Insurance Brokers Pay for UK Banks PPI Claims

It’s that time of year again when UK Insurance Brokers and Intermediaries are asked to pay their annual membership fees for the soon to be defunct, Financial Services Authority (The FSA).

Reading through the Insurance news this week you will find multiple stories from Brokers moaning about the ‘ridiculously’ high fees they are being asked for in order to trade. In some cases the fees have risen three fold on last years costs and many small operators are threatened with going out of business. In so

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ACE Posts 27% Increased Profit

Zurich-based ACE Ltd. said its 2010 second-quarter profit increased 27 percent to $677 million compared with last year during the same time.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Evan G. Greenberg said the profit increase is due to the company’s successful risk management, diversification and underwriting.

ACE’s property and casualty underwriting income was $294 million compared with $355 million in 2009. Net written premiums were flat. Mr. Greenberg said slow economic recovery in the U.S., Europe and Japan, along with competition, impacted premium growth and will likely continue to do so “for some time.”

Net investment income rose 2 percent to $518 during the second quarter compared with the same time in 2009.

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No Fault Car Insurance

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At this time, in many States, car insurance coverage firms are making a ton of money on no-fault because the insurance firms satisfied State regulation-makers to make “modifications.” At the moment, because of the these adjustments, …  read more…

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After reviewing the information available on the state’s no-fault insurance laws, I realize that I am responsible for paying the damage to the other person’s car, since I was apparently found at fault by the insurance company. …  read more…

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Wyoming Aims to Decrease Workplace Fatalities

Many years ago when Mindy Hixon started working in the family trucking business in Carbon County, Wyo., she realized safety wasn’t a top priority.

“I knew for a fact what we were doing was illegal, unsafe and not in compliance,” Hixon said.

A quick review of safety regulations prompted one employee to tell Hixon, “We’re going to jail,” she said.

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But Hixon asked state and federal regulators for help anyway. At first, the regulators weren’t impressed with what they were hearing. But they quickly realized Hixon and her colleagues were worthy adversaries: They wanted to be safe.

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BMW R1150 Insurance

The BMW R1150 catapulted into the limelight, when in 2004 the R1150GS Adventure model was used by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman in their ride from London to New York and featured in the book and TV series Long Way Round. Its successor, the R1200GS Adventure model was also used in 2007 in the follow up Long Way Down trip.

Evidence perhaps of how iconic these bikes have become.

If you’re coming to this page as a proud owner of a BMW R1150, let comparethemarket.com help you to take care of all your insurance needs

With so many bike insurers out there, searching for the right one can be difficult.

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Motion for Rehearing Does Not Toll Time to File Motion for Attorneys Fees

I have written several times concerning Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.525, and the absolute necessity to file a Motion for Attorneys Fees: 1) within 30 days after the filing of the judgment, or 2) within 30 days after becoming entitled to fees if no judgment is filed.  In Jackson v. Betty Holmes Anthony, ____ So.3d ____ (Fla. 1st DCA July 23, 2010), the Court held:

1.  A Motion for Rehearing does not toll the 30-day time limit in rule 1.525.

2.  A post-trial Motion to Admit and Consider Newly Discovered Evidence, does not toll the 30-day time limit. 

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