Regulation
The strain in Spain
The Spanish life market is currently experiencing growth, however, profitability is under great strain - mainly due to past performance and falling equities. Rainer Helfenstein explains the reasons behind the state of the sector.
CFA: time for negotiations
Many insurers are blaming the no win, no fee industry for the ramping of compensation costs. Mark Langford believes it is time they came to the negotiating table.
Feeling the heat
Along with the liability crisis, regulation, flooding and long-tail losses, the hot topic this year has been the fall in investment returns, which has hit capacity in the market hard and seen underwriters burnt. Hugo Cranmore examines how the industry…
Life can only get better
This year saw the life balloon burst as insurers watched the huge reserves they amassed in the late 1990s disappear almost overnight in the post-11 September stock market slump. With consumer confidence flagging due to the Equitable debacle, stakeholder…
Brokers need regulatory help
Misys Insurance Management has warned that many brokers now "need to move fast" to prepare for regula...
Capital idea
The £14.25bn for Lloyd's capacity in 2003 represents a record figure for the market. But where will it come from and will it be enough to sustain the market in the long term? Carmine Papa reports.
Gerling sells off reinsurance
The German (re)insurer Gerling plans to withdraw from the reinsurance market by the end of 2002 thr...
Marine insurers oppose plan
Marine insurers and brokers are opposing a plan by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to...
Premium growth slows
A new report from Swiss Re shows just how hard the world's insurers were hit by claims and stock market turmoil in 2001. Ulrike Birkmaier and Camille Codoni crunch the numbers.
Struggling ERC faces sale
The future shape and ownership of GE Employers Re (ERC), the world's fifth largest reinsurer, is un...
Paul Howard expected to be new chairman of Institute of Risk
Paul Howard, risk manager at Sainsbury's, was yesterday expected to be voted as the new chairman of ...
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.