News
Utopia or wasteland.
Is recruitment in the south east thriving or struggling, asks Ian Bowen. The south east is a micr...
Axa up and down.
Sun Life and Provincial Holdings has announced new business figures for its life and pensions operat...
Thinking global but acting local.
Global insurer Axa is growing ever bigger. Chief executive of Axa Sun Life & Provincial Holdings, Mark Wood, talks to Francis Higney about European strategy, industry regulation and the implications of the euro.
Artemis share deal.
French investment group Artemis has entered into an agreement with the Life Insurance Association of...
Award for Mayban.
Mayban Life Assurance was awarded the Life Insurance Company of the Year at the Asia Insurance Award...
GISC may take on claims regulation.
Regulation of claims could become the responsibility of the new General Insurance Standards Council,...
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Steve Burridge has been made manager of the services and consumer products customer group within Ace...
Bermudians go head to head for Capital Re.
A battle has broken out in the Bermudan insurance sector over the future of New York-based reinsurer...
Hiccup for Bill.
The progress of the Financial Services and Markets Bill faced more disruption following the latest g...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS A court battle that could affect millions of company pension scheme members is warmin...
Train crash piles on misery for in-trouble St Paul.
The Paddington train disaster has come at a bad time for St Paul. The US-based insurer of both tra...
Mis-selling still too high.
The Personal Investment Authority has reported worrying levels of potential mis-selling in its fifth...
Appointment at CNA Insurance (Europe).
Adam Mason has strengthened its London underwriting team with the appointment of Adam Mason as casua...
Fit for the job?
As risk management climbs the corporate ladder, are risk managers themselves up to the job? Anthony Gould reports on this and other issues arising out of last month's Institute of Risk Management conference.
Appointment at Audatex.
Audatex, provider of computerised accident damage estimating, has bolstered its sales team by appoin...
Appointment at Midas IT Staffing Solutions.
Lucy Gould has been appointed as permanent recruitment consultant with Midas IT Staffing Solutions a...
Groupama cars in full cycle.
Groupama - the UK company formed from the integration of Gan and Lombard - is to release its private...
New Scottish plan.
Scottish Provident has chosen Computer Sciences Corporation's GraphTalk AIA to launch the new genera...
Goshawk not held back by marine
Listed Lloyd's vehicle Goshawk Insurance Holdings, the holding company for managing agency Gammell Ke...
Exposed Legal & General boosted by IFA business
Legal & General - which is now widely seen as a takeover target following its aborted attempt to be a...
Bradstock to restructure
Insurance and reinsurance broker Bradstock is to pursue a radical restructuring of its business - to ...
World-Wide Reassurance buys British & European's life business
Specialist life reassurer World-Wide Reassurance has acquired the life reinsurance portfolio of Briti...
FSA gives Y2K update
The Financial Services Authority said only seven companies in the financial services sector were now ...
Britannic falls short of launching United bid
Insurer Britannic has not ruled out making a bid for life group United Assurance. Although it confirm...