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...Munich Re’s main insurance business Ergo provided about €700mn in loans, while Germany’s fourth largest insurance group R+V lent €500mn, more than half of which is not collateralised, according to the documents...
...As we’ve covered previously, the US’s auto insurance rates have soared 24 per cent over the past two years (v BLS data)....
...Risky business: EU’s insurance regulator has called for urgent action over mounting economic damage from natural disasters such as floods and wildfires....
...“But he is too direct sometimes and, if you put him in a position where he had to handle international affairs, that might cause problems,” he said....
...Despite the discomfort of King George V — whose cousin the Tsar had been executed by the Bolsheviks — Labour formally recognised the Soviet Union....
...Thursday’s complaint marks the first direct challenge to a strategy that sits at the core of the buyout business model....
...They say that the fees they can charge in most cases are capped at about €7,000 and are often paid by their clients’ insurance. “It’s cost intensive,” said Cäsar-Preller owner Joachim Cäsar-Preller....
...“You don’t have this level of progressive thinking.” The company is now the second-largest employer in the metro area that includes Normal and neighbouring Bloomington....
...Howard Davies: A fundamental reform of property taxation, lowering stamp duty and making the council tax more progressive....
...As always you can reach me at sid.v@ft.com....
...gideon.rachman@ft.com Letter in response to this article: The west is right to call China’s bluff on Taiwan / From John V Baldwin, Cernobbio, Italy...
...To de-risk private investment, frozen Russian assets should be used as collateral for political risk insurance....
...Tucked into a footnote is a website link that explains that the two funds in this system — called “Disability Insurance” and “Old Age and Survivors Insurance” — have $2.9tn to plug the shortfall between...
...She got a job as the head of media relations to a powerful Greek businessman who owned media and insurance companies....
...It sounds like they’ll be a direct assault on them next time. Susan Glasser Well, I think that seems to be what they’re already planning....
...That paved the way for bands to use crowdsourcing as a means of direct financing to record albums or pay for tours....
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...Biden’s proposals would expand the government health insurance scheme for the elderly beyond basic medical care to also cover dental, hearing and vision services, and introduce 12 weeks of paid family and...
...For progressives, the early days of the DeSantis administration were also earth-shaking....
...But then nor is today’s progressive moment quite as resounding as currently billed....
...Yet high-profile insurance company bankruptcies are nowhere to be seen....
...“It’s quite a progressive company in that respect.” Stuart Perry, a regional organiser at the GMB union, has a more cynical view of The Offer in particular....
...insurance, and $350bn for state and local governments....
...Insurance markets are having a hard time getting everyone to support climate targets. The Dixie Fire is now the second-largest in California’s history....
...Now, as President Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, she is being counted on by progressives to do the same in urban areas across the US....
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