Regulation
Duty and the beast
Legal Report
Hugh James plans volume claims push
Legal Report
Charles Taylor Adjusting re-launches risk analysis tool
Krris (The Key Risk Ranking Indicator System), a software-based product that enables underwriters and corporations to analyse and identify risk, is being relaunched with a revamped website. It has new features and has been adapted to the needs of several…
Heritage moves into property treaty with new appointment
Lloyd’s underwriter Heritage has announced the immediate appointment of James Braddock as head of its new international property treaty portfolio.
Treasury confirms IMD exemption
The British International Freight Association today welcomed the news that Treasury officials have confirmed that the Insurance Mediation Directive Exemption for freight forwarders has now come into force.
Dorset firm scoops CII benchmark
Alan and Thomas Insurance Brokers has gained chartered status, becoming what it believes is the firs...
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
ABI wants to educate public
The new chairman of the Association of British Insurers says education must be used to strengthen th...
Going with the flow
Broking Focus: Regulation
Where has spend got us?
Over the past decade, the proportion of corporate spend allocated to compliance activity has soared....
Esure continues mouse fight
The two-year patent fight between Esure and Direct Line is set to continue after Esure appealed a re...
ABI slams funding reforms
Policyholders could foot the bill for collapses of totally unrelated financial services companies un...
KPMG in US to evaluate Park London
Members of KPMG Restructuring's Insurance Solutions team have flown out to North America to evaluate...
ABI calls for risk focus
The government must continue to focus on risk management - even if it gets emergency funding from th...
Scor settles offer for Converium
French insurance company SCOR will gain formal control of Converium today (8 August) when it settles its offer for the Swiss company.
Noone appointed as L&G sales director
Legal & General has appointed Martin Noone to the position of sales director within the protection business. He takes on the responsibility for enhancing L&G's presence in the protection market through the IFA sector.
Offshore regulators promise greater co-operation
The Jersey Financial Services Commission and the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission have signed a memorandum of understanding that will further co-operation between the two regulatory bodies.
London broker calls in administrator
Mike Walker and John Wardrop of KPMG Restructuring’s Insurance Solutions practice have been appointed Joint Administrators of London market broker Park London.
Zurich puts June flood loss at £200m
Zurich Financial Services announced today that based on its current best estimate it expects aggregate claims payments related to storms and floods that occurred in the UK during June 2007 will not exceed $400million before tax. This estimate is net of…
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as these highlights from past-articles reveal
NU to review drain impact
Norwich Union will update its flood maps for the first time in two years as a reaction to the unique...
Raising the bar
Solicitors' Code of Conduct
Tawa AIM float raises £20m
Non-life run-off specialist Tawa has floated its shares on the Alternative Investment Market, raisin...
Big is not always the best
We suggest that the conclusion reached by Plimsoll's latest commentary on the UK broker community ('...