Beazley Group has launched a new fidelity and crime service, expanding its specialty professional and management liability lines presence in the US.
The insurer said it will provide limits of up to $25m for fidelity bond coverage for financial institutions [...]
Beazley launches fidelity & crime insurance service
Diposting oleh nangsa on Kamis, 31 Maret 2011
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Liberty Mutual receives approval to open branch in Guangdong, China
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Liberty Insurance, the wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, has received an approval from China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), to establish a new branch in Guangdong province, China.
Pending final approval from Chinese regulator, [...]
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How credit card companies want to debit you
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Would you like to increase the sales tax in order to pay the banks another $12bn a year in profits?
That is the issue that is being debated in Washington, these days. In case you missed it, this is because the issue is usually [...]
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Budget 2011: £30bn tax and pensions raid
Diposting oleh nangsa on Rabu, 30 Maret 2011
George Osborne yesterday embarked on a 'clandestine' raid on tax and benefits by switching his cost of living calculations to a method more favourable to the Treasury.
Experts said the move could cost families almost [...]
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Portugal bailout to cost every British family £300
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British taxpayers could be forced to pay £6bn to bail out Portugal, it emerged last night.
Every family could be liable for £300 of the costs under Brussels plans to prop up the ailing EU nation.
As the UK's oldest ally [...]
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Fund managers get £3.5bn: you get £2.70
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Managers of popular equity income funds have taken more than £3.5bn in charges over the past five years.
But in that same time, the average investor has made just £2.70 profit on a £1,000 investment.
Some £43bn of your [...]
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Pacific Trade International's Mei Xu: Marketing to China
Diposting oleh nangsa on Selasa, 29 Maret 2011
What kind of opportunities are there for American small businesses in China?
If you go to Shanghai, there are all these European small business people from places like Holland, England, and France. They're from small countries, so they are born with [...]
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A Virtual Fix for 'Broken' Gift-Card Business
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Megan Kendrick, an editor in Phoenix, just discovered 12 plastic gift cards stashed in a drawer, dating as far back as 2003. The unspent balance topped $500. "I didn't realize we had as many as we did," Kendrick, 27, says.
Kendrick is in good company. [...]
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Made in USA Gives Small Business an Edge
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As labor and shipping costs in Asia increase, small stateside apparel makers are able to flaunt their domestic addresses.
With the spring season looming, Dartmouth College men's head rugby coach Alex Magleby didn't want [...]
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Allies Attack Libyan Military as U.S. Seeks NATO Command
Diposting oleh nangsa on Sabtu, 26 Maret 2011
(Updates oil prices, Carney in 12th paragraph. See EXTRA and MET for more on unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.)
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. and allied warplanes carried out further strikes against Muammar Qaddafi’s ground forces and hit an [...]
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Allies Attack Libyan Military as U.S. Seeks NATO Command
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(Updates oil prices, Carney in 12th paragraph. See EXTRA and MET for more on unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.)
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. and allied warplanes carried out further strikes against Muammar Qaddafi’s ground forces and hit an [...]
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Assad’s Promises Fail to Halt Protests in Syrian Cities
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(Updates with a comment from protester in the fifth paragraph; Syrian lawmaker in seventh. See EXTRA and MET for more on turmoil in the region.)
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s security forces clashed with protesters [...]
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Assad’s Promises Fail to Halt Protests in Syrian Cities
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(Updates with a comment from protester in the fifth paragraph; Syrian lawmaker in seventh. See EXTRA and MET for more on turmoil in the region.)
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s security forces clashed with protesters in several [...]
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Investors in race against time to retain 120% GAD rates
Diposting oleh nangsa on Jumat, 25 Maret 2011
FAs face a race against time if they want to lock clients into the 120 per cent GAD income rates for the next five years, Suffolk Life says.
Treasury reforms ending compulsory annuitisation come into force in 12 days time. [...]
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Chuka Umunna: 'Governor has bank watchdog under his thumb'
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Treasury select committee member Chuka Umunna says Bank of England governor Mervyn King has the BoE’s court of directors “under his thumb”.
Last week, the select committee heard evidence from the court as part of its inquiry [...]
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Nest confirms default investment strategy
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Nest’s default investment fund will target long-term returns of CPI plus 3 per cent following the national scheme’s decision to adopt a low-risk investment strategy.
The Government-backed pension scheme also confirmed details [...]
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Boulger slams network panel model
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John Charcol senior technical manager Ray Boulger has slammed the network panel model, suggesting that many clients are being denied the best deal.
He says brokers should turn clients away if they do not have a suitable lender on their panel.
He says: [...]
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Shared scheme is 'small plaster on a big wound'
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Mortgage experts suggest the £250m shared-equity scheme to help first-time buyers raise a deposit will have a limited impact in boosting the housing market.
Chancellor George Osborne said the scheme would help up to 10,000 [...]
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FSA uncovers serious failings in auditor reports
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The FSA has referred several auditors to their relevant auditing bodies after uncovering serious failings in their client asset reports.
The regulator published a consultation paper on improving client assets in September, [...]
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Metro Bank to break into buy-to-let
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Metro Bank is planning to launch into the buy-to-let sector later this year.
The move is unlikely to be before the third quarter. Both Santander and Yorkshire Building Society have entered the buy-to-let sector in recent [...]
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"Japan is bust", says Neptune's Taylor
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Chris Taylor, head of research at Neptune and manager of the Neptune Japan opportunities fund, has declared that “Japan is bust”.
In a statement released today, Taylor adds the yen is overvalued and that global multinationals [...]
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Chuka Umunna: 'Governor has bank watchdog under his thumb'
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Treasury select committee member Chuka Umunna says Bank of England governor Mervyn King has the BoE’s court of directors “under his thumb”.
Last week, the select committee heard evidence from the court as part of its inquiry [...]
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Nest confirms default investment strategy
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Nest’s default investment fund will target long-term returns of CPI plus 3 per cent following the national scheme’s decision to adopt a low-risk investment strategy.
The Government-backed pension scheme also confirmed details of the additional fund [...]
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Boulger slams network panel model
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John Charcol senior technical manager Ray Boulger has slammed the network panel model, suggesting that many clients are being denied the best deal.
He says brokers should turn clients away if they do not have a suitable lender on their panel.
He [...]
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Shared scheme is 'small plaster on a big wound'
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Mortgage experts suggest the £250m shared-equity scheme to help first-time buyers raise a deposit will have a limited impact in boosting the housing market.
Chancellor George Osborne said the scheme would [...]
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Addison Lee's Business is booming despite economic climate
Diposting oleh nangsa on Kamis, 24 Maret 2011
The company, which operates 2,600 minicabs and a luxury fleet of 200 VIP cars in London, announced a turnover of £105 million for 2010-11, up 19% on last year.
Addison Lee, which serves over 16,000 corporate clients and [...]
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It takes more than money and magic to succeed
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Patti and David Bailey own Motormouse, creating and marketing novel wireless computer mouse devices which look like sleek, shiny miniature cars, available in the form of a classic sports car or Mini Cooper models. They now know what an impact there is [...]
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Sterling falls back on weak retail figures
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Sterling is falling back against the dollar after news that British retail sales fell more than expected in February.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed sales fell 0.8% in February after a jump in prices, which was only partly [...]
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Chris Brown Defends Good Morning America Outburst Via Twitter
Diposting oleh nangsa on Rabu, 23 Maret 2011
Chris Brown, who has been desperately trying to rehabilitate his image in order to sell his new album F.A.M.E, reportedly exploded behind the scenes at Good Morning America this morning, according to reports. Apparently, he wasn’t thrilled with [...]
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Mock Rebecca Black All You Want, She’s Laughing To The Bank
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Rebecca Black has a hit song. The 13-year-old singer’s video for her song “Friday,” which has quickly become the fascination of the Internet, is a smashing success despite the fact that it owes its meteoric rise to, well, mediocrity. Put more bluntly, [...]
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