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Equitable Life Steps Up Pressure for Compensation
The management of the failed U.K. mutual life insurer Equitable Life Assurance Society has increased pressure on the government in its long-running attempt to win "fair and ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 8, 2010
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UK Lawyer: Equitable Payout Would 'Pale' Against Bank Rescue
The government's planned compensation for policyholders in failed U.K. mutual life insurer Equitable Life Assurance Society would likely "pale into insignificance" against what has ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 2, 2010
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New UK Government Stirs Up Financial Sector as It Moves to Reform Supervisory Agencies
David Cameron and Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats. The government's current chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne of the Tories, stirred the waters in the City last ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 1, 2010
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Equitable Life CEO Backs U.K. Ombudsman on Compensation
Equitable Life Assurance Society. In a report, Ann Abraham, the ombudsman, told both houses of Parliament that she was "deeply disappointed that the government chose to reject many ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 11, 2009
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U.K. Parliamentary Panel Attacks Government on Equitable Life Compensation
December 2000 after losing a crucial court case. "We are disappointed that the government has chosen to act as judge on its own behalf by rejecting and qualifying a number of the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 24, 2009
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U.K. Government to Compensate Victims of Equitable Life Collapse
Pointing to serious regulatory failures, the U.K government announced plans to compensate victims of Equitable Life Assurance Society, the mutual brought down by its failure to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 16, 2009
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U.K. Ombudsman Attacks Equitable Life Regulation, Urges Compensation
Equitable Life Assurance Society. The report, titled "Equitable Life: A Decade of Regulatory Failure," attacked the government, the Financial Services Authority, the Government ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 17, 2008
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U.K. Ombudsman to Report on Equitable Life
Equitable Life Assurance Society. If Ann Abraham recommends the government compensate Equitable Life policyholders, it could cost as much as an estimated 3 billion pounds (3.75 ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 14, 2008
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Perspectives: A European Parliament Inquiry Into the U.K. Life Insurer's Failure Suggests the Remedy Is -- More EU Oversight
Equitable Life Assurance Society, a U.K. mutual with more than a million policyholders, collapsed in 2000 after coming up short on promised payouts on certain policies, and ended ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 18, 2007
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Equitable Life Report Blasts U.K. Regulators
Life Assurance Society, a report that levels harsh criticism at U.K. regulators. Prepared by the EP's Committee of Inquiry, the 385-page report contains several findings that do ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 13, 2007
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A 'More Secure' Equitable Life Reports 3.5% Increase in Value of With-Profits Pensions
Equitable Life Assurance Society, the U.K. mutual, has reported a 3.5% increase in values in its U.K. with-profits pensions policies. This figure, delivered with Equitable Life's ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 1, 2005
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Study Urges Broader Probe Into Woes of U.K.'s Equitable
August 2001 and headed by Lord Penrose. EMAG said it supports the Penrose inquiry but doesn't see the Treasury as completely impartial, since, in EMAG's view, Treasury is partly ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 28, 2003
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