 Daily Mail |
Stanford fraud investigators uncover £100m hidden in British bank …
Daily Mail, UK However despite its name, the British Insurance Fund, which paid to rent space at the address that it never used, was not even a British company. While it may have carried out some insurance business, this was not arranged from London, … |
 Times Online |
Worried firms seek safety in numbers
Times Online, UK Small-business organisations such as the FSB and the FPB offer their members a range of services such as financial and legal advice, legal representation and savings on insurance and phone calls. Business Link, the government-backed advice organisation … |
Business crime in Derbyshire 'costs £400m a year'
Norwich Union Risk Services, UK A new police operation has been launched in Derbyshire to help tackle the problem of business crime, a report has said. Crime against the 30000 businesses in the county costs on average £13500 a year in insurance claims, stolen property and lost time, … |
 guardian.co.uk |
Prepare for the worst and your family will be protected
nebusiness.co.uk, UK In fact, critical illness insurance is vital to anyone with a mortgage or debt, who would find themselves and their families in financial difficulty should they become unable to work due to serious illness or injury. Looking back at Jade Goody’s life, … Whose life is it anyway? |
Weekly business accounts: Cadbury; Iceland; Pepsi; American Express
Times Online, UK Clive Cowdery, the serial insurance entrepreneur, was revealed to be eyeing the Prudential’s life and pensions assets in the UK. Mr Cowdery made his first fortune selling Scottish Amicable to the Pru in 1997 and remains close to Mark Tucker, … |
 SYS-CON Media |
Farmers Insurance Celebrates Read Across America with Milwaukee …
Earthtimes (press release), UK MILWAUKEE - (Business Wire) Monday March 2, 2009 is Read Across America Day and Farmers Insurance will mark this great day with an educational donation to more than 900 Milwaukee elementary students. A team of Farmers employees, local Farmers Insurance … Farmers Insurance Goes ‘Green’ for Homeowners State Farm(R) Net Worth Drops 16 Percent to $53.3 Billion |
Scot Wids profits up 6% but IFA business falls
ifaonline.co.uk, UK The insurance and investment arm of Lloyds Banking Group saw falling IFA sales as investment bond number plummeted. Before tax, profits at Scottish Widows rose by £38m to £635m, with life and pensions new business profits up 46% to £238m. … |
 The Associated Press |
Lloyds fails to strike debt deal amid £10.8bn HBOS loss
Times Online, UK Lloyds Banking Group today admitted it has so far failed to agree terms with the Government to place £250 million of assets into the Government’s toxic debt insurance scheme despite hopes of securing a deal by this morning. Shares in Lloyds fell 15.8 … European open: More gloom for banks Lloyds profits down 80% as HBOS losses weigh Friday's news and tips |
 BBC News |
RBS first in the queue for investment insurance scheme
The Herald, UK Some £9bn is earmarked for mortgages, with the rest for business lending. The bank has provisionally agreed to commit a further £25bn in 2010. The scheme has been eagerly awaited since it was first announced in January, with business groups complaining … RBS assets for sale - no time wasters, please Jeremy Warner: RBS shareholders pay a heavy price for asset protection Bank protection scheme gives FTSE a lift |
Switzerland has the medical bills covered
Times Online, UK The Swiss buy their health insurance primarily using their own money. In this consumer-driven system, the trade-offs forced by finite resources are choices made by individuals. The current UK system makes exactly the same trade-offs but they are made … |