China took a major move Tuesday to make medical insurance accessible for all.
Baidu Map, a desktop and mobile Web mapping service provided by China's online search giant Baidu Inc, aims to become a major auto insurance seller in the country, said a senior executive on Monday.
China's insurance regulator on Tuesday issued a guidance for internal control of insurance funds partly to raise the sector's risk management capability.
Senior Chinese officials have approved a document to merge China's two medical insurance schemes for urban and rural residents in a bid to guarantee equal access to basic healthcare.
Tmall, Alibaba's international retail platform, introduced insurance to guarantee the authenticity and quality of its products on Thursday, in the run-up to the yearly Singles' Day shopping spree on Nov. 11.
China will extend old-age insurance to its full population, the leadership decided at a key meeting which ended on Thursday.
More than 60,000 Chinese orphans received free health insurance contracts on Monday as a gift for Children's Day.
China's proposed bank deposit insurance scheme will be an important development for further financial reforms, reducing financial risks and rebalancing the economy, said Fitch in its latest report.
China is undergoing one of the boldest financial reforms so far this year following the central bank's publishing of draft rules on a deposit insurance system.
The establishment of a deposit insurance system will speed up China's bank reform through raising banks' competitiveness and promoting a fair financial environment, analysts said.
China is to adopt a deposit insurance scheme to better protect savers and free up interest rates.
New Zealand labor costs rose by 1.8 percent in the year to the end of June, with non-wage costs rising faster than pay packets, the government statistics agency announced Tuesday.
Swiss voters rejected a proposal to introduce a single health insurance scheme nationwide in a referendum on Sunday.
China on Wednesday vowed to improve insurance services to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship.
As China plans to pilot "house-for-pension" insurance as an eldercare alternative, insurance companies have expressed hope of forming a new though small territory in a nearly saturated market.
Chinese authorities unveiled a package of healthcare measures on Wednesday, which consist of relaxing price controls covering non-public hospital services and encouraging the private sector to build health institutions.
China's online shops have created nearly ten million jobs, but a lack of social insurance has failed to give employees a sense of security.
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