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Premiums boost Lloyd’s pair

09.11.09
Lloyd’s of London insurers Hiscox and Beazley enjoyed the calm after the storm in the last three months, boosted by higher gross premiums and investment profits... more

Sergio Garcia held up after his storming start

22.10.09
Defending champion Sergio Garcia reached eight under par and was one ahead of Swede Michael Jonzon when play in the Castello Masters first round was suspended because of 40mph gusts in Spain... more

Lucas Glover makes a major impression

21.10.09
US Open champion Lucas Glover leads his three fellow 2009 major winners by two shots at the PGA Grand Slam of golf in Bermuda... more

Stewart Cink looking for some fun in Bermuda

20.10.09
Open champion Stewart Cink is determined to have some fun when he plays in the most elite tournament in golf... more

How Lloyd's is coming face to face with the modern age

14.09.09
The Lloyd's insurance market is one of the last bastions of face-to-face business in the City... more

Record £150m at Admiral sparks windfalls for 3000

25.08.09
About 3000 staff at Admiral are to receive free shares worth £1500 after the car insurer posted record half-year profits ... more

Investments lift Catlin

07.08.09
Catlin, the biggest underwriter on the Lloyd’s of London insurance market, cranked up its interim dividend by 9% as it posted its largest ever pre-tax profit ... more

£1.4m five-star trips for globetrotting MPs

07.04.09
Backbench MPs racked up almost £1.4 million of free trips last year with a further £1million of excursions already booked this year... more

Troublemaking investors have left us all in a mess

23.03.09
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Old Mutual scuppers US offshore arm

18.03.09
Old Mutual's new boss Julian Roberts attempted to draw a line under losses at the insurer's beleaguered US life arm, shutting the offshore firm to new business... more

Specialist insurers helpless as financial crisis devours returns on investments

09.03.09
Three of the largest specialist insurers listed on the London stock market revealed they lost or made barely any money on their financial investments in 2008... more

Writing is on the wall for Myners in Goodwin row

02.03.09
The view from Lord Myners' corner office of the Treasury building is of St James's Park. The Foreign Office is visible, with Downing Street tucked in around the corner. It's an impressive sight. ... more

Hardy passes hat for £40m to chase profits

27.02.09
Insurance: Ships and planes insurer Hardy Underwriting is seeking £40 million from shareholders to take advantage of rising rates across the industry... more

Right time for company tax reform

27.02.09
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Ticket office hours cut as rail firm struggles to pay £1.4bn franchise

16.02.09
National Express is to reduce ticket office opening hours on the East Coast Main Line to save cash... more

Insurer Hardy buoyed by shares sell-off

03.02.09
Insurance: Bermuda-based Lloyd’s of London insurer Hardy enjoyed a double whammy of good news as they were one of the few insurers not to have lost money in the stock market last year ... more

Sickly sterling gives Hiscox a £150m lift

26.01.09
Insurance: Lloyd's of London insurer Hiscox today reported a £150 million boost to its balance sheet... more

St Paul’s hits £40m target for cleaning and restoring

26.11.08
Church leaders at St Paul’s Cathedral announced that they have reached their £40 million restoration fund target to coincide with its 300th anniversary... more

Landmark Jersey ruling may help wealthy avoid big payouts

04.09.08
Rich businessmen and women could use Jersey and other tax havens to try to protect themselves from multi-million pound divorce payouts after a landmark court ruling in the Channel Islands... more

Thousands stranded as budget airline folds

29.08.08
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded and tens of thousands more left with worthless tickets after the collapse of the transatlantic budget airline Zoom... more

Hiscox beats the gloom to reach high of £109 million

18.08.08
Insurer Hiscox has shrugged off the financial-market turmoil to beat forecasts and deliver a record firsthalf profit... more

Oval sponsor Brit mulls tax move abroad

18.08.08
Brit insurance, sponsor of the Oval cricket ground, is the latest UK company to look at moving its headquarters from the UK to a more favourable tax regime... more

Catherine Zeta-Jones heartbroken after namesake grandmother dies at 91

14.08.08
Oscar-winning Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones is expected to fly back to Wales today, following the death of her grandmother.... more

Catherine's crew rock the boat after breaching Italian immigration laws

09.08.08
The Hollywood couple were on a luxury yacht that berthed without permission on the Italian Riviera after sailing in from the South of France.... more

City executive fears for abducted daughter

30.07.08
American police deployed a spotter plane to try to find a yacht they fear is being used by a wealthy father who abducted his seven-year-old London-based daughter... more

Investment banks' big question

29.05.08
The worry among the stronger investment banks in New York is that the longer they depend on the Fed for funds, the more likely it is that they will be hit by new, tougher capital requirements... more

Hard to swallow at the Chicago Rib Shack

21.05.08
It's interesting to know that the Chicago Rib Shack could ever have seemed a hot ticket, says David Sexton after a disappointing meal.... more

New non-doms tax ‘threatens to topple the City’

29.02.08
The collapse of Northern Rock and the tax crackdown on foreign “non-doms” is allowing New York to overtake London as the world’s financial capital, a report warns... more

Legend lost on the big stage

19.06.07
The first apostle of psychadelia, Roky Erickson, and his three-piece band give a plodding performance at the Royal Festival hall.... more

More Beckett than Bermuda

14.08.06
From the moment director Rupert Doone launches his Tempest with the un-Shakespearian words "And now the shipping forecast", you realise something wildly different is afoot.... more

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