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• Pension buy-outs gathering pace
  The insurance firm Friends Provident becomes the latest big company to off-load part of its pension scheme.
  
  
• Driving ban for quad bike film MP
  An MP filmed riding a quad bike on a public road is disqualified from driving for two months for having no insurance.
  
  
• More credit woe for bond insurer
  US bond insurer MBIA posts a net loss of $2.4bn for the past three month period reflecting the credit market slump.
  
  
• Retail boss fined over PPI sales
  Land of Leather and its chief executive have been fined over a lack of training for staff selling payment insurance.
  
  
• Woman's flood claim money stolen
  An 82-year-old woman whose home was flooded last summer has her insurance money stolen by thieves.
  
  
• AIG posts record loss on bad debt
  Insurance giant AIG posts its biggest ever quarterly loss due to its continuing exposure to bad US mortgage debt.
  
  
• Bouncy castle supervision 'vital'
  A founder of an organisation which represents bouncy castle operators says supervision of children while playing is vital.
  
  
• 'Errors' in insurance price sites
  Some insurance comparison websites give incorrect information, a probe by watchdog the FSA finds.
  
  
• Pension scheme buy-outs to rise
  Some of the UK's biggest employers will offload their pension schemes in the coming year, a report says.
  
  
• How did no-win no-fee change things?
  It's a decade since no-win no-fee rules were extended to most civil court cases, but what change has the now notorious "conditional fee agreement" brought?
  
  
• Inheritance tax for cohabitees
  How can cohabitees mitigate the effect of inheritance tax?
  
  
• India sex workers get life cover
  Female sex workers in the Indian city of Calcutta are given life insurance cover for the first time.
  
  
• EU migrants 'settling across UK'
  Eastern Europeans have settled more widely in the UK than people in earlier waves of migration, a study says.
  
  
• Norwich Union brand to disappear
  Insurer Aviva ditches the 200-year-old Norwich Union brand as it seeks a single identity to compete globally.
  
  
• American insurance chief's honour
  The American chief executive of an insurance firm employing 2,500 in south Wales receives an honorary CBE.
  
  
• US blocks genetic discrimination
  The US Senate passes legislation forbidding discrimination against people because of genetic details.
  
  
• Tax changes: Winners and losers
  There are winners and losers as a result of recent changes to income tax, National Insurance and tax credits.
  
  
• RBS 'plans to sell insurance arm'
  Royal Bank of Scotland is considering selling its insurance firms Direct Line and Churchill, a report suggests.
  
  
• Elderly US pair murdered homeless
  Two elderly women are convicted of charges relating to the murders of two homeless men for life insurance pay-outs.
  
  
• Direct Line restores T5 insurance
  Direct Line is restoring full travel insurance cover to people using Heathrow's recently opened Terminal 5.