AUDITOR ERNST & YOUNG may yet settle their £2bn case our of court with Equitable Life as the prospect is "inching closer", reports this morning's Guardian newspaper.
A BAN on smoking in pubs and restaurants is likely to lose the Treasury an estimated £1.8bn a year in tax, says this morning's Daily Telegraph .
SMOKERS IN their 40s are more likely to die in their 60s than non-smokers, according to a life insurance report published in the Guardian .
Wesleyan Assurance and Liverpool Victoria top an Ernst & Young review of the financial strength of UK life offices, respectively taking first place in rankings according to realistic and statutory free asset ratios.