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Unemployment Insurance ? Last Chance For Public Sector Employees
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Unemployment has risen to over 2.5 million in the UK and with the future of many public service workers jobs in doubt, is expected to rise to levels of over three million by Christmas.
Todays official figures show levels of unemployment last enjoyed under Margaret Thatcher’s Tory Government of the Eighties.
Youth unemployment is at its highest level for 19 years.
Womens unemployment is at its highest level for over 23 years.
The public sector is traditionally a large employer of both...
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9/11 Remembered
From Insurance Blog, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Insurance Blog is remembering the hundreds of insurance workers and employees who perished in the WTC ten years ago.
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UK Government Declares War On Private Motor Insurance
From Insurance Blog, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
By A Consumer – War Correspondent – Car Insurance War Front Line
The UK Government has declared war on the private motor insurance market.
The Government has yet to decide who the enemy actually is, although one ethnic group ‘CFA referal collectors’ have been singled out for the death camps and news coming out of Westminster today confirms this.
The call for the ‘War on Car Insurance’ from the media and consumer led groups has reached deafening proportions...
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Gadget Insurance ? Better Security Reduces Theft Risk
From Insurance Blog, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Most of us live our lives around our gadgets these days and whether its our 3g mobile, laptop or ipad – it is at risk!
What’s more, in many cases our lifestyles are also at risk as our gadgets carry so much personal and company information and are in effect, our the portals to our social and business lives.
Insurance Blog and if the claims figures are to be believed, half the country, know only too well the pain involved in lifestyle interruption caused by losing a gadget!
The cost...
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A Brief History of Insurance: Part 8 Lloyds and World Insurance
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A Brief History of Insurance:
Part Eight: The emergence of Lloyd’s as the worlds major insurance organisation:
In the previous article in this series we learnt about the humble beginnings of Lloyd’s as a relatively small coffee shop on Tower street. Whether it was an incredible piece of foresight or simple luck Lloyd developed a very specific clientèle of sailors, ship owners and merchants for boat insurance and marine cargo insurance risks.
Lloyds wasn’t the only coffee shop...
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Critical Illness Insurance Cover ? Don't Leave It Until Its Too Late!
From Insurance Blog, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Long term chronic or terminal illness is one of those risks than could afflict us all. It’s really an essential part of health insurance that is often overlooked or not covered, yet if it strikes critical illnesses are the most devastating to you and your family.
With this grim prospect in mind Insurance Blog gets you up to speed on this most essential of modern covers.
Understanding critical illness insurance
Critical illness is, by its very nature, no laughing matter. It might be...
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Could Flooding Become A Fundamental Risk in The UK'
From Insurance Blog, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
For those UK underwriters and loss adjusters watching the scenes of devastation caused by hurricane Irene and particularly flooding in states like Vermont, they will be glad that their insurance company does not have to pick up the bill.
They needn’t have worried though because in the United States Flood Risk is considered fundamental and cannot be covevered under a normal home insurance policy as such…as yet!
In fact all home insurance flood risks are the responsibility of each...
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ABI Plea For Longer Riot Claims Period Approved By UK Government
From Insurance Blog, 9 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The Association of British Insurance companies, the ABI, has issued a statement clarifying the position of Insurance and Claims for Riot Damage.
The ABI warn…..
On current estimates insured losses and damage suffered by individuals and UK businesses are likely to be well over £100 million.
The ABI has reassured customers that they are covered for riot damage under their home and business insurance and claims will be paid by their insurer as quickly as possible. People with insurance...
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Riots and Business Insurance Claims For Property Damage
From Insurance Blog, 9 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The impact of riots on the community can have long-lasting and unforeseen effects.
Riots may not last very long, but the time to put a community back to where it was takes a lot longer.
For a business or property owner the work ahead can be daunting.
The actual damage to each premise needs to be accessed and repaired.
This can take time and may depend on whether adequate insurance was taken out to cover the damage.
If adequate insurance is in place insurance companies need to access the...
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Police Negligence Fails to Mitigate Riot Insurance Losses
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Watching live coverage of the riots as they happened across the UK it was quite clear that the Police were totally unprepared to deal with incidents of this type, and more worryingly their laissez-faire approach has cost this Economy tens of millions of pounds in damage that could have been avoided.
Listening to these patronising Chief Constables talking about how they were going to go after these criminals ‘after the event’ made Insurance blog feel sick.
Countless stories appeared...
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