Boilermaker Training Officer Introduction to Bisha Mining Share Company BMSC is an Eritrean company formed for the development and operation of the Bisha Mine in western Eritrea, Africa. It is owned by Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd. (55%) and the Eritrean National Mining Corporation (ENAMCO) (45%). The Bisha Mine is a high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc mine that commenced production in February 2011. The Bisha Mine has received continuous support from the Eritrean government, who granted the Company's mining license in January 2008. The project is the first modern mine in Eritrea. After two years of low cost gold production, the Bisha Mine transitioned to low-cost, high-grade copper...
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A win-win for health and life in times of COVID Rachel Adams Greenup, Ralph Koijen, J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh 25 September 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals and health systems across the US. And yet, a less visible and underappreciated side effect of this global crisis is that many households are entirely forgoing medical care. Cancer screenings for melanoma, breast cancer, and colon cancer were down by 65-95% in reports from early May, and reductions of 30-35% remained in mid-June. Not surprisingly, new cancer diagnoses have also declined sharply. Miles (2020) offers a related discussion for the UK, while Galeotti et al. (2020) discuss testing and...
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You might be able to lower your life insurance premiums with just a few lifestyle changes. To learn more, read on. Your health is directly linked to the life insurance premiums you’ll pay. What most people don’t know, however, is that if you decide to make certain lifestyle changes and it results in a lower body mass index (BMI), which in turn improves your health status, you could be entitled to lower premiums. All you have to do is ask. Lifestyle changes that can reduce life insurance premiums Regular exercise (weight loss). If you start exercising regularly, or even monitor your calories (that results in weight loss), insurance firms will adjust your premium rates to reflect...
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Term vs. Permanent Life Insurance According to industry experts, most people don't have enough life insurance. LIMRA, which keeps close tabs on the industry, recently reported that average coverage equals $163,000, which is equivalent to approximately 3.5 years in terms of income replacement (with the average income being $46,800 in 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics). That's only half the recommended 7-year threshold. Furthermore, more than half of consumers said that their households would be in immediate or near-immediate financial trouble if the primary wage earner died today. When considering life insurance, one of the most important factors to understand is the...
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The committee is set to take two months to come out with its recommendations. Index-linked insurance products may make a comeback 3 min read . Updated: 02 Sep 2020, 02:37 PM IST Disha Sanghvi Irdai has formed a committee, which will examine the index-linked products that were available in the past in terms of product structure, ease of customer understanding, administrative processes and sales, among other issues. Considering requests made by life insurers to reintroduce these products, the regulator has now asked the committee to examine the need for index-linked products with respect to the availability of various indices and how it will serve the needs and interests of customers in...
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Saving Money How do they set a price for life insurance? Although there may be a myriad of fees, expenses, interest assumptions, and other factors used to develop a given life insurance company’s premiums for a policy, the rates for life insurance are ultimately based upon one factor the statistical chances of the insured dying in a given year. Such statistics, based upon insurance company experience and government records, are used to calculate an annual death cost for each $1,000 of life insurance benefit. Since statistically few people will die at younger ages, the death cost for those years will be extremely low. As people age, the statistical chance of death increases slowly at first,...
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Term to Perm Life Insurance Conversion Tips There are many types of life insurance policies that can help protect you and your family. Term life insurance can be an attractive choice for millennials who are looking for affordable coverage, especially if they’re not ready to commit to permanent, whole life insurance. Even better? While with a term life policy you get coverage for a defined length of time, there are policies that can be converted to permanent life insurance for part or all, of the coverage period down the line. Permanent life insurance also has some key benefits on its own for millennials who may be ready for additional benefits now. Here are a few key...
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Mumbai, Jun 25 () South-based lender Federal Bank will be paying over Rs 80 crore to buy additional four per cent stake in its life insurance joint venture IDBI Federal Life Insurance, a top official has said. The stake buy from the state-run IDBI Bank will take Federal Bank's stake in the 12-year-old company to 30 per cent, the maximum permissible level for a lender under the regulations, its managing director and chief executive Shyam Srinivasan told. Without giving targeted timelines, he said IDBI Bank, which holds 48 per cent stake in the venture, will be selling 27 per cent stake in the venture to get its holding down to 21 per cent. Federal Bank will be purchasing 4 per cent, while...
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South-based lender Federal Bank will be paying over Rs 80 crore to buy an additional four percent stake in its life insurance joint venture IDBI Federal Life Insurance, a top official has said. The stake buy from the state-run IDBI Bank will take Federal Bank's stake in the 12-year-old company to 30 percent, the maximum permissible level for a lender under the regulations, its managing director and chief executive Shyam Srinivasan told PTI. Without giving targeted timelines, he said IDBI Bank, which holds 48 percent stake in the venture, will be selling 27 percent stake in the venture to get its holding down to 21 percent. Federal Bank will be purchasing 4 percent, while their Dutch partner...
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The Zacks Multiline Insurance industry comprises companies that provide a single insurance coverage, bundling automobile, homeowner, long-term care, life and health insurance to individuals and businesses. The insured pays a single premium and is covered for many things through a single contract. These companies cover commercial and personal properties, automobiles, marine, livestock, aviation, personal accident, life including permanent and term insurance, supplemental accident and health insurance, workers’ compensation, annuity products, private mortgage insurance, et al. The industry participants also provide risk management services. Here are the industry’s three major themes: The U.S...
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