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Following his trip around some of the insurance worlds most developed markets, Mark Jones talks to Paul Robertson on the lessons learnt.

A string of strong earnings results as well as positive homes re-sale data in the US thrust the Dow into positive territory today.

The FTSE 100 jumped 9.01 points (0.21%) in early trading, rising to 4203.92 by 8.20 this morning.

The Dow Jones opened marginally lower on Thursday despite leaked 'stress test' results suggesting good news for Bank of America and Citigroup.

The FTSE 100 has continued to slump from this morning's negative opening, shedding 1.25% to 4073.45.

Banks lead a decline in the FTSE 100 in early trading this morning, as the index struggles to maintain yesterday's rally on the back of G20 news, decreasing 20.03 points, or 0.61%, to 4099.94.

The FTSE 100 has opened 33.4 points higher this morning, led by insurance and mining stocks. As of 8:30am, the index had risen 0.88% to 3,838.

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Steep losses for miners pulled the FTSE below 4,250 on Tuesday as lower crude prices continued to hit oil producers.

London's blue chip stock exchange rocketed upon opening as RBS's new executive team axed some long-term boardroom members.