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Quinn : Law Society raises concerns in Irish High Court for 500-plus solicitors
The Law Society has received sufficient assurances from the Irish Government and the joint administrators of Quinn Insurance Limited (Quinn) that the interests of...
Age UK : the right to work beyond 65
As of the 1st of October, workers will be protected from employers who want to fire them because they have reached an age considered...
Aviva attracts most complaints from policyholders
New data from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) suggests that insurer Aviva still attracts the most complaints from policyholders.
Some 30,278 complaints were made in...
NHS : Controversial reform passes first test
Britain's proposed overhaul of the state-run National Health Service on Wednesday cleared its first hurdle after lawmakers in the lower House of Commons voted...
AJAG : robust rebuttal to ABI’s case
The Access to Justice Action Group, AJAG, has published a robust rebuttal of the Association of British insurers’ (ABI) arguments in favour of the...
Legal : Sony insurer will go to court to deny data breach coverage
One of Sony Corp's insurers has asked a court to declare that it does not have to pay to defend the media and electronics...
Health / court : an overweight man in court to fight for stomach surgery
A British man weighing 22 stone (139 kilograms, 306 pounds) launched a court appeal Monday against a decision to refuse him state-funded obesity surgery...
Bupa : Ray King helps in hopscotch world record
Children from four Tower Hamlets' schools teamed up with Bupa employees at the O2 to set a new hopscotch Guinness World Record.
As part...
Friends Life : in-specie contributions integral to platform success
Simplifying the movement of assets into a SIPP will be crucial to the success of corporate platforms, Friends Life argues.
The company is calling...
Strauss-Kahn bail plans in disarray
Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn have posted $1 million bail and a $5 million insurance bond, but an apartment deal to enable his release from...
Three Philips staff face corruption trial in Poland
Three staff of the Polish branch of electronics giant Philips are on trial in Poland, facing corruption charges over a tender for medical equipment...
Extra push for jobseekers as mandatory work activity placements come on-stream for those who need more focus
From today Jobcentre Plus advisers can refer jobseekers that need additional support to get back to work onto mandatory work activity.
Where advisers believe...
British Banks admit failings over PPI mis-selings
More than five years after doubts were first raised, Britain’s biggest banks have finally admitted their collective failings over selling payment protection insurance (PPI)....
Featured : Britain’s banks prepare for huge client compensation
Britain's banks are allocating billions of pounds to compensate clients who were mis-sold credit insurance, in a fresh blow to a sector seeking to...
Barclays bank sets aside £1.0 bln to compensate clients
Barclays is to set aside £1.0 billion (1.14 billion euros, $1.64 billion) to compensate clients who were mis-sold payment protection insurance, the British bank...
U.S. : Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance in mortgage lawsuit
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co accused four major banks in a lawsuit of hiding the risks on $175.8 million of mortgage-related debt it bought,...
Lloyds leave battle to appeal PPI decison
The somewhat surprising move by Lloyds Banking Group to pull out of the banks' appeal to overturn the High Court ruling on the mis-selling...
US sues Deutsche Bank for mortgage fraud
The US Justice Department sued German giant Deutsche Bank Tuesday for more than $1 billion for mortgage fraud, saying the bank illegally obtained government...
Pensions : postcode determines how much you get
Every major insurance company now uses the 1.7 million UK postcodes to help determine how much pension you get when you retire.
The result is...
France / Justice : insurance agents gather and assign their company to court
Rare event, French general agent unions from ten insurance companies have gathered to assign to court their company.
News Assurances, the leading online media dedicated...
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