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Law firm Edwin Coe has launched an action group to start proceedings against RSA and Qatar Insurance Company, arguing that businesses are entitled to payouts for lockdowns in 2020 beyond the initial March restrictions.
Howden 'the British powerhouse' says CEO as organic growth hits 19%
Howden Group has reported a 48% increase in revenue to £1.15bn and a 50% rise in Ebitda to £335m for the year ended 30 September 2021.
Das compensation in ex-CEO fraud case lowered as insurer’s 'lack of candour' criticised
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A New Year. A fresh start. Resolutions decided and hopes of a better – the best – version of me to come. Isn’t this how every year starts and yet how easy is it to do this? Most of us might change one thing or just take steps towards changing one thing but to make wholesale changes is difficult.
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Intelligence: Insuring the growing US cannabis market
Last year Malta became the first European nation to legalise cannabis after the United Nations reclassified the drug to recognise its therapeutic uses and – with other EU countries looking to follow suit – Post spoke to the specialists striving to meet the insurance needs of the fast-expanding US legal cannabis market to see what insurance lessons can be learned
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AIG celebrates #WorldReligionDay
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