Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...Funabiki also praised UK regulators, which have come under criticism from lawmakers and lobby groups for being slow in approving new insurance securities, as “very knowledgeable and . . . always willing...
...The Association of British Insurers welcomed the PRA’s acknowledgment of the importance of reinsurance to well-functioning insurance markets, and said the sector gave “vital protection and peace of mind”...
...Aspen is owned by private equity group Apollo and sells insurance and reinsurance through the Lloyd’s of London market as well as in Bermuda and the US....
...pledging to change the law so that sovereign wealth money could not be used to acquire British news media businesses....
...It was a “mass mutiny”, said one person close to the two groups of doctors, adding that it had “all turned ugly”....
...Five UK insurance broking groups have signed up to a pledge to stop sharing buildings insurance commissions with landlords and to cap their own fees, in a move the government said would significantly reduce...
...The FTSE 100 group reported record pre-tax profits of $1.25bn last year and announced a $325mn share buyback....
...Aviva chief executive Amanda Blanc said the deal “opens up new opportunities to accelerate growth” in the group’s general insurance business....
...Insurance group Zurich’s sale of a $20bn life insurance book to Viridium has collapsed, with the private equity-backed German consolidator citing “considerations relating to [its] current ownership structure...
...Lloyd’s of London and Arch Insurance are listed as representative defendants on behalf of the multiple insurers on the policies....
...The private capital groups have built up substantial investments or tie-ups in the life insurance sector....
...The latter two are considered “core services”, because rent costs can be sticky and Americans don’t necessarily pay increases in owners’ equivalent rent in real time....
...The deal to acquire Everton, the nine-time champions of England, from British-Iranian Farhad Moshiri has put the group into the spotlight, drawing scrutiny from local politicians, journalists, rating agencies...
...James Daley, managing director of Fairer Finance, a consumer group that rates and reviews financial services providers, said the growth in private health insurance was likely to continue, although he described...
...The Association of British Insurers’ Investment Delivery Forum, set up to facilitate the promised investments, on Monday said new public-private partnerships that use taxpayer funds would reduce risks....
...Prices are set to increase this year, according to industry forecasts, even as politicians and consumer groups voice concern about the impact of rising costs on the millions of households reliant on a car...
...media group....
...Anglo American has booked more than $2bn of impairments related to its diamond and nickel mines as annual profits dropped by a third on lower commodity prices, in another setback for the British mining group...
...Barclays is relying on American consumers to help it achieve that aim and is targeting an $8bn increase in US credit card lending in the next three years....
...The pledge comes three years after the insurance market apologised for its role in the trade, which included extending crucial insurance to voyages and even insuring slaves as cargo....
...Stephen Kennedy, director at pricing specialists Pearson Ham Group, said there was “heightened anticipation of the potential ramifications of Storm Henk on UK home insurance premiums”....
...“This was a highly sensitive matter, but it’s just not appropriate for foreign governments to own British newspapers,” he said....
...Corinthia said that Weightman’s only link to the group was a previous relationship with Wheeler....
...He confirmed the heavily trailed 2p cut in national insurance contributions, a shake-up of the “non-dom” tax regime and the creation of a “British Isa” to encourage investment in UK-listed companies....
...“As a company Gunvor made mistakes at the time, for which we are sorry and that we have worked diligently to fix,” Gunvor’s co-founder and group chair Torbjörn Törnqvist said....
International Edition