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Standard Life Investments UK Property Fund acquires prime shopping park
Standard Life Investments has today announced, on behalf of its UK Property Fund, the £20.675m freehold acquisition of The Gateway Shopping Park, Trowbridge, Wiltshire...
Insurance Genetics Moratorium extended to 2017
The ABI has today announced that the long-standing Concordat and Moratorium on Genetics, agreed with the Department of Health has been extended to 2017.
Nick...
Friends Life welcomes universal state pension
Friends Life, the new group that brings together the UK business of Friends Provident and part of AXA's UK life and pensions business, welcomes...
Aon Benfield : Monthly Cat Recap report on the catastrophe that hit Japan
Aon Benfield today releases the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during March.
Published...
SMEs benefit from a family hire
Research out today of 1,000 small business owners found that over a fifth (21%) employ a family member and of these 43% cited the...
Insurance industry urges EU to review Solvency II
Proposed Solvency II rules could make the insurance sector more vulnerable to economic downturns and force companies to charge higher prices, senior industry figures...
Fitch places Irish Life Assurance plc’s ‘BBB+’ IFS on rating watch negative
Fitch Ratings has placed Irish Life Assurance plc's (Irish Life) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating of 'BBB+', Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'BBB'...
Amlin estimates first quarter losses due to catastrophes
Specialist international insurer, Amlin, made initial estimates of the impact of the 2011 New Zealand earthquake, the Japanese earthquake which occurred on 11 March...
XL Group announces preliminary losses for Japanese earthquake and tsunami
XL Group announced preliminary net loss estimates for the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
The Company’s preliminary loss estimates related to the...
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe expands regional office network to support commercial lines push
Following the announcement of the company’s major push into commercial lines mid-markets, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe (LMIE), a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has...
Airlines predict passenger numbers to rise in 2011
The airline industry has started to recover since the darkest days of the financial crisis, with rising passenger numbers and fleet investments resulting in...
MMA to write commercial lines through Broker Network Trading Room
From 1 April, Members of Broker Network (BN) will be able to trade with commercial insurer MMA via BN’s Network Trading Room.
BN asked MMA...
Exeter Family Friendly announces the launch of excess options on Health Cover for Me
Specialist healthcare and protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has announced their latest initiative to make their comprehensive private medical insurance plan Health Cover for...
Appointment : Kadidja Sinz is new Country Manager in France for XL Insurance
XL Insurance announces the appointment of Kadidja Sinz as Country Manager for France.
She succeeds Guy Lallour who is retiring in May. Ms. Sinz has...
Appointment : AXIS Global Accident and Health srengthens international operations
AXIS Global Accident & Health, a division of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced two senior additions to its International operation, based in London.
Rob Smart...
Study : post-disaster health woes plague New Orleans
The effects of a major natural disaster can linger and cause heart attacks and other health woes for years, according to a study released...
Fitch : UK life insurers in good shape
Fitch Ratings says in a new comment that the strong results reported by UK life insurers for 2010 puts them in good shape as...
Pensions : new flat rate state pension
Details of a new flat-rate state pension thought to be worth £155-a-week will be unveiled later on Monday.
It will replace existing means-tested arrangements for...
Standard Life sais charities lose out in wills
Prior to the recent Budget nearly three quarters (71%) of the UK population said they wouldn't leave money to charities in their Will, according...
Indonesia : health services boosted for the poor
Indonesia wants the private sector to build more hospitals and reserve a quarter of the available beds for the poor, as it increases spending...
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