THE THREE founders of Workplace Technologies, the network services group, yesterday received multi-million pound payouts after the business was acquired for pounds 81m by NTL, the Nasdaq-listed company poised to become Britain's largest cable operator.

CHILDREN SEXUALLY and physically abused in privately run homes and schools may get little or no compensation for their horrific experiences.

INSURANCE COMPANIES never tire of telling their customers to pay out more money now to guarantee a healthy income later in life and Norwich Union takes its own advice.

HILTON GROUP, owner of theHilton International chain, the Stakis leisure group and the Ladbroke betting shops, has exchanged conditional contracts with Norwich Union, the life assurance company, to sell nine hotels for pounds 68.8m.

IF YOU live in Glamorgan and play the National Lottery, you should look very carefully under the bed, in your old clothes or down the side of the sofa. Because someone there has until midnight tomorrow to find that winning ticket and claim a prize of pounds 171,000. If they don't, they will forfeit the winnings.

As the wedding season flourishes, Iain Morse takes a close look at the best ways partners can plan their future finances

Easy though it is not to worry about financing our retirement, younger pensioners must now address the future.

Adventurous they are not, but with the Footsie in the lead, tracker funds perform well.

If a camel is a horse designed by a committee, then the ISA has clearly come from the same stable

Bob Mendelsohn

The carpetbaggers are back - and this time they want some life insurance. By Teresa Hunter

Market Report

Competition is rife in the life-insurance market, but the cheapest isn't always the best.

Why insurance fraud is not a victimless crime. By Paul Slade