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...Holdings of UK-listed companies by British pension and insurance funds have plunged from about half of their portfolios to 4 per cent over the past two decades, according to data from Ondra....
...It said it capped the working hours of content moderators at 37.4 hours a week and offered health insurance benefits that included psychological care....
...AEL has been unique in that its chief executive, Anant Bhalla, has built a private equity model within a publicly traded life insurance company....
...A huge chunk of that — Rs205bn — came from the sale of a 3.5 per cent stake in state-run Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) in May through a long-delayed initial public offering....
...“The piece is a recreation of that national and global shakedown.”...
...The responses point to higher fuel and utility bills, rising National Insurance and business taxes, supply chain disruption and the combination of higher wages and labour shortages....
...They are looking for a long-term, not temporary solution to their unsatisfactory life in China.”...
...“It doesn’t matter whether you drive the truck, you work the cash register at McDonald’s or you run a Fortune 500 company....
...The national insurance rise had already gone through. It had been passed as a health and social care levy, which people broadly bought into at the time....
...While theatre owners and companies welcomed the extra money ploughed into the sector, the Budget announcement did not address the lack of Covid-related insurance for big productions....
...(FT) Volunteering, such as at a vaccination centre, can make one happier, healthier and more satisfied with life. Purpose-seeking companies should take note, writes Pilita Clark....
...In the news Apollo to merge with Athene Apollo Global Management is to merge with Athene Holding, the life insurance company it created at the height of the financial crisis, transforming the alternative...
...Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has said the insurance policies at the heart of the Greensill Capital collapse may not have been valid, as investors pressed the company to detail its exposure to the lender...
...“He could see the problems in the insurance space and that there was a big opportunity to attack,” says Mr McDonald....
...A well-stocked supermarket meat cabinet comes close to clean water as a basic expectation of American life....
...With many restaurants closed across the country, McDonald's and other fast-food outlets have introduced kerbside delivery for trucks that are too big to access drive-throughs....
...that produce vaccines and medical equipment on its list of critical sectors, a move that would block foreign investment on national security groundsRead more...
...Anna McDonald joins as secretary of the group, which provides guidance on ethical investment matters to the Church of England’s national investing bodies, which collectively manage £13bn in assets....
...Institutions such as Daiichi Life, a Japanese insurance company, and individual investors have invested in the bonds....
...The same day regional elections in the eastern German state of Thuringia and Umbria in central Italy will be seen as gauges of the national mood....
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...Having ruled out increases in income tax, national insurance and VAT rates in its 2019 manifesto, the government will likely initially look to other options....
...; (iv) assist in the payment of sickness benefits; and (v) protect supply-chain financing in response to the coronavirus....
...“It’s bad news for him now there is a second national player,” he said. “I find his argument frankly self-serving.”...
...He believes that the deal will allow Axa to shift from a reliance on life insurance and grab a stronger position in commercial property & casualty insurance....
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