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FSA plans are a cause for concern.
One week you commend my criticism of the FSA proposals for a super ombudsman; the next you blissfull...
New look for Eagle Star.
Eagle Star has refunded the full premium to the first customer to buy its insurance since it introdu...
Life assurance as murder motive: the grim catalogue.
One of the biggest stories of the 1870s catapulted industrial branch insurance into the headlines wh...
Brokers have nothing to fear from new database.
We have long been advocates of greater co-operation across the London market, believing that the mar...
Time for a rethink?
The rate at which captive insurance companies are being set up seems to have slowed and some commentators suggest they are not being used appropriately. Tony Dowding asks whether the advantages to owning a captive are as strong as they once were.
Merger shows way forward for insurers.
The annoucement that Commercial Union and General Accident are to merge is an example of British ins...
Football club's policies for fans playing at home.
Derby County football supporters are to benefit from a club insurance service offering car, building...
Agencies must be doing something right.
I write in response to Christopher Lennon's letter ('Why dealing with recruitment agencies can be ve...
Nationwide Building Society criticises plans.
The Nationwide Building Society has criticised plans by other mortgage lenders to review their requi...
Hong Kong scrum choice.
A managing partner from insurance litigation specialists Horwich Farrelly Solicitors, has been selec...
RSA looks to M&A for global strength.
Royal & Sunalliance announced that it intends to strengthen its life assurance and asset management ...
Database will try to put words in brokers' mouths.
Over 6000 of the most commonly used wordings in the London market will be available on a new databas...
Appointment at Hillman Saunders.
Hillman Saunders has appointed two experienced recruitment consultants to its new Croydon operation....
FSA to lead the way.
FSA chairman Howard Davies will be explaining how he intends to make the FSA a world leading financi...
Great Jersey robbery.
Jersey was hit by one of the largest robberies in recent years, when thieves systematically raided t...
HBC sponsors amateur boxing.
The best of Britain's amateur boxers packed a punch in Birmingham last week at the National Amateur ...
Seeing both sides of the argument.
Having worked in the insurance and recruitment industries, I felt I had to comment on recent letters...
Strength at the SEAM.
Scottish Equitable Asset Management (SEAM) has strengthened its exposure to Pacific equities that ha...
Reviving vital pound signs.
Insurers could end up the unseen casualties in emergency rooms around the country if the government succeeds in making them pay the NHS costs of road crash victims. Alan Probert reports.
Baltica picks Toplis.
Colonia Baltica has appointed McLarens Toplis as exclusive claims handling agent and loss adjuster i...
CSC Ra Group changes.
CSC Ra Group has announced changes to its general insurance office systems, designed to help brokers...
NU prospers after flotation.
Norwich Union (NU) has announced a pre-tax profit for 1997 of £722m in its preliminary results - a 3...
Government slammed by AIRMIC over EL insurance.
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) has attacked government proposals to impose ...