Regulation
New Axa claims head sets costs targets
The new claims manager for Axa UK David Williams has vowed to look at rehabilitation and mediation ...
FSA: discounts for early submissions
Financial incentives to encourage the early and electronic submission of authorisation applications i...
Regulation gets down to the bottom line
At long last, the Financial Services Authority has outlined its thinking on broker solvency require...
Penny Black's insurance week
With the deteriorating situation over Iraq, Penny's thoughts turned to the loss adjusters still in ...
Rural brokers face threat from new regime
Rural towns and villages could be left without any local broker presence in the wake of the new Fin...
Why insurers fail: lessons to be learned
Poor management practices and operational weaknesses have played a big role in the failure of some 270 UK and European insurers in the past five past years. And it's those companies that take heed now that will weather the current storm, says William…
FSA plans spark cash flow worries
Brokers this week expressed concern over the Financial Services Authority's plans for prudential requ...
Appointment at Heath Lambert Group
Paul Rowley has joined the Heath Lambert Group as executive director in charge of its Manchester of...
Ministers told to embrace radical EL reform
Ministers heard calls for a radical reform of employers' liability insurance at a meeting in the Ho...
Voicing concerns
When he is not running around the country trying to buy up every decent broker he can find, in his capacity as chief executive of the Folgate Partnership, Andy Homer is concerned with the industry's professional status through his presidency of the…
What the papers said this week
Metro An insurance manager stole £234,000 from her employer, Abbey National, to save her failin...
Getting IT right
While businesses are aware of the benefits of an IT strategy, their approach is often misguided. Dan Francis warns that as IT expenditure comes under increasing scrutiny, failure to plan adequately for an IT strategy will leave the investment lacking…
View from the Top - Barry Smith, chief executive, Fortis Insurance
Damaging media coverage, such as the front-page report on employers' liability in The Times (3 Marc...
Watered-down slam for FSA
The General Insurance Standards Council has widely criticised the Financial Services Authority's pr...
International Civil Aviation Organisation to alter aviation
The International Civil Aviation Organisation was looking to alter its planned aviation insurance mu...
ABI and Biba health split
The Association of British Insurers has called upon the Financial Services Authority to reconsider ...
Seek out the bad apples
Responses to the Financial Services Authority's fundamental consultation on general insurance regul...
CILA in claims regulation call
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters repeated its call for claims services providers to be reg...
Stay in the race with succession planning
Succession planning is essential for businesses that want to prosper. Steve Newhall investigates how financial services companies can ensure they have talented individuals ready to grab the leadership baton and run with it.
FSA plans on SME market slammed
Representatives from the broking, insurance company and London market sectors were all united this ...
What the papers said this week
THE TIMES Shares in US insurance companies slipped amid reports that their own insurer, Gerling...
ABI reacts to concerns
The Association of British Insurers this week said it was reacting to concerns over late renewal no...
A healthy outlook for the market?
Public emotions can run high where health-related issues are concerned - and insurance provision has attracted perhaps more than its fair share of media attention recently. Lynn Rouse talks to Richard Walsh, head of health at the ABI, and the man with…
All tarred with the same brush
When it comes to tackling non-disclosure, the insurance industry has traditionally treated all UK policyholders as potential fraudsters, asking what many customers perceive to be unnecessary questions. Stuart Johnson suggests a more transparent approach…