Allianz UK has reported a 5.5% rise in gross written premiums last year to £4.66bn with profit surging ahead. The growth has followed topping £4bn of premium for the first time in 2023. Operating profit rose 52% to £367.8m in 2024 as the combined operating ratio improved year-on-year from 96.9% to 95%. In commercial lines, … Read more
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Sandy West Jagdish Whitten was on a run in July 2023 when a car hit him as he crossed a busy San Francisco street. Whitten, then 25, described doing “a little flip” over the vehicle and landing in the street before getting himself to the curb. Concerned onlookers called an ambulance. But Whitten instead had … Read more
The Post Office has made its first official apology to subpostmasters who used its faulty Capture accounting software and were blamed and punished for unexplained shortfalls. Ken Tooby received a letter from a senior executive who “apologised sincerely and unreservedly” on behalf of the Post Office for “failings and impact” on Tooby’s late wife … Read more
In recent months, disease surveillance has identified increases in cases and fatalities on three occasions across different areas of the country, which triggered follow-up investigations to confirm the cause and provide needed support, WHO said in a statement. Symptoms include fever, headache, chills, sweating, stiff neck, muscle aches, multiple joint pain and body aches, a runny … Read more