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Wednesday, 3 December 2008
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Want to live a long life? Run
People who want to live a long and healthy life might want to take up running. A study published on Monday shows middle-aged members of a runner's club were half as likely to die over a 20-year period as people who did not run.
12 Aug 2008 |
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"Lord" puts life up for sale on eBay
An eccentric millionaire has put his entire life up for sale on the Internet - including his title of Lord of the Manor of Warleigh - in the hope of converting his assets into cash.
08 Aug 2008 |
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Standard Life profit up on one-off gains
Standard Life posted a 51 percent rise in first-half profit on Wednesday, boosted by one-off gains from a deal to reinsure annuity liabilities and reduce the financial risk posed by Britons living longer.
06 Aug 2008 |
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Swiss Re buys Barclays life arm
Swiss Re, the world's largest reinsurer, has agreed to buy Barclays' life assurance arm for 753 million pounds in cash to boost its Admin Re business in the United Kingdom.
05 Aug 2008 |
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Report calls for Equitable apology
The government should apologise to more than a million policyholders in Equitable Life and offer them compensation, a long-awaited report by the parliamentary ombudsman said on Thursday, almost a decade after the insurer's near-demise.
17 Jul 2008 |
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Irish Life expects profit growth drop
Insurance company Irish Life & Permanent said on Thursday that it expected a drop in profit growth this year to a mid to high single digit. The company however said that it had strong capital levels.
20 Jun 2008 |
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Pensions fall short on life expectancy
Some of Britain's top companies have increased pension scheme life expectancy assumptions, adding billion of pounds to their liabilities, but remain way off regulatory guidelines, pension consultancy Mercer said.
14 May 2008 |
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Standard Life has good start to year
Standard Life said it had a good start to the year with worldwide sales in life and pensions up 8.0 per cent to £4,477 million in the first quarter. In the UK the insurer said it had seen sales go up 6 per cent to £3,516 million.
30 Apr 2008 |
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