidiousness of item “franchise”, when nothing can already be corrected. Insurances with the franchise are usually bought for mass directions tour operators for reduction in price of cost of permits. Meanwhile, under such insurance the tourist should pay a part of even the included into insurance policy medical services.

Travelers’ base medical insurance, which is offered to tour operators, does not include risks, connected with employment by productive leisure and extreme kinds of sports: diving, rafting, mountain skiing. So, the policy of the diver for a week trip to Egypt will manage approximately in $30 at the insurance sum in $30 000. It is recommended to buy it, even if the tourist is going to dive only once.

The specialized insurance is necessary for mountain skiers. The tendency of last years in the Europe shows that more and more wide application of helicopters for evacuation of victims from mountain. It is extremely expensive operation.

Financiers give less than credits, which also enrich insurers. Policies’ sellers incur losses and do their best to attract clients. The beginning to credit recession was put with last year’s financial crisis in the USA and Europe: the Ukrainian bankers were refused in foreign loans because of what they had to curtail crediting in currency. And now National Bank of Ukraine, trying to moderate activity of buyers and to bring down a rise in prices, has toughened rules of crediting and has raised cost of loans. Therefore now banks’ credit departments are empty as never before.
Together with bank clerks insurers also face a lot of problems: autoinsuranse, real estate credit insurance and a life insurance is on hardly sale. Director of the Ukrainian insurance group has recently noted that the rates of credit’s sales fall the same as demand for corresponding kinds of insurance falls. On results of May they expect for falling sales under the auto insurance on 10-20 %, because of decrease in crediting.
The damage can be even greater. In May 40 % from planned losses will be provided by losses, connected with the fact that some banks have stopped financing, and other banks under different pretexts refuse to clients, and the third ones finance credits, but under very high rates. Such decrease in sales will also affect insurers.

Therefore some insurance companies offer the concrete short-term programs, including medical and accident insurance.
Insurance upon accident differs from vacation insurance by the form of payments. If in the first case insurance company compensates the means spent for treatment, within the limits of the insurance sum, at insurance upon accident the insurance sum (certainly if the occasion for this purpose) is paid completely. The list of accidents includes traumas, crises, and overcooling, poisoning, defeat by an electric current.
How to receive the insurance at insurance case? Within thirty days it is necessary to inform insurance company on it (it is possible to do by phone). After this it is necessary to give the information on reception of a trauma and the passed treatment. The question on the validity of insurance case is solved within seven working days.
Can situations, when the insurance case does not admit valid, take place? Yes, it can happen. If, for example, during this moment the insured person was drunk or accident is recognized deliberate.
This kind of insurance is very good for children. The child, getting in risk situation which is hazardous to health and even to life (climbing trees, roofs) will not, most likely, realize all completeness of risk.
By the way, nuclear explosion and civil war are not considered as accident.

World crisis has helped Russia to leave in number of leaders on investment appeal. Research, lead by Ernst& Young, proves it.
Results of the research lead Ernst and Young (E&Y) testify show that the Western Europe and Northern America lose the investment appeal. The company has interrogated 834 top-managers of the international companies.
In 2006, in investors’ opinion these two regions were indisputable favorites, but now they have yielded the palm to China. About 47 % of respondents have named China attractive region for investments, 33 % of respondents have given the same category to the Western Europe and only 12% – to the USA and Canada. But Russia has increased its popularity among investors within the fastest last two years – from 5 % in 2006 up to 21 % in 2008.
Experts are assured that Russia has been estimated in a new fashion on a background of the world financial crisis, which has struck the developed countries. The country has for a long time showed good macroeconomic parameters.

Foreign companies are more actively study Russian insurance market. According to last data, from 11 new companies registered in the past to year, four companies are foreign.
Some “foreigners” in Russia create affiliated companies “from zero”, others – buy already known Russian companies with the developed agency and filial network. For example, last year two large transactions took place: German insurer Allianz has established the control above ROSNO, and group Zurich (Switzerland) has merged insurance company “Nasta”. Thus both companies – Zurich, and Allianz – work in Russia also under own brands. However, Russian insurance market has opened for the western companies already for a long time. Besides the named companies, “daughters” of many international insurance groups already work in Russia. These are such companies as AIG, ACE, AVIVA, ERGO, Fortis, ING, Czech insurance company and others. However, according to experts’ estimations, the quota, existing today in the Russian insurance market on a share of foreign capital participation (25 %) is not settled.
in Russian market Foreign insurance companies are interested, first of all, in life insurance.