News
HBC warns on salvage.
A leading salvage company has told insurers it can only retain all of its current panel by operating...
It could be you.
This week sees the start of the call for entries for the British Insurance Awards. They are unrivalled as the premier showcase for excellence in the UK insurance market so make sure you do not miss out.
Barclays' safe fund.
Barclays Global Investors intend to launch a new traded endowment policy fund which offers high capi...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A zoo is being sued for £600,000 by a man who claims gorillas pelted his son ...
Virtually challenging.
Post Magazine and Winchester White surveyed UK insurers' attitudes to outsourcing and the move towar...
Senior self-help.
A Shropshire-based broker has come up with a scheme to help senior international business brokers wh...
Worse before better.
The head of one of Thailand's major life insurers has predicted that the country's ongoing recession...
British Council of Shopping Centres launches a video.
Today the British Council of Shopping Centres launches a video, sponsored by Royal & Sun Alliance, t...
Boom for Brokat.
E-services software provider Brokat has put its recent record share prices down to the dramatic incr...
Arrogant? Perhaps, but I'm right too.
I write in response to Gerry Loughney's letter (Let's hear it for adjusting's finer points, PM 21 Ja...
Men staying on this mortal coil for longer.
Male mortality is improving faster than female, according to recent figures from the Faculty & Insti...
Time to talk.
The private medical insurance market is not the most united of sectors but changes could be seen by the summer, reports David Fanning.
Next generation.
Insurance companies preparing for the future have to embrace technological advances and build target-specific business models - or fall behind, says Richard Griffiths.
IFAs should adapt to shake-up.
Independent financial advisers will have to adapt and change in response to the pensions shake-up, c...
Hunt for a buyer.
The Life Insurance Association of Japan is still in negotiations with prospective buyers for Aoba Li...
PIA investigates firms.
The Pension Investment Authority has announced that two companies appear to have failed to meet the ...
Third time out for thieves.
The insurance industry has welcomed the government's latest two-pronged offensive against domestic b...
System hailed as 'the future of claims handling'.
Insurers have been urged to adopt new practices or continue to suffer fraudulent personal injury cla...
Lloyd's impresses market with plan.
Lloyd's seems to have impressed the market and regulators with its regulatory plan. Particularly imp...
Branson's £5m campaign targets virgin savers.
Virgin Direct has launched a £5m advertising campaign aimed at raising awareness of government savin...
Finn end of the wedge.
Finland is to get a new insurance industry regulator in the spring. From April, the Insurance Superv...
Keeping Mum in court.
A six-year-old child is suing his mother in the Canadian courts for mental and physical injuries sus...
Insurers accused of ignoring low income people.
The Office of Fair Trading has slammed the insurance industry for ignoring the needy in favour of th...
New business up 60%.
The Bank of Ireland-owned Lifetime Assurance has recorded strong growth in 1998 with a 60% rise in n...