Regulation
FSA cancels broker's permission to trade
The Financial Services Authority has issued a final notice to cancel Monarch Insurance Services's permission to trade.
Six GI intermediaries banned by FSA
The Financial Services Authority has barred nine small firms including six insurance intermediaries from carrying out regulated business after they failed to provide any data to enable the regulator to monitor their activities.
Swiss re hikes dividend despite lower premium volume and mega cat losses
Swiss Re has reported net income of CHF 1.45bn for 2005, down 40% on 2004. The company pointed to an extra CHF1.8bn in large catastrophe claims on the prior year as well as an overall 6% reduction in net premium volume due to the competitive nature of…
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Companies are ignorant over coaching content
More than one in every three companies have no idea what executives are learning when they hire a co...
Will Aon sing the changes after Canary Wharf move?
It was perhaps no major shock that as thrifty a broker as Aon - we all remember the £70 cap on lunch...
Myriad FSA rules just confuse
When will the Financial Services Authority accept that an effective regulatory working environment d...
Second claimant not owed duty
Mirant Asia Pacific Construction (Hong-Kong) and another v Ove Arup and Partners International and another - (Court of Appeal - 21 December 2005)
Aon plots to leave the City for new look EC4
The London market offered only a muted reaction to Aon's decision to shift its base from the Cit...
Fraud was not condoned pre-regulation
The Financial Services Authority's recent action against Xsavi was absolutely right ('FSA makes an e...
Down on the farm
Agriculture focus: farm pay
The lay of the land
Agriculture focus: WTO
Hurdling the competition
competition inquiry
Life looks to Europe and Asia for the next generation of growth
Life reinsurance
Broker remuneration: are you avoiding the pitfalls?
Although the broker is the agent of the policyholder, his remuneration has traditionally been agreed between the (re)insurer and the broker. Helen Clark of Kendall Freeman explains how to square the legal circle
Fitch rates Taiwanese insurer Nan Shan
Fitch Ratings has assigned a National Insurer Financial Strength rating of 'AA+' to Taiwan-based Nan Shan Life Insurance. The outlook for the rating is Stable.
IIB calls for a fundamental review of serious FOS and FSCS issues
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has responded to the Financial Services Authority’s latest consultation document on the subject of Compensation Scheme and Ombudsman Service Limits by calling for a number of serious issues to be properly addressed,…
Allianz and Capita in insurance tie up
Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection with Capita Insurance Services, to underwrite their conditional fee insurance under their Feeguardplus 2 Scheme.
IFS boss rules out a merger with the CII
The Institute of Financial Services has poured cold water on speculation that it will merge with its...
FSA makes an example of broker
The first broker to have its permission to trade cancelled has been held up by the Financial Service...
Loss Adjusting - Taking the claims strain
A succession of unprecedented claims in 2005 saw the loss adjusting profession thrown into the spotlight. Chris Miller says they admirably stepped up to the plate
A winning streak?
Germany