 The Guardian |
Coalition cuts have saved £3.75bn in eight months, says Francis Maude
The Guardian The Conservative claim that savings could finance cuts in national insurance was one of the chief battlegrounds of the last election. Maude said that his figures showed the Conservatives had been proved right. The Tories wrong-footed Labour in the … |
Sunday tips round-up: Care Tech, Jardine Lloyd, Kier
ShareCast The UK's largest listed insurance broker, Jardine Lloyd Thompson's (JLT), published a solid set of results last Friday. The Questor team at The Telegraph, however, believes that the company's strategy has reached its limit as a driver for the share … |
Woman gains bank's attention after picketing
Livingston Daily Phillips said she is losing her home because the bank applied her monthly mortgage payment, which was automatically withdrawn from her checking account, to an escrow account for bank-purchased homeowner's insurance and property taxes — two bills she … |
Short news : airline pilote took out huge insurance policies before crash
News-Insurances (press release) (blog) Asiana Airlines refused to comment as news of one of the two still missing pilots has taken out a number of life and property insurance policies before the crash of one of its cargo planes. The Boeing-747 aircraft, operated by South Korea's … |
 This is Money |
Women's desire for own home puts their pensions at risk
This is Money A report on women and personal finance has found that 64 per cent of women own their home, either outright or with a mortgage, compared with 61 per cent of men. The report by Friends Life, which combines the life insurance businesses of Friends … |
Insurance - Long Term Disability/Income Protection
Expat Forum Are you thinking about making Australia your new home? Want to meet others like you and discuss immigration, property, sport, socialising, food, cars, insurance, laws, taxes and anything related to Australia? Any tips on what firms, or where I can find … |
Does my former partner have a share in this endowment?
The Guardian As soon as I bought a house, 18 years ago, my then partner moved in. The property was in my sole name, as was the mortgage, although we did have a joint endowment policy. The relationship lasted a year, during which time I paid for the mortgage, … |
Questions Of Cash: The perils of payment insurance protection
The Independent Note: On 16 July, Questions of Cash described The Property Ombudsman as "an industry scheme and not an independent body, backed by statute, as is the case with the Financial Ombudsman". We have been asked to clarify these comments, as they may be … |
 Daily Mail |
On the run: Stephen Kellaway in Bangkok, where he has lived since faking his …
Daily Mail After returning overland to England he learned that the benefit fraud investigators had seized a laptop and notes containing details from his home of how he planned to use the cash from the life insurance payout, so he felt unable to go ahead with that … |
 The Guardian |
Care home crisis requires reform, not fire-fighting
The Guardian They know the government is the care home operator of last resort. The result? They have zero incentive to improve their performance. Ministers have talked of insurance policies and performance bonds. They might just as well speak of stable doors and … |