Hebdenbridge News

29/11/2022

Arch Capital Group Ltd and AEGIS London have become the latest (re)insurance companies to commit not to provide any coverage to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. They join 19 other (re)insurers, including four of the world's biggest (re)insurance companies – Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re, and SCOR – in refusing to supply coverage to the pipeline....

29/11/2022

Whether it is a trip back home to loved ones or a Christmas vacation overseas, Pioneer Insurance is making traveling this holiday season less worrisome for Filipinos by making accessible, what has now become a travel essential, travel insurance through several convenient channels and payment options. Pioneer offers various travel insurance products, both for domestic and international trips, providing financial assistance when inconveniences happen – be it an emergency medical treatment including COVID-19 infection, accident, baggage mishaps, and flight delays....

29/11/2022

Yours truly picked three of the seven cars that made it onto the Car of the Year 2023 shortlist. From a long list of 27, the 58 jurors (of which Autocar gets a space as one, being a sponsor of the organization) each got to nominate seven cars in no particular order and the seven with the most votes made it onto the shortlist....

29/11/2022

(Bloomberg) -- Bulls getting comfortable with Federal Reserve rate-hike policy have another threat to contend with, one that a team at Morgan Stanley says has the potential to send stocks to fresh lows. Most Read from Bloomberg It's the unwinding of a decade-old program to flood the economy with cash, known colloquially as quantitative easing, and now, as it's undone, quantitative tightening....

29/11/2022

According to the World Bank Group, financial inclusion is a crucial tool for reducing extreme poverty and fostering shared prosperity, yet the more innovation we have in the financial sector, the more gaps that we have left to cover. Digital Banking in Africa also reported that about 57% of the population is unbanked, and one of their major problems is the high illiteracy level, especially among farmers and rural dwellers....

29/11/2022

Cyber ​​insurers today largely serve enterprise-scale firms. Their services are open to SMEs, but - said John Stenton, Head of Information Technology at Thrive Homes and a panellist at Computing's Cybersecurity Festival this month - "maybe they just don't know they can get help." IT budgets have climbed in the last two years, but at the same time the climbing rate of cyber-attacks has sent the price of cyber insurance soaring nearly 400%, as insurers look for a sweet spot in risk versus revenue....

29/11/2022

Mobility equipment supplier Rehasense has partnered with Fish Insurance in offering an insurance policy on manual wheelchairs fitted with its Power Assisted Wheelchair Systems (PAWS) range of power add-ons. In the last few years there has been a significant growth in the sales of power add-ons for manual wheelchairs, according to Fish Insurance, which has given users of manual chairs all the benefits enjoyed by powerchair and mobility scooter users while maintaining the comfort and practicality of their often-custom built wheelchair....

29/11/2022

Traveller's site at Matlock railway station car park. A Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting heard that there is a verbal agreement between Cllr Garry Purdy and The Heights of Abraham in Matlock Bath. This agreement, which was made in private and without the knowledge or consent of the council, taxpayers and the other 38 councillors, will limit the homeless Gypsy family to just over nine weeks at the Matlock Bath station coach park....

29/11/2022

Kia India is one of the fastest-growing automobile manufacturers in India. They have now announced that Kia will be entering into the certified pre-owned car business. They call it 'Kia CPO' and it will provide customer's facility to sell, buy or exchange pre-owned cars. The brand is planning to open more than 30 outlets by the end of 2022. By: …...

29/11/2022

Tysers Insurance Brokers Names Former Chubb Exec Kendrick as Chair Tysers Insurance Brokersthe London-based broker, announced the appointment of Andrew Kendrick as non-executive chair. The appointment is effective Dec. 1, 2022, and subject to regulatory approval. Peter Haynes will remain as chair until approval for Kendrick's appointment is provided by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Andrew Kendrick Kendrick is a former non-executive director of Lloyd's of London, the Lloyd's Market Association and Russian Reinsurance Co....

29/11/2022

L&T Finance Holdings, part of the financial services space, has picked up momentum after retesting crucial support levels and most of the technical indicators also suggest an upside of about 50%, suggest experts. The stock has rallied over 48% from its March low of Rs 58. It hit a 52-week high of Rs 92 on 22 April, 2022, but it failed to hold on to the momentum....

29/11/2022

There are estimated to be over half a million battery-electric cars on the roads in the UK, which isn't including the 405,000 plug-in hybrids that are also registered. And with plans from the British government to stop the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, it's likely we'll see the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road continue to climb....

29/11/2022

(Michelle Bicol/Daily Titan) Michelle Bicol American Sign Language, abbreviated as ASL, is one of the most commonly used languages ​​in the United States and the fourth most studied second language at American universities. However, it is not offered as a language class in most public high schools. ASL should be offered in high schools to teach students to empathize with people who are deaf or hard of hearing and to better support students who are deaf....

29/11/2022

A Dumfriesshire IT firm has teamed up with a neighboring high school to help plug Scotland's tech skills gap. By: Scott Reid 3 minutes ago: Updated: 29th Nov 2022, 7:31am ETB Technologies' initiative comes as recent research by digital infrastructure company Equinix revealed that 67 percent of IT decision-makers in the UK view a shortage of tech skills as one of the main threats to their business....

29/11/2022

EVER wondered if your car is more of a Sheila than a Sharon? An online name generator is helping dozens of drivers give their vehicle the right name. 1 A new generator comes up with names for your car By entering a range of your own personality features, you can get ahead of the curve to make sure you've got the right moniker for your motor....

EVER wondered if your car is more of a Sheila than a Sharon?

29/11/2022

Thukten Zangpo The finance minister introduced the Pay Structure Reform Bill 2022 at the National Council yesterday after the National Assembly passed it as a money Bill. Introducing the Bill, the Finance Minister Namgay Tshering said that the Bill was about re-structuring the existing pay and allowances and not about increasing. "This will address the fundamental structural issues in the pay revision in the future."...