Regulation
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...
No rights to sewerage claim
Marcic v Thames Water Utilities (House of Lords - 4 December 2003)
Insurers support solvency project
I would like to respond to the article, 'Insurers attack EU Solvency II project' (Post Magazine, 19 ...
Government corporate killing bill to be passed by the end of 2004
Much-delayed legislation on corporate killing is on track to be passed by the government before the ...