Regulation
FSA looks to impose the unbundling of premiums
Despite suggesting that commission disclosure may not be necessary, the Financial Services Authorit...
Endurance reveals UK strategy
The UK-based arm of Bermudian insurer Endurance Speciality Holdings has officially started trading ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Good things come to those who wait. This week Post Magazine was inundated with faxes from the Finan...
Can Gibraltar rock the London boat?
As UK insurance companies reassess Gibraltar's status as a serious competitor to the London market, Neil Coulson looks at what it has to offer.
Cautious welcome for FSA proposals
Insurance trade bodies this week welcomed signs that commission disclosure will not become a legal re...
No to disclosure as Tiner details regulation plans
John Tiner, managing director of insurance at the Financial Services Authority, told MPs on Tuesday...
Changes to fraud laws should be an industry association priority
I was surprised to read David Beardsworth's article suggesting why the industry should formulate a ...
FSA shows common sense
At long last, the Financial Services Authority has put some meat on the bones of its planned regula...
Equitas may have to increase asbestos reserves
Lloyd's run off company Equitas may have to increase asbestos reserves at the end of the financial ...
Structured settlements Bill fears
Insurers have reacted with dismay to government proposals, slipped into the Courts Bill this week, ...
PMI regulation: limited fall-out
Private medical insurers have said they were not surprised by the Financial Services Authority's pr...
Fears mount on eve of FSA rules release.
The Financial Services Authority has missed its own revised deadline for publishing the first consult...
Damages — who picks up the tab?
There are no prefect solutions when it comes to reforming a workplace compensation system. Margarita von Tautphoeus and Christian Lahnstein look at the evidence — both here and abroad — in a thorough analysis of the issue.
Riddell: communication crisis
There is no employers' liability crisis, claimed Geoff Riddell, chief executive of Zurich Financial...
Tall order
Swiss Re's new London headquarters, commonly referred to as the 'erotic gherkin', was spectacularly...
Roofing trade body presses on with mutual insurer
The National Federation of Roofing Contractors is to press on with its plans to set up a mutual insu...
Firemen must be aware of all risks
Duncan Andrew Jack v Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (Mayor's & City of London County Court — 22 August 2002)
Brokers risk "irrelevance"
Risk advisers to large corporations - including insurance brokers - are in danger of becoming irrelev...
Government will not bail out insurers
Anthony Gould and Jane Bernstein report from last week's Post Magazine management briefing - Employers' liability: crisis or crossroads?, held in London.
Liability: the way forward
After months of media pressure - much of it admittedly hyperbole - the government last week finally...
De La Rue risk manager says teamwork is important.
Peter Berring, group risk manager for De La Rue, said teamwork, the sharing of best practice among b...
Airmic in call for EL summit
The Government must radically rethink the provision of employers' liability insurance, go beyond co...
Insurers welcome EL review
By Jonathan Swift - The government's decision to review the existing employers' liability insurance ...
Variety a positive as insurers fight corner
The perception of the insurance industry as a less-than-glamourous profession is slowly changing as graduates begin to realise the varied career paths at their disposal, believes Jayne Coles.