Regulation
Cunningham Lindsey strengthens environmental team
Cunningham Lindsey has promoted liability specialist Graham Hawkins to lead its environmental solutions team.
Insurance Insight November: Exclusive online content now live
Insurance Insight November is now live with a review of the Polish general insurance market, and a close look at changes to supervisory authorities due to be enforced next year in the EU, as well as our regular View From the Top slot this month on…
Post Europe November: Exclusive online content now live
Post Europe November is now live with a review of the Polish general insurance market, and a close look at changes to supervisory authorities due to be enforced next year in the EU, as well as our regular View From the Top slot this month on…
Post Europe: Ceiops is dead, long live Eiopa!
Existing committees of EU supervisors for the European insurance sector are being transformed from 1 January 2011 into supervisory authorities with firm powers. Vic Wyman assesses what the impact of this regulatory change will be.
Ceiops is dead, long live Eiopa!
Existing committees of EU supervisors for the European insurance sector are being transformed from 1 January 2011 into supervisory authorities with firm powers. Vic Wyman assesses what the impact of this regulatory change will be.
Post Europe View from the Top: Environmental insurance comes of age
Environmental insurance, once labeled as difficult to obtain, data intensive and expensive, has come of age. With a 15-year history in the UK and Europe, and 30 in the US, the environmental market has developed and has the strength and maturity to…
View from the Top: Environmental insurance comes of age
Environmental insurance, once labeled as difficult to obtain, data intensive and expensive, has come of age. With a 15-year history in the UK and Europe, and 30 in the US, the environmental market has developed and has the strength and maturity to…
Government sets 23 March 2011 Budget Day
The Government has confirmed when its next Budget will be.
Insurers appalled over surgeon’s ‘voluntary erasure’
Health insurers were “astonished” to be given only 24 hours to respond to a Harley Street surgeon’s application for ‘voluntary erasure’ from the medical register — after four years of building a case of evidence regarding improper conduct.
Environmental liability - Toxic sludge: No fudge over sludge
The recent high profile toxic sludge incident in Hungary has been described as a 'tragedy' by the country's government. Ralph Savage reports how experts from the rural insurance and legal communities and further afield are assessing the situation.
ECJ ruling delivers blowover outsourcing VAT costs
VAT experts have predicted insurance companies could be liable for increased costs, after being dealt a blow by the European Court of Justice.
Comment - Competition commission: Devising the solution
The Competition Commission has delivered its final verdict on the UK payment protection insurance market. Martin Jenns reports on the result, what this means for the sector and how it can move forward.
MIB mulls appeal followingoverseas motor injury ruling
The Motor Insurers' Bureau is facing a surge in personal injury claims, following a landmark appeal court ruling last week.
Wildnet launches Solvency II compliancy tool
Wildnet's new coverholder product aims to help Lloyd's businesses become compliant in the run-up to Solvency II.
Coverholders - Client money: Keeping it separate
Proper segregation of client money is a burning issue at the Financial Services Authority. Ben Hobby looks at what coverholders and their underwriters can do to make sure a clients' money is held correctly.
Post Magazine – 4 November 2010
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
FSA delays Remuneration Code publication
The Financial Services Authority has delayed the publication of its final rules on the Remuneration Code until December.
FSA delays Remuneration Code publication
The Financial Services Authority has delayed the publication of its final rules on the Remuneration Code until December.
Post in print - 4 November 2010
Reporter Amy Ellis outlines the main news from this week's issue of Post.
Post in print - 4 November 2010
Reporter Amy Ellis outlines the main news from this week's issue of Post.
Ireland gets tough on boards with new code
The Central Bank of Ireland has ruled that the "buck stops" with companies' boards of directors amid publication of a new set of corporate governance practices.
News analysis - Lord Young report: Sense of anticipation
David Smith gives an insurer's view of Lord Young's report, and finds there is a great deal that the public and private sectors can unite behind.
News analysis - RSA's emerging markets strategy: On the way up
The major UK insurance groups are currently setting out their stalls with regards to emerging markets. Mairi MacDonald met up with RSA's Paul Whittaker and Paul Holmes in Dubai to get the lowdown on its plans for this sector.
Biba vows to fight on despite FSCS review delays
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has vowed to lobby hard for an overhaul of the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme after the Financial Services Authority delayed its consultation on the issue.