Regulation
David Williams rules out major office cuts
David Williams, pictured, has ruled out major office cuts following his promotion to claims director...
CIS launches consultation on socially responsible investment
The Co-operative Insurance Society has invited all its customers to have a say in the development of its socially responsible investment policy.
CII urges Government to encourage greater learning culture in work place
The Government should modify its system of tax relief and improve communications to provide greater incentives for workers in the insurance and financial services sectors to study for professional exams. This is the message the Chartered Insurance…
Financial Strength - Moody's hits at US under-reserving
US property and casualty (P&C) and reinsurance companies are still "significantly" under-reserved, a...
Looking good
Bermuda's (re)insurance industry is positively blooming, says Henry Keeling. But what can other leading markets learn from it?
Conventional wisdom
Aviation and space
Compliance - IUA adds compliance advice service
The International Underwriting Association (IUA) of London has made compliance advice part of its se...
Finite possibilities
Unravelling the implications of the latest IAS draft document on insurance contracts
European Standards - IFRS to challenge insurers
The implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will bring both opportuniti...
China offers marine draw
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Environmental Hazards - Possible earthquake data boost
The insurance industry has not fully benefited from the increasing amount of earthquake hazard resea...
Terrorism - Disaster cover loopholes
Companies that have insured the lives of their employees may find that they are not covered in the e...
Appointment at The Association des Reassureurs Francais
The Association des Reassureurs Francais (ARF) has elected Thierry Masquelier as its president. Chri...
Reaching their limits
Risk assessment in credit insurance is being called into question by the industry
Appointment at Faraday Group
Faraday Group has announced that the appointments of Mark Rayner as chief underwriting officer and P...
General insurers confident of achieving FSA compliance on time
96% of general insurance brokers are confident that they will be fully prepared and on time to submit their application by 14 July 2004, to seek authorisation from the Financial Services Authority, according to a report from Grant Thornton's Financial…
Kelly defends FSCS Chester Street pay-outs
The government this week insisted its arrangements for compensating solvent businesses affected by t...
Regulatory burden weighs heavy on Lloyd's players
London Market News
FSA bug impact limited
The regulation time bomb ticking under the intermediary market is more like a grenade than a weapon ...
Patching IT up
As hackers expose flaws in the software that businesses use, IT departments face further strains on their patch management strategies. Andrew Warriner explains
Nothing sinister in Gibraltar's review
With regards to the recent article, 'Gibraltar review set to tackle concerns' (PM, 12 February, p3),...
Keyboard skills
Financial services sector trade union Amicus has been campaigning across Aviva, Axa, Egg, Prudential...