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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

Metals add lustre to miners as dollar is in the doldrums

09.11.09
The price of gold traded at a record high of $1108.00 an ounce on world markets today in response to a weaker dollar ... more

VAs are the new PAs

26.10.09
Miss Moneypenny is no more. Now she works from home, sets her own timetable, wears what she likes and juggles several different bosses at once. Liz Hoggard charts the rise of the new virtual assistant... 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

Shares on climb as talk of takeovers whets appetites

13.07.09
Shares rallied from opening falls after several billion pounds' worth of takeovers were dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites ... more

Sell-off in miners leaves the takeovers buzz feeling flat

13.07.09
Shares were on the slide again today despite several billion pounds' worth of takeovers being dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites... 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

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

Naked truth on private equity pain

08.12.08
It is ironic that Permira, the private-equity house, should be having such a rough time with its latest fund, Permira lV... more

Bright spot for the insurers

10.11.08
Investors are missing a trick because they have not factored in the huge business opportunity for those insurance companies still standing brought about by the near-collapse of American Insurance Group... more

Finance

08.10.08
Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... 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

Lloyd's set for biggest profits fall since 2002

17.07.08
Lloyd's insurers are braced for their biggest profits decline since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2002... more

Tracking down the stocks that yield value

08.07.08
CBI boss Richard Lambert said a few weeks ago that one reason companies seemed quite optimistic in surveys might be that smaller businesses tend to finance themselves from retained profits rather than bank loans, and have therefore been insulated so far from the general cutback on credit.... more

The wall that is worth £200,000

15.01.08
A wall adorned with a painting by mysterious graffiti artist Banksy has fetched more than £200,000 in an online auction.... more

Portrait sets £7.86m record for Freud

21.06.07
A painting by Lucian Freud of a friend, set a new record for a living European artist when it went under auction ... more

The experts' guide to the Frieze

10.10.06
With 250 artists on show, navigating London's most exciting art fair is daunting. We asked the professionals who they would be looking for.... more

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