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Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as the recovering economy moves closer to generating more hiring.









Unemployment benefits – Unemployment – Business – Insurance – Financial Services

DRIVERS who make false statements on a vehicle accident to insurance companies, take note.

The Motor Insurance Taskforce, set up last September to address the issue of rising motor-insurance premiums, said yesterday that it is proposing to criminalise false accident reporting to insurers.

This proposal is one of nine recommendations that the taskforce hopes will help lower the increasing premi… more

The number of newly laid-off workers requesting jobless benefits fell slightly last week for the third straight time. But initial claims remain above levels that would signal net job gains.







Jobless claims – Insurance – Financial Services – Claims – Business

New orders for long-lasting manufactured goods excluding transportation unexpectedly fell, while the number of workers filing for jobless benefits rose last week.







Jobless claims – Unemployment benefits – Insurance – United States – Business

POLICYHOLDERS of NTUC Income can expect a surprise bonus this year to commemorate its 40th anniversary. Yesterday, its chief executive Tan Suee Chieh told The Straits Times that it is likely to do ’something special’ for its customers to mark the anniversary.
Details will be announced when the insurance cooperative posts its investment performance next month or in April.
Besides the good news for … more

A U.S. report Thursday on claims for unemployment aid signaled that layoffs are easing and that the economy could be on the verge of posting the first monthly gain in jobs in two years.

Unemployment benefits – Jobless claims – Layoff – Insurance – Business