Archive for 2010/01


Solvency rules could raise capital needs - Financial Times


Solvency rules could raise capital needs
Financial Times
UK property and casualty insurers face a €15bn ($21bn, £13bn) jump in capital requirements under the latest

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With-profits investors at Standard Life miss out on stock market revival - Scotland on Sunday


With-profits investors at Standard Life miss out on stock market revival
Scotland on Sunday
Other classes of investment such as fixed interest and property delivered lower returns in 2009 than equities. "Despite this, many with-profits investments

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How graduates are picking up the tab for their parents’ lives - The Guardian


The Guardian

How graduates are picking up the tab for their parents' lives
The Guardian
We've got student debt and a property ladder with rotten rungs. Thanks very much, says Andrew Hankinson, BSc Andrew Hankinson with his father Barry at his

Slackberry: Note to Auntie - Cast Paul O’Grady as Fred the Shred…please - Independent


Slackberry: Note to Auntie - Cast Paul O'Grady as Fred the Shred…please
Independent
The property tycoon believes that last year's murder conviction of Amanda Knox in Perugia is a travesty, and grandly states: "Donald Trump will not be going

Matthew Vincent: Mortgage protection I can sign up to - Financial Times


Matthew Vincent: Mortgage protection I can sign up to
Financial Times
Second, mortgage borrowers have very few financial products to protect them: payment protection insurance was last year condemned as “unfair” by the

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California court refuses to extend coverage for fire intentionally set by … - Lexology (registration)


California court refuses to extend coverage for fire intentionally set by
Lexology (registration)
lived at the property at the time of the loss). The insureds also alleged that the policy's definition of intentional loss violated California Insurance

New RESPA rules for consumer protection in real estate settlements and loans - Lexology (registration)


New RESPA rules for consumer protection in real estate settlements and loans
Lexology (registration)
Loans secured with a mortgage placed on a one-to-four-family residential property are governed by RESPA. These loans include most purchase loans,

Nervous buyers shy away from property market - Morpeth Herald


Nervous buyers shy away from property market
Morpeth Herald
"We had a property in Mitford Road where a sale was going through at the time of the flood in 2008, but the buyer spent a week trying to get insurance and

‘Unpopular’ UK tipped to be land of opportunity - Times Online


Times Online

'Unpopular' UK tipped to be land of opportunity
Times Online
For example, the £7.1 billion Pearson conglomerate could be broken up, as could Legal & General, the £4.4 billion insurance group.
Brighter outlook for pubs but Footsie continues to slideFinancial Times

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Mortgage protection I can sign up to - Financial Times


Mortgage protection I can sign up to
Financial Times
Second, mortgage borrowers have very few financial products to protect them: payment protection insurance was last year condemned as “unfair” by the

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