Archived Insurance News from November 2007
Published: 28/11/2007
British businesses have been urged to embrace the challenge of climate change.Speaking at the CBI's annual conference, Robert Napier, chairman of the Met Office, said too many firms had not yet prepar...
Read More: Businesses urged to embrace climate challenge >Published: 28/11/2007
Supporters of better financial education will be pleased to see the latest figures from the IFS School of Finance.In a statement this morning the charity announced that more than 10,000 students were ...
Read More: Financial education improving >Published: 27/11/2007
Communities around the world are already feeling the effects of climate change.That is the view held by Friends of the Earth, which has compiled a report on how global warming is impacting on people.V...
Read More: Climate change effect 'already being felt' >Published: 27/11/2007
Some of the people hit by the floods earlier this year are facing the prospect of spending Christmas out of their homes.Thousands of properties were damaged when high winds and heavy rain brought some...
Read More: Caravans at Christmas for flood victims >Published: 27/11/2007
British motorists are showing a degree of loyalty to their insurance provider, according to new research.Figures from the price comparison site, TescoCompare.com, showed that less than one-third of dr...
Read More: Motorists show loyalty to insurance providers >Published: 26/11/2007
Consumers are beginning to feel the pinch of rising prices, according to the latest survey.The Consumer Barometer from Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets showed that consumers felt prices had gone up in the...
Read More: Consumers begin to feel the pinch >Published: 26/11/2007
A group of international scientists has urged governments to back the development of technology for monitoring the world's oceans.The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) wants a ne...
Read More: Scientists call for better ocean monitoring >Published: 26/11/2007
The outlook remains tough for first-time-buyers despite reports that house price growth is slowing.That is the verdict of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), which warned people looking...
Read More: Outlook remains tough for first-time-buyers >Published: 23/11/2007
Insurance intermediary Oval Insurance Broking is increasing the help it provides to the small business sector.It is expanding the service it gives by commencing an internet purchasing system by which ...
Read More: Oval increasing help >Published: 23/11/2007
Humanitarian campaigner Sir Bob Geldof is set to be one of the guest speakers at the 2008 British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) conference and industry exhibition.The ex-Boomtown Rats singer w...
Read More: Sir Bob's date with BIBA conference >