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Monday 31 October 2016 6:30 amWe can renew London once again post-Brexit ndash; if we channel the can-do spirit of our ancestors in facing up to our housing and infrastructure challengesBy: Bruce DearShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppE stanley isolierkanne mailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleLondonhas always risen again.This is the 350th anniversary of its greatest resurrection. Our ancestors in 1666 reacted to the Great Fire with a speed and coordination that defies belief. They tax-incentivised developers, ran the first national charitable appeal, invented modern fire insurance, and worked day and night for free. Compared with the Great Fire, Brexit is barely a gnat bite. As we deal with it, we should be inspired by their resilient example.We must fight as hard as they did to renew London s infrastructure and housing. A city that cannot provide homes, healthcare and easy travel for its people is a city that cannot succeed.As part of Evershedsrsquo; Illuminating Insights Museum of London series, we hosted a panel last week with Bill Hughes, head of real assets at Legal General Investment Management, and John Dickie, head of strategy and policy at London First. polene espana We focused on Londonrsquo infrastructure and housing challenges, as it strives to remain a pre-eminent global stanley thermobecher city. Cyclical housing and infrastructure crises are a perennial part of Londonrsquo success, as ever more millions come to l Shxi Centtrip: Leading FX entrepreneurs launch travel currency startup in London

Tuesday 01 March 2011 8:38 pm|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 11:26 amCity backlash against ECJ insurance ruleBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleMOTOR insurers and annuity providers attacked a European Court of stanley butelka Justice ECJ ruling that banned insurers from using gender to calculate policy prices yesterday.The ruling will mean women no longer pay lower car insurance premiums than men despite male drivers under 21 being twice as likely as young women stanley de to have a crash. Annuity providers will also be unable to offer men higher payments than women although they live about two-and-a-half years less. Life and medical cover will also be affected by the ban, which takes effect in 2012.City experts condemned the move. In defiance of common sense and logic, insurers will be barred from pricing their products on the basis of risk,r stanley kubek dquo; said Ros Altmann, director-general of over-50s insurer Saga. The Association of British Insurers estimates the ruling will add 25 per cent to car insurance for women under 25; reduce menrsquo retirement income by eight per cent and add 20 per cent to womenrsquo life insurance. Darren Philp at the National Association of Pension Funds said the ruling would lead to a worsening of peoplersquo pension incomes.Mohammad Khan, director of PwCrsquo actuarial practice, said: The majority of motor