Regulation
Rebriefs - International Underwriting Association
The International Underwriting Association (IUA) of London is to create by January 2003 an affiliat...
No common view of state role
It might not be everyone's favourite topic but government involvement in (re)insurance was the catalyst for a lively lunch debate in Monte Carlo, hosted by Reinsurance and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Janina Clark reports.
NAIC studies foreign regulation
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) of the US has appointed working groups t...
Rebriefs - Thai Re
Thailand's leading reinsurer, Thai Re, has been given 'BBB' (good) counterparty credit and financia...
Discipline returns at last
Underwriter Richard Williams forecasts further dramatic change in the aviation reinsurance market as rates rise and conditions tighten.
Reinsurers estimate exposures to August's floods
(Re)insurers' estimates of their exposures to August's floods in central Europe currently total EUR...
Decision times loom for aviation terror legislation
The US Congress could enact legislation within weeks to give US airlines 270 days of government-bac...
FSA on ART
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published draft guidelines on what it will take int...
France seeks terror boost
The French terrorism (re)insurance pool for property risks launched this year is looking for an ext...
FSA acts to correct its ignorance.
The Financial Services Authority knows little about the fraud problem facing insurers and will meet ...
FSA looks to banking for new director.
The Financial Services Authority has decided to appoint someone internally with a banking background...
Prudential launches new ad campaign.
Prudential launched a new marketing and television advertising campaign - The Plan from the Pru - at...
The problems with pensions.
It has been over a year since David Laverick took on the mantle of Pensions Ombudsman. Veronica Cowan talks to him to find out how he is faring in the pensions hotseat.
Broker Alliance to appoint two new members.
The Broker Alliance has created a shortlist of potential members and is looking to appoint two new c...
CII plans to update membership package.
The Chartered Insurance Institute plans to provide its members with a new package of membership bene...
Rates of change at Lloyd's.
This week, ratings agency Standard & Poor's launched a new way of assessing Lloyd's syndicates. Kevin Willis, Stephen Searby, Rob Jones and Marcus Rivaldi explain the rationale for the change and the process behind the new approach.
EU aviation situation "dangerous".
The European Commission's announcement that it may no longer endorse state aid to European airlines,...
Getting back off the ground.
Reduced capacity in the market has had a deflating effect, contributing to, among other things, the crisis surrounding the provision of liability covers. Taking a long-term view is vital to provide some lift, as is the implementation of risk-based…
Back to basics.
Paul Whitehouse explores the dramatic change in focus towards staff training in the general insurance market and outlines ways the industry can improve its standards.
FSA: clients pay for regulation.
The Financial Services Authority has said "it is inevitable" customers will foot at least part of th...
Consequence is essential.
Having read the View from the top by Martin Hudson (Post Magazine, 29 August, p8), I doubt one can e...
Paying by the rules.
The question of how intermediaries should be remunerated took a new turn when the Financial Services Authority's regulatory powers were announced. David Parker looks at the parts transparency and compliance will play in the ups and downs of the payment…
CII tries to change with the industry.
The insurance industry is going through a period of change - a process reflected in the change of name and rejuvenation of the Chartered Insurance Institute's annual conference, says Anthony Gould.
Scor emerges as front runner.
French reinsurer Scor has emerged as the front runner in moves by the Gerling Group of Germany to of...