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HomeGuardian Plus: New home and contents insurance for China homeowners
Article updated on 19/09/2018 Your home is one of the most valuable assets that you will ever own. Housing is growing more and more expensive, so it makes a lot of sense to protect it and those things it houses, as best you can. Homeowners in Shanghai and Beijing can now take advantage of a …
Top 5 insurance requirement considerations for sending employees overseas
Sending workers overseas represents a huge responsibility for employers, which is why proper planning and following the right insurance requirements can, quite literally, save lives. While working abroad can be a very exciting opportunity for expats, employees will likely find themselves feeling vulnerable to a myriad of potential pitfalls when working in unfamiliar locations – …
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Vaccinations in China: Do vaccines work, and will your health insurance cover it?
With all the #VaccinesWork hashtags floating around social media lately, most of you probably know that the last week of April (24 – 30 April) was World Immunization Week. As an annual awareness initiative dedicated to promoting the power of vaccines, World Immunization Week addressed the issue that although vaccines have helped prevent at least …
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Bike-Sharing Insurance in China: Cities decide to protect riders
In years gone by, China had reached its peak saturation for bicycles. In the 1990s country had 670 million bikes on the roads. Since then, the population of China has grown, but the number of bikes out there has actually lowered to about half a billion. That number works out to about 1 bike per …
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Fighting the health effects of air pollution: The benefits of antioxidants and omega-3s
Take a deep breath: 1.6 million people die in China every year from breathing toxic air pollution. Over 300 cities in the nation suffer from worrying levels of harmful air pollutants, especially in the northern region. E.g. in December 2016, the capital of northern Hebei province, Shijiazhuang, recorded 1,000 micrograms per cubic metre of PM …