Archive for March, 2008
News - Insurance firm’s jobs boost
An American insurance company is set to create 120 jobs in Northern Ireland.
American Life is part of the American Finance insurance
Group - one of the 10 largest companies by turnover in the world.
It currently employs 25 people at its headquarters in Belfast.
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offices were opened on Monday by Cathy […]
News - Banks ‘must tackle online fraud’
Banks must do more to promote security among their online customers, the UK’s finance watchdog has said.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) made the call as it revealed half of internet users are either extremely or very concerned about the risk of fraud.
To ease safety fears banks should make more effort to educate web users about […]
Read More..>>News - Black empowerment ‘needs review’
South Africa’s programme to open ownership of the country’s firms to black investors needs to be reviewed, finance minister Trevor Manuel says.
Mr Manuel told the Financial Times that both “good and bad, cynical and genuine” black economic empowerment (BEE) deals had been done.
BEE is meant to correct finance and insurance training
inequalities by making businesses […]
News - How will ISA changes affect you?
The Treasury has announced that the amount that people will be allowed to save tax-free is to fall. An expert explains the changes and what strategy people should adopt.
When Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) were introduced by Gordon Brown in 1999 the amount that could be paid in was set at 7,000.
At the end […]
Read More..>>News - Pension crisis: Will anyone fix it?
How the UK tackles the impending pension crisis is now a major topic of discussion. But will anyone have the guts to fix it in 2005? In the first of a two-part series, Joanne Segars, representing insurance firms, outlines the industry’s priorities for the New Year.
2004 was a year in which pensions and savings […]
Read More..>>News - Swiss Re to buy GE insurance firm
Reinsurer Swiss Re has agreed to pay $6.8bn (4bn) for the insurance unit of essential estate finance hill in insurance investment irwin mcgraw real series
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Swiss Re will sell $7.5bn of new shares to finance the acquisition and cover the debts of GE Insurance Solutions.
Buying the firm will turn Swiss Re […]
Read More..>>News - Insurance firm’s jobs boost
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Read More..>>News - Swiss Re to buy GE insurance firm
Reinsurer Swiss Re has agreed to pay $6.8bn (4bn) for the insurance unit of industrial giant General Electric.
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Read More..>>News - Sisters lose second coming cover
Insurers have withdrawn the cover on their virginity taken out by three sisters in the event of the second coming of Christ.
Essex-based Britishinsurance.com confirmed it had provided the 1m policy, but said it was reviewed on Thursday following complaints.
The firm said the women from Inverness had renewed the policy since 2000.
The cover was meant to […]
Read More..>>News - Bank rapped over mortgage letter
The Halifax bank has been criticised by the finance household insurance
watchdog over a “auto car finance insurance rate” mailing to customers.
The mailshot, sent to 120,000 mortgage holders with subsidiary Intelligent Finance, asked customers to reveal details of their contents insurance.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint that Halifax had “no good reason” to […]
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