A relieved owner in the West Midlands has moved to thank pet insurance customers and animal lovers in the region for their efforts in helping to find her cat.Missing moggy Reef is finally back home after he disappeared five weeks ago - having spent the entire time in a drain just a matter of yards from his house, the Sutton Coldfield Observer reports.Elaine Gray was reunited with her beloved pet after she heard his cries while working in her front garden - but not before she had launched a full appeal to find him.She explained: "I heard a big 'meow' and walked towards it."When I looked down at my feet, there was his little face down the drain."Ms Gray said she wished to thank neighbours for their kindness during the five weeks she spent searching for the mischievous moggy.Reef may have given his owner cause for alarm, but his ordeal was nothing compared to that of eight-year-old Jack Russell cross Ganni.According to the Lichfield Mercury, the pooch was reunited with her family last week after having disappeared from her home more than five years earlier.Animal Friends Pet Insurance are specialist pet insurers who have been insuring Dogs and Cats in the UK since 1999, we are your first choice for Ethical Insurance.

Beware long-term care insurance pitch

"Several long-term care insurance providers have applied for TARP funds in recent months, raising questions about their solvency. In addition, many insurance companies have been raising their policyholders' monthly premiums, which can be devastating for older persons who are living on a fixed income."

- U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D.-Wis., Special Committee on Aging hearing, June 3, 2009



You probably haven't gotten many letters from the governor. But about 400,000 Iowans between the ages of 45 and 65 are about to get one signed by Gov. Chet Culver and Lt. Gov. Patty Judge encouraging them to plan for the future.

No jobs, no insurance: hard times for young adults

Heath insurance is out of reach, so she avoids thinking about what would happen if she got sick, was hurt in a traffic accident or was severely burned while making a silver necklace in her home studio.

Already the least likely of any age group to have coverage, adults in their 20s face brutal job searches and more time uninsured because of the recession. Nearly 30 percent, 13.2 million, were uninsured in 2007, according to the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based research center.

Different views on buying insurance via telesales

Sara Lamsam, president of the Thai Life Assurance Association, said life insurance telesales is a beneficial channel allowing customers to access financial products conveniently. He acknowledges that some people are unhappy receiving a call from insurance telemarketers, considering it a disturbance of privacy, but many consumers prefer this convenient channel, he says. The assumption is proved, Mr Sara says, by the 2.32 billion baht of premiums collected from telesales distributors from 24 life insurance companies in the first quarter of this year, making up 4.02% of the nation's total life insurance premiums.

Role of Bank in the Insurance sector

To commence insurance business there are certain rules and regulation that should be followed and to achieve the permission from the Chief Controller of Insurance the Company should go through the process and registered with Registrar of Join Stock. At present there are 18 life insurance companies and 44 non life insurance companies prevailing in the market. Most of the companies are also listed with Dhaka and Chittangong stock exchanges. It is needless to say that insurance industry has been caring a good hope for our future market. Even in the global recession the General Insurance companies' gross premium income grew by 16% in 2008, which is significant. The market is increasing day by day and the growth of insurance industry and the economic development is interdependent. Economic development of a country is partly dependent on the development of insurance industry.