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...The point of the temporary accounting-rule change, from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, was to shield life insurers’ capital from losses caused by rising interest rates....
...But even in the new world of shareholder activism and governance pressure, no deal trumps the shock and disbelief that rippled across corporate Japan last week when Dai-ichi Life Insurance suddenly threw...
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...of the world’s second-biggest economy....
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...The “pot for life” proposals come alongside a broader push by the government to increase pension fund investment into areas that could help the economy, such as early-stage companies and infrastructure....
...The so-called Oracle of Omaha said in his annual letter on Saturday that there were very few deals that offer the kind of transformative impact past takeovers have had, such as its purchases of insurers...
...to life....
...His passion for engineering helped lead the company to a number of its investments, including in Chinese carmaker BYD. Munger was born on January 1 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska....
...This is what happened to Executive Life, then the largest insurer in California, in the early 1990s: policyholders withdrew $4bn after the company announced losses from junk bond investments, and the company...
...According to research from Canada Life, an insurance and retirement services company, more than half of UK adults do not have a will, and 13 per cent say they have no plans to write one....
...“They’ve really been pushing $40 [an hour] and free health insurance.”...
...First: the insurance sector is continuing to pay large ransoms to hackers, on behalf of companies, even though the governments of countries such as the US and UK have urged them to stop, arguing that this...
...The finding by the Resolution Foundation think-tank, based on a poll of 750 companies, will sharpen concerns that while flexible contracts help bosses manage uneven demand and cope with economic uncertainty...
...Whether you drive a Beamer or a banger, the soaring cost of motor insurance may have caused you to gasp when your policy came up for renewal. I lost a day of my life searching for cheaper cover....
...The so-called pensions lifeboat takes over the assets and liabilities of failed companies’ pension schemes....
...Peter, not his real name, is receiving the life-changing sum after both his parents died last year. He is still dealing with the pain of his father’s passing — the more recent bereavement of the two....
...He confirmed the heavily trailed 2p cut in national insurance contributions, a shake-up of the “non-dom” tax regime and the creation of a “British Isa” to encourage investment in UK-listed companies....
...It is that gulf that made the duo the John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the investment world....
...The push comes ahead of a planned government consultation in early 2024 to design “a new framework for encouraging the establishment and growth of captive insurance companies in the UK” announced in November...
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