Regulation
Moving claims up the agenda
This month's Post Magazine management briefing gives the claims function and those associated with it the chance to take centre stage for once. David Worsfold previews the conference and looks at the opportunities it offers individuals and the industry…
Commentary - Employers liable to protect staff from racial abuse
Racism has again become front-page news as black English footballers are abused in Slovakia. Is the...
Lloyd's pulls ahead of IUA in market share
New figures show Lloyd's and the London market are fighting their corner in the international arena. Marcus Alcock reports.
Chiefs come clean on the European Union
What do the movers and shakers in the UK insurance industry really think about the European Union? Anthony Gould reports on the findings of an Association of British Insurers' survey of UK insurance company chief executives due to be published this week.
Names appeal Jaffray case
Lloyd's Names in dispute with the market over past losses sought court approval late in October to ...
Appointment at IAIS
Yoshihiro Kawai, 42, will succeed Knut Hohlfeld as secretary general of the International Associati...
China publishes re rules
China has moved a step closer to opening up the country to reinsurers with the publication of regul...
Regulators get tougher
International bodies have stepped up their pressure for improved reinsurance supervision and more t...
Appointment at GE Employers Re
GE Employers Re (GE ERC) has appointed Steven Kelner (right) as its global reserving actuary for pr...
Image under attack
Bermuda's reputation, a primary international asset, is under siege. Roger Crombie examines the main threats.
Losses generate a sinking feeling
Marine underwriters attending the International Union of Marine Insurance (Iumi) conference in New ...
Rebuilding gets under way
As the extent of the erosion of the (re)insurance market's capital base becomes clear, Thomas Holzheu and Kurt Karl of Swiss Re examine the evidence to date and assess the market's efforts to return to profitability.
Gerling Global Re to withdraw from non-life reinsurance
Gerling Global Re this week confirmed it is to withdraw from non-life reinsurance and set up a new ...
FSA modifies rules
The Financial Services Authority has modified its rules for independent financial advisers related to...
Compliance Institute will stand up and be counted in FSA dealings
With reference to your news story Industry calls for one body to deal with FSA (Post Magazine, 3 Oc...
TAG blast as profits hit £17.8m
The Accident Group, the claims management company at the centre of the English v Clipson test case ...
Prudential chief exec to meet Amicus
Mark Wood, chief executive of Prudential's UK business, is due to meet union Amicus on Friday follo...
Industry should join forces at times of crisis
The UK insurance industry, loss adjusters and other service suppliers were urged to join forces at ...
Lloyd's launches claims centre
Lloyd's has opened a claims mediation centre to provide the London market with direct access to a c...
Events.
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View from the Top - Duncan Boyle, chief executive, Royal & Sun Alliance UK
It is now over nine months since the Treasury announced that regulation of general insurance will b...
ABI set to fight travel opt-out
The Association of British Insurers is determined to fight its corner, following the government's consultation paper on regulation, as Katharine Braddick explains.
Travel agents' case is clear
The government may allow travel agents to fall outside the scope of general insurance sales regulation, to the dismay of the Consumers' Association and insurers. Riccardo Nardi puts the travel agents' case.
Penny Black's insurance week
Lloyd's has refuted speculation circulating the Xchanging conference this week that it is having pr...