Women leave life cover off critical list

Women across the country are risking their families' future security by failing to take out insurance to protect their dependants if they were to become ill and be unable to work. More and more women are finding themselves as their household's main wage earner as the recession claims thousands of jobs, the number of single parent families continue to r...- 16/05/2010, Insurance

The Business Diary: Pressman's gang of business cameos queue up for Wall Street sequel

Ed Pressman is the Hollywood producer responsible for a string of business-inspired films, including Thank You for Smoking, American Psycho and, of course, Wall Street. The producer is currently working on Money Never Sleeps, a sequel to the 1987 classic, in which he again teams up with director Oliver Stone and actor Michael Douglas, who returns in th...- 07/03/2010, Business News

Cullum 'lost £17m' when his Towergate company collapsed

Insurance tycoon Peter Cullum, the executive chairman of Towergate, is believed to have personally lost £17m in the pre-pack administration of his company's financial services arm earlier in the year. - 30/08/2009, Business News

Master the credit gap: How to found your business studies

As business schools up and down the land will testify, recession can be great for business. Many people – the newly redundant, the employed-but-insecure, and anxious career-changers – tend to seek the reassurance of a postgraduate qualification to help them gain an edge in a competitive job market, or gainfully pass the time until the econom- 18/06/2009, Vocational Study

Scoop!: How two students set up an ice cream business

Two years ago Carlo Del Mistro, 27, from Lake Como in northern Italy, was working as a strategist with Lehman Brothers in London – but he didn't see his future in banking. He left to take a full-time MBA at London Business School, where his wife Simone was also doing a one-year Masters in finance course. "I wanted to do something entrepreneurial,...- 09/04/2009, MBAs Guide

Towergate calls in KPMG to help restructure its debt

Towergate Partnership, which describes itself as Europe's largest independently owned insurance group, is believed to have drafted in restructuring experts from accountancy firm KPMG to tackle its debt mountain, months after it agreed a covenant waiver with its banks. - 29/03/2009, Business News

Norwich end Cullum talks

Norwich have broken off negotiations with billionaire Peter Cullum over a possible takeover of the Coca-Cola Championship club. The 57-year-old executive chairman of the Towergate Partnership, who is ranked in the top 40 of Britain's rich list, last week announced he was prepared to plough £20million into the Carrow Road side. Norwich resp...- 11/07/2008, Football League

Norwich set for takover talks

Businessman Peter Cullum has revealed Norwich have agreed to meet him to discuss his bid to take control of the club. The 57-year-old executive chairman of the award-winning Towergate Partnership and ranked in the top 40 of Britain's rich list last week announced he was prepared to plough £20million into the Carrow Road side. Norwich respo...- 08/07/2008, Football League

Margareta Pagano: Financial experts are eating humble pie – as well as cheap risotto

In these frugal days, buying Tesco's mushroom risotto for £1.99 rather than paying double at Marks & Spencer looks a good deal. Even the better-off are now going to cheaper shops to save on food now that petrol costs as much as gold. It's this change in behaviour that is hurting Marks & Spencer so badly and which prompted last week's profit warning.- 06/07/2008, Margareta Pagano

Me And My MBA: A £2bn turnover in 10 years

Back in the Seventies, the insurance industry was very conservative, recalls the insurance mogul Peter Cullum, 57. As a 24 year-old, he had the audacity to challenge the received wisdom of the business world.- 12/06/2008, MBAs Guide

Up the creek: How a dream of escape became a real-life nightmare

To any former chum browsing Friends Reunited, there was little enough remarkable about John Darwin's posting in January 2002. "Taught... for 18 years before leaving teaching to join Barclays Bank," he wrote. "At present, work for Prison Service and have portfolio of properties. Married to a convent girl... we have two grown-up sons and two dogs. Recently - 09/12/2007, Crime

The Darwins: an evolving family drama that captivated the nation

The nation has learned a great deal this week about a nobody named John Darwin, who is at Kirkleatham police station, in Cleveland, helping with inquiries into allegations of fraud. - 08/12/2007, Crime

So when did Anne Darwin know her husband was alive?

John Darwin's family reunion splintered into an acrimonious dispute yesterday as his wife admitted a photograph of the couple 17 months before he "came back from the dead" was genuine.- 07/12/2007, Home News

Market Report: MOL the new name in frame for Premier Oil bid

Although the cynical observer might say that talk of a bid for Premier Oil has been so regular it is bound to be correct eventually, at least this time punters had a name and a potential price to get stuck into. - 28/11/2007, Business Analysis & Features

Recruitment: Join the world of the risk-takers

Terrorism, kidnappings, global warming, international art smuggling: the job of the insurance salesman is a lot more exciting (and dangerous) than in the days of Willy Loman. Today's underwriters and actuaries are as accustomed to insuring against the risk of flash floods or suicide bombings as they are against fire and theft. - 18/10/2007, Getting a Job