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 […]
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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More and more of my conversations with advisers are focused on those clients that have exceeded the lifetime allowance and have either not been eligible for any of the protections available at the time or have invalidated the options before they realised. There is little the adviser can do; a problem compounded thanks to not […]
M&G is to transfer four UK-domiciled funds to equivalent Sicavs on its Luxembourg platform in a “prudent” move amid uncertainties around the Brexit negotiations. The £275bn fund group, which has already outlined plans to launch Sicav funds in Luxembourg, will move £6bn in assets to the continent by November of 2017. Subject to shareholder approval, […]
Chief executive of technology provider best known for its transfer service to stand aside after 10 years at the top