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• The audacity to 'fart in the elevator' and the lingering anger over the AIG bailout

  9 Oct 2014: The government gave AIG a $180bn bailout. The company’s former CEO is suing, claiming that the bailout robbed him of the value of his shares. Chris Arnade shares what he learned about this breed of audacity during his years on Wall Street
  

• US designed bailout to 'punish' AIG over financial crisis, court hears

  8 Oct 2014: Former Treasury secretaries Tim Geithner and Hank Paulson testify during former AIG chief’s lawsuit against government

• Court rules consultation over payout curbs for asbestos-related cancer illegal

  7 Oct 2014: High court judge finds exercise unfair to mesothelioma victims in MoJ’s second judicial review defeat in weeks

• Former Tory donor raises Ukip donation to £1m over Hague comments

  1 Oct 2014: Insurance millionaire Arron Banks increases pledge to Ukip by 1,000% as Conservatives dismisses scale of his past donations

• Livestock insurance could protect cattle-herders in Africa from drought

  Guardian Professional, 30 Sep 2014: Using data from satellite imagery, insurers can assess the impact of drought on the vegetation that livestock need to survive. Could this be a lifeline for Kenyan farmers?

• Bank of England to subject insurance company bosses to tougher scrutiny

  25 Sep 2014: Governor Mark Carney tells insurance industry their managers ‘should be more clearly held accountable for their actions’

• Aviation insurance claims have risen after string of disasters, says Lloyd’s

  25 Sep 2014: Losses of Malaysia Airlines flights MH370 and MH17 contribute to claims rising to 10 times the cost of insurance premiums

• Car insurance industry faces shakeup over price comparison websites

  24 Sep 2014: Watchdog report calls for end to exclusive deals on comparison websites, but fails to tackle courtesy car costs

• Fraudulent insurance claims running at 500 a day

  17 Sep 2014: First comprehensive survey shows 180,000 false insurance claims in 2013 and suggests £2bn of undetected fraud each year

• Home Protect’s £400 price hike for ‘no subsidence’ and another person’s claim

  15 Sep 2014: Consumer advice: My parents buildings insurance policy was cancelled for non-existent problems

• Payment insurance co-ops popular in Netherlands are reaching UK shores

  Guardian Professional, 15 Sep 2014: Since the first bread fund was launched in 2006, the idea has caught on in the Netherlands but can trust-based income protection take off in the UK?

• John McFarlane's blunt style could be handy at Barclays

  12 Sep 2014: Aviva's all-action chairman must remind Barclays staff why shareholders deserve a fairer cut

• John McFarlane named Barclays chairman

  12 Sep 2014:

  Bank's appointment of 67-year-old triggers boardroom changes at other companies he chairs, including insurer Aviva

• RBS will leave Scotland if voters back independence

  11 Sep 2014: Statement follows Lloyds saying it would quit as concern deepens for financial consequences for mortgages and retail operations

• BP urges Scotland to vote against independence

  10 Sep 2014: Chief executive says North Sea oil best served by Scotland staying in UK

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