business - "retirement plans"

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, said Monday it plans to sell its 52 percent stake in Reinsurance Group of America Inc. to MetLife shareholders.

Humana Inc. said Monday it has been named as a defendant in a purported class action lawsuit claiming the health insurer provided certain retirement plan participants with misleading information, among other things.

HOUSE Floor Leader Joseph N. Camacho says retirees will soon have the option to enroll in the government's healthcare plan despite a prohibitive clause in an existing law barring those who failed to join it ...

Excerpt: 'Under pressure from Wall Street for disappointing earnings during the first quarter of 2008, CEOs from the two largest health insurance plans, United Health Group and Wellpoint, told investors last week that they would 'continue to protect their (profit) margins' and 'not sacrifice profitability for membership' i.e., they aren't going to hold down premium increases to keep members on their rolls.' (authored by Dr. Susanne King via Physicians for a National Health Program)

Shares in Britain's biggest buy-to-let lender plunged after it confirmed plans for a revised rights issue and unveiled TPG, the buy-out fund, as a 23% shareholder. B&B also warned that trading conditions were worsening and mortgage arrears had jumped

A consortium is planning to extract methane gas from Lake Kivu in Rwanda.

Brazilian outsourcer Politec plans to expand its U.S. operations; and the EU has approved funding for African IT projects.

Chief Actuary of Canada says plan is sustainable throughout 75-year forecast period

Aegon, the Dutch insurance group, plans to reduce its dependency on income from its US businesses by allocating more capital to markets where it sees quicker growth

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