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Insurance policy may enter into missing-woman case
ORANJESTAD - A U.S. tourist detained in the presumed death of his travel companion had an insurance policy that covered the missing woman, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Gary Giordano, 50, mentioned the travel insurance during questioning, but authorities haven't determined whether it is relevant to their investigation into the disappearance of 35-year-old Robyn Gardner, Solicitor General Taco Stein told The Associated Press.
The policy included both travelers, but it wasn't clear whether it covered Gardner's accidental death, Stein said. Nor was it clear who was the beneficiary.
"If you travel, you take out insurance. That's not an uncommon thing, to say the least," Stein said. "It all depends on what's in the policy."
France
New book says Coco Chanel spied for Nazi Germany
PARIS - Coco Chanel: A fashion icon whose name has become shorthand for timeless French chic, a shrewd businesswoman who overcame a childhood of poverty to build a luxury supernova and ... a Nazi spy?
Ireland has three private health insurance companies (VHI, Quinn Healthcare, and Hibernian Aviva Health) and they are increasing their premiums during 2010 by as much as 15%. This increase reflects medical inflation and higher health insurance taxes. The tax increase, per month, is from EUR 165 to EUR 180 for each adult subscriber and EUR 53 to EUR 55 for each subscriber younger than age 18. This tax was introduced in 2009 by the Irish Supreme Court to subsidize health insurance costs for those 50 years old and older.