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...The [Conservative] party, so long considered the party of home ownership, ghosted homebuyers, aspiring homeowners, homeowners and the housing market at large.”...
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...From a Treasury perspective, a national insurance cut makes the most sense as it directly benefits workers and offers incentives for those earning a living.”...
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...Auto-insurance businesses are still losing money. And a run of unusually destructive bad weather has brought additional losses for their property-insurance businesses....
...She also said the Tories were “following Labour’s lead” in offering to reduce the bills of homeowners in communities that host new energy infrastructure....
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...Our research into the $15tn homeowners’ insurance market finds this phenomenon is a result of state-level price regulation, a pervasive feature of the market....
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...Couples who live in US states that allow workers to claim unemployment insurance when they move for a spouse’s job are 40 per cent more likely to move....
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...American International Group and Chubb have curbed insurance sales to affluent homeowners in high-risk areas....
...Although the decisions by US insurers such as Allstate and State Farm to stop writing homeowners insurance in California may appear unduly harsh, they do serve to make the hazard risk explicit (“What happens...
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