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05 Nov 2009
Climate change is likely to make property insurance more expensive and harder to obtain, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) predicted this week.
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04 Nov 2009
OPINION: Hong Kong's data protection laws should be brought into line with those of the EU and other countries, according to Hong Kong's Government and privacy office. Unfortunately they are refusing to take the simple steps necessary to achieve this....
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21 Oct 2009
The High Court has ruled that the Government failed to provide cogent reasons for dismissing findings of maladministration and injustice relating to Equitable Life.
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20 Oct 2009
The Competition Commission must reconsider its ban on the sale of payment protection insurance (PPI) at the same time as a loan or credit, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled. But the decision is not necessarily the end of the point of sale prohibition....
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15 Oct 2009
Banks, insurance companies and other financial services providers who outsource administrative functions abroad could be hit by changes to the VAT rules coming into force on 1st January 2010.
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09 Oct 2009
Consumers hit by increases in the premiums they pay for mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) could receive a refund under a new industry-wide agreement with the regulator.
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08 Oct 2009
The European Commission has confirmed its plans to limit the automatic exemption from EU competition rules that currently applies to certain types of agreements between competing insurers.
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02 Oct 2009
The International Underwriting Association of London (IUA) has welcomed the decision by US regulators to submit a Bill to Congress that would lighten collateral requirements currently imposed on non-US reinsurers writing business in America.
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02 Oct 2009
Firms will have to review all the complaints about Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling that they have rejected since 2005 under tough new proposals announced this week by the Financial Services Authority.
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22 Sep 2009
Insurance brokers need to tighten their systems and controls to guard against bribery and corruption, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned.
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