China Life controlled half of the country's life-insurance market, which has been growing at more than 35% a year.
Last month, First National Bank and Southern Life, the country's fourth-largest life assurer, told their shareholders they were talking.
Nor did it help to discover, in the stories about Kennedy's extra-marital affairs, that the country's last real-life presidential hero had feet of clay.
Sanlam, the country's second-biggest life insurer, with 150.5 billion rand of assets, is the most striking example.
Botswana, the world's hardest hit country, is watching life-expectancy sink back to levels last seen 30 years ago.
In late April this mismatch claimed its first victim when Nissan Mutual, the country's 16th-largest life company, went into liquidation.
It draws the young, the old, families, singles -- all stripes of life -- from all over the country and from around the world.
Britons have 68.6 years of healthy life, whereas people in top-ranked country, Spain, have 70.9 years of healthy life on average.
Enclosed by manicured lawns and towering oaks, it occupies a grand, ivy-clad country pile that started life as a Georgian shooting lodge.
At any rate, she must not allow Zaak to make her question the motives of her visit, what has prompted her to leave her peaceful life, husband, and job in Toronto, where she has been resident for three-quarters of her life, and come to the war-torn country.
The U.S. reported stronger than expected retail sales last week, proving the country still has signs of life post-QE2.
Well, whether it's hip-hop, country, whatever, what life lessons have you leaned from your music?
It is all a far cry from piecing together clues in a country house, or the drudgery of real-life detective work.
However, Mr Trichet went on to point out that Italy is the only developed country which appoints its central-bank chief for life.
Taking a trip to Uganda with Jack the teddy bear will allow pupils to ask questions about life in the country via e-mail.
FSA, Britain's new financial super-regulator, reprimanded the country's largest life assurer, Prudential , for mismanaging its salesforce.
That year's RAC cross-country motor rally was cancelled, and social life in infected areas ground to a halt.
You've made the most profound commitment a person can make -- to dedicate your life to your country, and perhaps give your life for it.
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Since releasing the 1997 album "Come on Over, " which became the best-selling country album of all time, her life hit a feverish pace of road shows and promotions that continued even after the birth of her son in 2001.
More importantly, the decision is a major boost to cheap life-saving drugs in a country where the healthcare system cannot cope with the demands on it and most people end up buying their own medicines if they can afford to.
Something about her endearing country lilt and her laid-back way of looking at life appealed to me.
In short, the islanders are a content lot these days as they re-familiarize themselves with the tranquil routines of country life.
Witnessing her country's dire need for redevelopment was a life-changing moment for Jones.
The Mexican constitution expressly forbids non-citizens to participate in the country's political life.
The country's environment minister talks fondly of small-island life, particularly its sense of community, which he feels is missing in the bustle of Male.
And while there's certainly plenty of employers out there who recognize the value of good work-life policies, many people in this country just aren't as fortunate to work with those employers.
And one of the great things about watching our Olympics is we are a portrait of what this country is all about -- people from every walk of life, every background, every race, every faith.
In 2011, as a result of a two-day workshop on Internal Migration and Human Development, UNESCO and UNICEF launched the Internal Migration in India Initiative (IMII) to support the social inclusion of migrants in the economic, social, political and cultural life of the country, using a three-legged approach combining research, policy and advocacy.
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If we're actually going to deal with the legacy of Dr. King, if we're going to deal with this issue of poverty -- and I have a comprehensive plan to do that, it is the cause of my life, to end poverty in this country -- we also have to include all Americans in this stimulus plan.
Mr Mandela stepped down as president in 1999 and acted as a high-profile ambassador for the country until he retired from public life in 2004.
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