Fraudsters are pushing the cost of the average household insurance policy up by almost £1 a week, according to a survey by the Association of British Insurers.
The association estimates the cost of fraud was up 8 per cent to £645m for 1998 from £597m last year. As a percentage of premiums fraud increased to 3.7 per cent in 1998 from 3.6 per cent last year.
Interactive Investor is planning an expansion backed by £8m of venture capital to make it the sole provider of electronic share trading for all IFAs and stockbrokers by next summer.The company believes that it can steal a march over other on-line rivals as the only company offering such a service.It is currently running a pilot […]
The PIA consumer panel has warned the Government that it is making a mistake by not including mortgage regulation in the draft Financial Services and Markets Bill.The panel says that the complexity and range of mortgages available makes it easy for product providers to missell.It says that because mortgages are the biggest purchases consumers ever […]
The Sedgwick Noble Lowndes name is set to disappear from January 1 as the firm is merged into William M Mercer. The move follows the takeover of Sedgwick Group by Marsh & McLennan, Mercer's parent company, in August. Mercer's UK chairman and chief executive David Barford will assume responsibility for UK operations. Sedgwick Noble Lowndes […]
Guardian Employee Benefits is investing £1.5m in a software package from Watson Wyatt to upgrade its administration system for its planned Group Personal Pension Plan.Managing director Ray Milne says: "The attraction of the Watson Wyatt PMS6000 system is that it is flexible enough to allow us to deliver our unique product solution to the GPP […]
Loomis Sayles’ Macro Analyst, Craig Burelle, discusses the key takeaways for bond markets during Q3 2016 and looks at the outlook for global growth and inflation. Click here
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Invesco Perpetual leads the latest edition of the infamous Spot the Dog report, which identifies underperforming equity funds, as the number of dogs hits a record high. In its bi-annual Spot the Dog report, Bestinvest names and shames funds that have underperformed their benchmarks for three consecutive years and by more than five per cent over […]
Most firms regulated by the FCA are satisfied with its performance and believe it is an efficient regulator, the watchdog has said. The survey conducted by the FCA and its Practitioner Panel – one of its advisory bodies – sought feedback on the regulator’s performance from the firms it oversees. The results showed that both satisfaction and […]
Investing at this stage of the market cycle is a tough balancing act. While over-exposure to risky assets leaves a portfolio vulnerable when a correction really bites, taking too much risk off the table too soon can mean missing out on the remaining opportunities which may still present themselves over the coming months. With so […]
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