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LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Mutual society Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company said its offer for British motor insurer Highway Insurance Plc. has been declared wholly unconditional.  

The UK's goods trade gap with the rest of the world narrows slightly in August, the latest official data shows.  

A Leading UK provider of Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (Accident, Sickness and Unemployment) has announced it will increasing rates from Monday 13th October. The increases are as a result increased unemployment claims and will hit UK consumers in the pocket as the economy worsens.  

Several species of fungi new to the UK have been unearthed by mushroom experts at the National Trust's Clumber Park.  

Belgium-based Fortis Group has confirmed its continued ownership of 100% participation in Fortis Insurance International, which comprises its wholly owned insurance activities in the UK, France and Hong Kong and its joint ventures in Luxembourg, Portugal, China, Malaysia, India and Thailand.  

Over 50s Car Insurance provider Castle Cover extends the amount of insurers on it's panel.  

Why has the UK government decided to inject nearly $90 billion of taxpayers' money into banks and lend them a further $350 billion?  

Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers are considering a fivefold increase in deposit insurance for consumers across the EU after failing to agree on a U.S.-style bank-bailout fund to stem the deepening global credit crunch.  

Taiwan's premier said Tuesday the island was doubling the amount of insurance it offers on bank accounts as it seeks to bolster consumer confidence in the wake of the world financial crisis.  

High street bank Alliance & Leicester has been fined a record £7 million for "serious failings" over selling techniques for payment protection insurance (PPI).  

Eleven of the UK’s leading health insurers have united to form the Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group in a bid to crack down on healthcare fraud. ...  

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Washington policy-makers had no choice but to rescue American International Group Inc after a dramatic investor crisis left the giant insurer starved for cash, New York insurance chief Eric Dinallo told lawmakers on Tuesday.  

PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold a meeting with French banking and insurance bosses on Monday at 1430 GMT, his office said in a statement. Sarkozy held a similar meeting last Tuesday to review the financial situation with the heads of the country's biggest banks...  

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd (SHA 601318; HK 2318) said it will book an investment loss of 15.7 bln yuan in its third quarter financial results from its stake in Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis.  

The head of the FDIC is asking for an increase in premiums that will double the average paid by U.S. banks and thrifts next year to replenish the deposit insurance fund.