Regulation
Run-off market faces regulation wake-up call
With General Insurance Day approaching and the shock waves from the Spitzer inquiry still buffeting ...
Run-off market faces regulation wake-up call
With General Insurance Day approaching and the shock waves from the Spitzer inquiry still buffeting ...
European insurers could face a Spitzer-style inquiry
European insurers could face a Spitzer-style inquiry as part of an investigation to be launched this...
EC knows nothing about insurance
With regards to the Equal Treatment (Gender) Directive, what has been achieved is undoubtedly an imp...
FSA unfair to criticise
How interesting to hear that the Financial Services Authority is once again criticising the laxness ...
EU gender law poses disclosure headache
UK insurers could be forced to publicly disclose commercially sensitive information under the Europe...
GAB Robins sets up response team in Hong Kong
GAB Robins has set up a response team in its Hong Kong office to co-ordinate adjusting expertise and resources throughout Asia in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean earthquake disaster.
Munich Re remains on target despite earthquake losses
The insurance penetration of the Indian Ocean disaster is relatively low, and the insured property losses are likely to be limited due to the sparse concentrations of values, according to Munich Re.
Treasury u-turn on insurance authorisation
Insurance law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has called the Treasury’s decision to grant interim permission to businesses to sell or advise on the sale of insurance products a dramatic policy u-turn.
Aon issues transparency promise
Aon Limited, the UK brokerage arm of Aon Corporation, has said it will take steps to reinforce its commitment to complete transparency in the London insurance marketplace.
CII rolls out six new topics for syllabus
The Chartered Insurance Institute is introducing six new examinations into the 2005 general insuranc...
FSA: two years to comply
It was interesting that Financial Services Authority chief executive John Tiner chose to give his sp...
Clementi clears the way for insurers to buy into lawyers
Insurers will be able to acquire significant stakes in legal entities should the Department for Cons...
Insurance UK rebuffs Tiner
Insurers and brokers this week claimed there was no evidence of contract uncertainty in the UK - out...
No lawyers just means less justice
In his recent speech setting out government's response to the Better Regulation Task Force report, t...
Will Starling fly the nest too soon?
The news that the Association of British Insurers' hunt for a new director of general insurance has ...
We must stand united
Why is it that after-the-event premiums appear so emotive? The very term seems to have insurers squa...
ABI head joins on secondment
The Association of British Insurers' hunt for a new head of general insurance has led to the door of...
New pollution policy needed
The industry must develop an environmental insurance product to fill the gap that exists with conven...
Whatever they say, comp culture is real
I am becoming increasingly dismayed by the continued attempts by statisticians to prove that there i...
Life is a struggle
Review of the Year: Life Insurance
FSA: still time to apply
The Financial Services Authority has given hope to unauthorised intermediaries selling general insur...
Swiss re study points to capital volatility after IFRS
The latest Swiss Re sigma study, “The impact of International Financial Reporting Standards on the insurance industry”, has found that while new accounting standards will increase transparency, they may also bring higher earnings and capital volatility.
Tiner: full speech
John Tiner, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority last night put pressure on the insurance industry to get together and resolve issues over contract certainty. The full speech follows: