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ABI responds to NHS top-up change
Director general Haddrill says industry has 'key role' in provision of healthcare
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Comments/Letters
Don’t panic, there is still more in the tank
Ian Clark examines why the motor market is becoming wary about reserve releases.
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NewsCII reveals plan to link up with Australian group
New professional body will have 105,000 members across 170 countries.
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Mo money
Reuben Aitchison, Aon’s hitherto goateed PR guru, is growing a moustache (or a “mo”, to use the vernacular). Why this sudden decision to sport retro facial hair? Apparently, it’s to raise money to fight prostate cancer. “Since I grew a goatee for a role in a stage production of Bouncers ...
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Heady Benfield brew
Backchat was pleased to see Benfield’s typically quirky touches in its report on trends in the reinsurance market. The report, Capital Consequences – Billion-Dollar Question, published this week, spoke of a “witches’ brew” of events that could cause rates to harden. There was also reference to the “GI force” of ...
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NewsBiba wants free flood surveys for all
Trade body wants Vat exemptions for homeowners and businesses.
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BackchatVauxhall vintage
And so to the ABI’s annual financial media awards, a highlight in the calendar for insurance journalists and PRs alike. But glammed-up hacks hoping to spend a night swigging Dom Perignon and dancing down Park Lane were to be disappointed. In an apparent nod to the economic downturn, this year’s ...
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NewsReinsurance rates ‘to harden’
Benfield says only "significant removal of capital" will harden market.
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So what’s French for moose, Henri?
Maybe pundits should have cut Sarah Palin some slack for believing a porkie from a fake French president. The final weekend of the US election campaign was enlivened by a prank call to the “pitbull with lipstick” from Marc-Antoine Audette, a Canadian comedian, who broadcast their six-minute conversation on a ...
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NewsFormer executives face life in jail after $544m case
Five former insurance executives on trial over AIG shareholders loss.
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NewsMinister’s pledge on terror attacks to cost £3m a year
Victims of overseas attacks set to receive same compensation as UK victims.
