Monthly Archives: <span>January 2005</span>

Car Buyers Get No-Charge Insurance in Volkswagen-Nationwide Pilot Program Based on Car Model Risk

A Long Island insurance think-tank has licensed Volkswagen of America Inc. to offer the industry’s first no- charge insurance policy to customers who purchase or lease selected models during a three-month test in Illinois and Wisconsin. The VW In the …

Starr Foundation to Donate $2.5 Million for Asian Disaster Recovery Efforts

The Starr Foundation, a charitable trust managed by AIG, announced that it will donate $2.5 million to disaster recovery and humanitarian efforts in the wake of the December 26 earthquake and tsunamis in Southeast Asia. Individual donations have been earmarked …

Allianz Announces Asia Relief Efforts

Germany’s Allianz joined a growing list of insurance companies that are contributing to relief efforts in Southeast Asia. The company announced that it would donate 1 million euros ($1.36 million) and would reveal further details of its plans in the …

Tsunami Death Toll Rises; Indonesia Hardest Hit with Nearly 100,000 Dead

With tales of survival few and far between, health ministry officials in Indonesia have now said the death toll in that country from last Sunday’s killer earthquake and tsunamis has topped 94,000. With those recently released figures, officials now report …