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13 Jul 18
Increased commercial activity is leaving public sector organisations exposed to the vagaries of the market, insurer Zurich Municipal has warned.
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3 Mar 17
CIPFA has called for public bodies to be exempt from insurance premium tax (IPT) in order to cushion the blow of a change in the discount rate applied to personal injury payments.
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1 Mar 17
Public sector finances will be hit by a dramatic upcoming change to the discount rate applied to personal injury payments, a leading insurer has warned.
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9 Jan 17
In summer 2016, Public Finance and insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher teamed up to carry out some research into risk financing in the public sector.
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29 Feb 16
Tests during this winter’s flooding have shown that remotely controlled drones can help guide emergency response and assess the extent of damage
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23 Nov 15
With budgets tight, councils have to protect themselves against cost hikes caused by severe weather. Could risk financing be a way to do this?
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20 Aug 15
The hike in insurance premium tax creates an opportunity to look into alternatives to traditional insurance
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19 Aug 15
As austerity has pushed down on public services, a plethora of risks and uncertainties have popped up in response. A recent Public Finance roundtable debated the issues at stake
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22 May 15
Built upon equal sharing of profit and loss as well as other ethical principles, Islamic finance is prospering in the UK and could provide an alternative approach to managing public funds
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5 May 15
Councils want the momentum towards devolution to be maintained after the election. But there are risks attached to handling the bigger budgets involved