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...“The fact of the matter is [that] this is far broader than just insurance brokerage,” Williams said, although he adds that insurance is likely to remain the company’s largest business line....
...There has been a huge corporate borrowing binge over the past decade, which has left many companies vulnerable even to a garden-variety recession....
...They have also helped persuade investors that parent company Kering, which depends on Gucci for 80 per cent of its profits, may have another hit up its sleeve....
...It draws executives from the nearby asset managers and insurance companies, as well as an artistic crowd. Just recently, Drouant reopened following a revamp by interior designers Fabrizio Casiraghi....
...The company is expected to outline changes to software that controls a system designed to automatically prevent a mid-flight stall....
...V: How could I justify that to Swiss investors? You know what they’re like — moaning and groping blindly for yield. You saw what happened to Zurich Insurance. Horrible!...
...The insurance industry does offer some products that can cover the risk of catastrophic loss. Foremost among these is an Immediate Needs Annuity (INA)....
...Sarah Gabriel, an asset recovery lawyer at Peters & Peters in London, has drawn up a list that includes trademarks, stuffed animals, Wimbledon season tickets and insurance policies....
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
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