now she s moved out. you re sat here in a flammable flat 2a hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. my mental health was in absolute bits. but alison s building, like hundreds of others, isn t being made safe. managing agents who act for the building s freeholders are refusing to sign contracts with the government to release the funding. nigel glen represents the agents. he says the contract, while paying for cladding problems, makes them liable for all other fire safety defects. we represent 325 managing agents none of them have signed. we ve talked to freeholders, we ve talked to cladding action groups, and as far as i know, none of them have signed. it s a really difficult situation. we re talking here of hundreds of blocks, potentially hundreds of thousands of people, and we just can t sign it, because by doing so, you take on the liability which would render
process by implementing the northern ireland protocol, which ensures no border checks on the island of ireland but forces inspections on goods entering northern ireland from the rest of britain. mr poots says the protocol was having a devastating impact and leading to violence on the streets. the european commission says it rejects any suggestion it no longer cares about the peace process. the uk s biggest seller of building supplies, travis perkins, is warning of considerable cost increases to raw materials due to shortages. the company says surging demand as lockdown eases, as well as problems with the supply chain, mean bagged cement will rise by 15%, chipboard by 10% and paint by 5%. the government will miss its deadline for completing applications for £5 billion s worth of funding to remove flammable cladding in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy. the bbc understands that managing agents who administer most tower blocks with dangerous cladding have yet to sign any contracts
finds himself as opposition leader, that would be something he could exploit. that would be something he could exloit. . ~ that would be something he could exloit. ., ~ i. the government will miss its deadline for completing applications for £5 billion worth of funding, to remove flammable cladding from tower blocks in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy. the bbc understands that managing agents who administer most of the properties with dangerous cladding have yet to sign any contracts with the government which would release funding. hundreds of thousands of people remain concerned they won t be able to clean up their homes. here s our business correspondent, sarah corker. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. unless that agreement is signed, we re stuck and we re trapped. making a very difficult situation for leaseholders far, far worse. a chorus of concern about the government s building safety fund £5 billion has been set aside to remove flammable claddin
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Lloyd’s, London Market Insurance Companies and DXC Technology partner to transform the technology and digital processing that powers the world’s largest insurance marketplace
27/05/2021
Lloyd’s, DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the Boards of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA), and the IUA (International Underwriting Association) have signed new Heads of Terms which will support the ambition set out in the Future at Lloyd’s Blueprint Two to build the world’s most advanced digital and technology led insurance market place.
The parties confirmed that this new arrangement followed many months of discussion, product development and early solution workshops that will provide accuracy, speed and processing power to the London insurance markets. The new technology and digital processing capabilities will support the ambition to allow a customer to get cover more quickly and support faster claims payments.