Together with a Treasury program that provided partial insurance to investors in money market mutual funds, these efforts helped stanch the cash outflows from those funds and stabilize the industry.

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The evidence comes from California, which has a paid leave program in which virtually all private sector employees can pay into an insurance-type program that offers partial wage replacement during leave.

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Today AIG remains the only global insurer that solely owns its China life insurance subsidiary, while other players must accede to partial ownership by the Chinese government or Chinese partners.

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