Regulation
Exemptions to the rule?
To seek exemption or not is the big question currently facing brokers, as statutory regulation by the Financial Services Authority draws nearer and another consultation paper hits their desks. Oliver Lodge tries to provide a straight answer to this…
Gibraltar mulls FSCS breakaway
Discussions are underway in Gibraltar for the introduction of a policyholders' protection scheme, w...
RSA hits out at Moody's rating downgrade
Royal & Sun Alliance has hit back at rating agency Moody's decision to downgrade its credit rating ...
View from the Top - Duncan Boyle, UK chief executive, Royal & Sun
The European Union has been discussing a directive on environmental liability since 1993 and the com...
Appointment at Ri3k
Ri3k has appointed ex inreon employee Christine Hallier as marketing manager. Ms Hallier will be re...
Appointment at Shipowners Claims Bureau
Dr William H Moore will shortly be joining Shipowners Claims Bureau - managers of the American P&I ...
Ascent on acquisition trail
Commercial property broker Ascent, formed following a merger of equals last week, is already talkin...
Duty of care Bill adds fuel to DVT controversy
The controversy over deep vein thrombosis is set to enter a new phase this week, as John Smith, MP ...
No change with new corporate manslaughter legislation.
Government proposals to alter corporate manslaughter legislation announced this week by the Home Sec...
View from the Top - Paul Glen, managing director, QBE European Company Operations
Mixed reactions have met the Department of Work and Pensions' recent review of employers' liability...
Regulation: cost and gain
The cost of ensuring compliance with the Financial Services Authority regulations is hitting every ...
Staying afloat
The collapse of Independent Insurance has led brokers across the UK to become far more aware of solvency and stability issues, as Mira Butterworth reports.
Scotland v England: a rules resolution
Toby Seton gives Scotland's new rules for personal injury actions their close up. How do they compare to those in England?
CEA: general insurance performs better than life
The European general insurance market has outstripped the life market in terms of growth for the se...
Penny Black's insurance week
One can tell summer is coming given the amount of Pimms-induced gossip circulating the market at th...
Brokers get round the table
Regulation, insurer solvency, risk aversion, skills shortages and technology are the hot topics for...
ABI rejects no-fault route to EL reform
The Association of British Insurers has rejected the implementation of a no-fault employers' liabil...
PIA broadens horizon with name change
The Personal Injury Association has changed its name to the Claims Standards Association and broade...
Estranged Lloyd's targeted by new government body
Lloyd's has been targeted by a new government-sponsored financial services training organisation af...
People in glass houses ...
Barry Smith's View from the Top (PM, 19 June, p11) makes interesting reading and there are some exc...
Appointment at JWS Resources
JWS Resources, part of the Evergreen Group, has appointed Alastair Pascoe as senior recruitment con...
FSA outlines policy change
The Financial Services Authority's current approach to general insurance regulation, unveiled this we...
FSA: the regulator that listens
According to the Met Office, last month was the hottest on record since the heatwave of 1976. It wo...
Appointment at Magian Mutual
Magian Mutual has appointed a board of non-executive directors to run the company, following FSA au...