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March 4 (Bloomberg) — Linda Douglass, a White House spokeswoman for health care, talks with Bloombergs Mark Crumpton and Julie Hyman about how legislation overhauling the U.S. health-care system would address increases in health-insurance rates.
President Barack Obama and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with executives of the top health insurers after WellPoint Inc., the largest insurance company by membership, proposed a 39 percent rate increase for some policyholders in California. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talks with Bloomberg Television about President Barack Obama’s plan to propose new rules for health insurance companies and oversight of the industry.
Obama will release a proposal to restart the health-care debate before a bipartisan White House meeting on Feb. 25. (This report is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

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Only on Bloomberg – Hurricanes May Boost Reinsurance Stocks; Credit Crisis Forced $77 Billion in Insurance Writedowns

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China Development Bank to compete with Commerzbank for Dresdner; Swiss Reinsurance agrees to buy Barclays life unit; Air France-KLM 1Q beats estimates and re-affirms forecasts; Continental in talks with “handful of potential buyers”, says Reuters; U.K. wo

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Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Michael McGavick, chief executive officer of XL Capital Ltd., talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox about the outlook for consolidation in the insurance industry.
McGavick says insurers may “soon see and increase in M&A activity” as companies pursue growth. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Swiss Reinsurance reports 2Q profit that misses estimates; Air france-Klm 1Q beats estimates and re-affirms forecasts; Continental in talks with ‘handful of potential buyers”, says Reuters; U.K. would block British energy Bid by Centrica, says FT; Land Se

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Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Eric Berg, senior analyst at Barclays Capital, talks with Bloomberg’s Lori Rothman about his investment strategy in life insurance companies.¶
Berg also discusses commercial mortgage backed securities. (Source: Bloomberg)

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