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March 31, 2008
The US property casualty insurance company
has issued guidelines on traveler property insurance thousands of homes and businesses in New Orleans, seven months after Hurricane Katrina hit.
Under the new federal advisories, many of the buildings will have to be raised up to three feet (0.9m) for residents to qualify for flood insurance.
The Bush administration also […]
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March 30, 2008
Financial adviser Graham Hooper looks at some of the measures announced by the Chancellor and assesses what they will mean for your finances.
In his eighth Budget the Chancellor has put an end to the annual game of innovative tax avoidance schemes by announcing that they need to be registered with the Inland Revenue before being […]
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March 29, 2008
British nationals missing presumed dead after the Asian tsunami will have death certificates issued even if their bodies are not found.
Foreign Office minister Douglas Alexander said because of “exceptional circumstances” the normal seven-year wait for a certificate could be waived.
The move should allow many families to resolve the financial affairs of their missing relatives […]
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March 28, 2008
Financial adviser Graham Hooper looks at some of the measures announced by the Chancellor and assesses what they will mean for your finances.
In his eighth Budget the Chancellor has put an end to the annual game of innovative tax avoidance schemes by announcing that they need to be registered with the Inland Revenue before being […]
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March 27, 2008
One of London’s tallest and perhaps best-loved skyscrapers, the Swiss Re Tower, has been a resounding critical success. But it’s also standing half-empty.
Why can’t it rent its vacant office space?
Think of ground-breaking, sky scraping architecture and Manhattan or Kuala Lumpur spring to mind. London does not even make it on to the shortlist.
But […]
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March 26, 2008
Chris Li:Bournemouth
“I am so pleased that the government knows who the key voters are - working families and pensioners are the ones who will get them re-elected”
Watch Chris’s views
Gary Watson:Property insurance association of louisiana
“This Budget has done nothing for me, which is better than the previous eight under Gordon Brown, and seems to be […]
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March 19, 2008
California fair plan property insurance
in the South West could end up with higher water bills if Certification for property casualty insurance
plans to change the ownership of sewerage systems go ahead.
DEFRA says half the properties across the country are connected to private sewers of one kind or another and it wants the water […]
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March 18, 2008
A Cornwall council has been told to pay united property casualty insurance company
nearly 1.6m over failed plans for a factory shopping village.
The Lands Tribunal ruled Restormel Borough Council should make the payout to Land and Property Ltd in the case of Victoria Business Park near Roche.
The claim came about after unauthorised alterations […]
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March 17, 2008
September 2004: Interest rates have gone up - they seem to have gone up about ten times since my search started. The rises would literally have put about an extra 100-150 on my monthly payments since I first asked for a quotation.
Important for house buyers to try to budget for the future - be […]
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This budget represents the biggest shake-up to the tax system for twenty years.
Gordon Brown announced significant and radical changes to income tax, personal allowances, small business taxation and investment reliefs.
Everyone’s tax position will change - and as the overall package is roughly revenue neutral - so there are losers as well as […]
Filed by zylstra at March 17th, 2008 under Property insurance
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