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...Then an insurance company decided the tree’s roots were undermining the foundations of a nearby house....
...The failure of one of Drexel’s biggest clients, the Executive Life Insurance Company, destroyed the retirement incomes of thousands of Americans....
...Until then, you can reach Sid and I at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. Happy reading!...
...two weeks ago announced a merger with its insurance affiliate, Athene....
...Not everyone will want to be locked in a monetary union with countries like the Netherlands, whose prime minister is ideologically opposed to mutual risk-sharing....
...Its iptiQ unit helps other companies to develop insurance products....
...His previous directorships include chairing Vodacom Group, the Johannesburg-listed telecom operator; the South African arm of insurance broker Willis; and the audit committee of the Office of the Auditor...
..., with $164bn under management, according to insurance advisory Willis Towers Watson (it is still a relative minnow by global standards, ranked 106th worldwide)....
...And insurance broker Willis Towers Watson is also ready for new deals, four years after the $18bn merger that brought Willis and Towers Watson together....
...From what we see,the company’s current approach to fixed-cost allocation is completely appropriate, but the effects are magnified by effectively being a one-product company....
...Equity, bond and credit mutual funds all had material outflows this week while money market funds had the biggest inflows on record, at $137bn....
...; (iv) assist in the payment of sickness benefits; and (v) protect supply-chain financing in response to the coronavirus....
...The tie-up between the number two and three brokerage companies in the insurance industry would be a game changer but competition authorities (and rivals) are likely to have something to say about it....
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...ValueAct has previously agitated for management changes at Rolls-Royce, and driven merger and acquisition activity at groups as diverse as Valeant Pharmaceuticals and insurance broker Willis Towers Watson...
...“Gold is a good diversifier for investors,” says Adrian Lowcock, head of personal investing at Willis Owen....
...estate and hotels, as well as insurance and financial services”....
...At present, the state pension is £159.55 per week, or around £8,300 a year, for those with a full record of 35 years of national insurance contributions....
...For this, Charles Dickens, the creator of a famous fictional legal battle — Jarndyce v Jarndyce — might be responsible....
...It was formed at the start of this year through the combination of Willis, an insurance broker that arranges cover for companies against such risks as oil spills and lawsuits, and Towers Watson, which advises...
...There is, for instance, no such provision for commercial banking or primary insurance. Some argue these gaps would need to be filled for the mechanism to be a credible option for the UK....
...Save what you can, invest in good funds, use your tax shelters and keep politics out of your portfolio.”...
...UK companies together owe between £2tn and £3tn in pension liabilities to current and retired workers, according to Willis Towers Watson....
...Two US-based providers, Liberty Mutual Insurance and American Family Insurance, have partnered with Nest Labs, the smart-home tech company that Google acquired in 2014, to offer its smoke alarm and carbon...
...Larger businesses often have insurance and disaster recovery plans to get back up and running quickly. But smaller companies typically do not....
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