Regulation
Appointment at ISS Ark & General
Disaster recovery firm ISS Ark & General has recruited Wayne Stock as a new project supervisor in t...
UK insurers to come under spotlight
UK insurers that have written direct US business are set to come under the spotlight, according to ...
Higgs gets industry in a spin
Speculation over how the Higgs Report will impact on directors' and officers' cover continues, but Adam Codrington argues that there are more powerful forces in the market.
Claims management trade body launched
A new cross-industry trade body for the claims management sector, the Personal Injury Association, ...
Costs negotiators vetoed
One of the central means of settling personal injury cases has been kicked into touch by the judici...
Zurich's Centre moves into loss
The Bermudian specialty (re)insurer Centre made an operating loss of $130m in 2002 following an opera...
Swiss Re hit by investment market slump
Downturns in investment markets have led Swiss Re to forecast a loss of SFr 100m ($74m) in 2002. In 2...
Regulator blocks Gerling's sale of reinsurance business
German's financial regulator Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) is believed to h...
FSA plans broker risk assessment strategy
The Financial Services Authority has started to provisionally plan how it will carry out the risk a...
Norwich Union warns UK firms
Norwich Union has warned UK firms to replace any fire suppression systems that use the extinguishin...
CIIG Indie meeting delayed
A meeting of the Creditors of Independent Insurance has been put back a week to 4 March to allow it...
Government looks to regulate claims farmers
The Government has started cross-industry talks on the possible regulation of no win, no fee personal...
Keep EL top of reforms agenda
This week saw the Department for Work and Pensions' door close to stakeholder arguments as to why the...
Incompetence the root cause of recent collapses
Managerial incompetence has lain at the heart of every insurance company collapse since 1996, accor...
Penny Black's insurance week
It seems the United Names Organisation has spiced up its act somewhat since Penny was last in touch...
Insurers attack Ladbrokes plan.
Insurer Zurich has attacked betting shop giant Ladbrokes for announcing that it is looking to underc...
A fresh approach to risk
Paul Howard, the Institute of Risk Management's new chairman, talks to Lynn Rouse about his plans to modernise and revitalise the body's educational syllabus and provide wider networking opportunities.
US firm set for second UK push
Cybersettle, the US online claims settlement company, is set to make a second attempt to establish ...
Appointment at Troika
Financial services management consultancy Troika has appointed two new principal consultants. Graha...
Braddick quits
Katharine Braddick, manager of general insurance market regulation at the Association of British In...
Appointment at The Cotswold Group
Fraud investigator The Cotswold Group has recruited Chris Shaverin to join its fraud department. Mr...
Gibraltar compensation at UK level
I would like to clarify certain statements in last week's issue (Minister: Gibraltar gives less pro...
Appointments at Euclidian Group
Lloyd's insurer Euclidian Group has made four new appointments to the board of Euclidian Underwriti...
Food sector targets MPs
The food industry's campaign to secure risk-based insurance premiums that take proper account of me...