Regulation
NCOIL provides boost for aliens
The UK's efforts to persuade US authorities to lower the funding requirements for 'alien' reinsurer...
St Paul at Lloyd's consolidates its non-life operations
St Paul at Lloyd's is consolidating its non-life operations into a single syndicate for 2003, havin...
Compliance planning must commence now
The Financial Services Authority's regulatory regime will place the onus on brokers to get their act together. Steve Verrall argues that brokers need to start planning ahead now.
Royal & Sun Alliance confirms reports
Royal & Sun Alliance has confirmed reports last month that it plans to sell its German subsidiary R...
Appointment at ISS Ark & General
Disaster recovery and business continuity management specialist ISS Ark & General has recently prom...
Euro Watch - Nigel Peaple, European policy manager, Association of
Public debate about the euro will hot up in the next few months as the government prepares to announ...
Loss adjusters in the dock over sewer subsidence
Loss adjusters have been accused by the water industry of regularly trespassing and potentially dam...
Appointment at Autoglass
Autoglass has appointed a new manger to its Bath branch. Neil Godden, who began his career at Autog...
Settlement rules feel the winds of change
Two reports published last week will result in changes to the use of settlements in personal injury cases, says Duncan Rutter.
Adjusters welcome railway accident investigator plans
Measures unveiled in last week's Queen's Speech to establish a new Railway Accident Investigation B...
Tightening up on liability
The employers' liability issue has impacted particularly badly on the engineering sector - unfairly so, many believe. Richard Adams looks at how businesses are tightening up on health and safety and risk management to tackle the problem.
MP John Greenway to urge US legislators
MP John Greenway is due to urge US legislators to reform insurance regulation across the US's 50 st...
India calling?
Outsourcing call centre operations overseas is a very attractive solution for insurers trying to cut costs. However, the unions are up in arms about a practice that poses a huge threat to the security of thousands of jobs in the UK, says Hugo Cranmore.
Appointment at ISS Ark & General
Skipton-based disaster recovery and business continuity management specialist ISS Ark & General has...
Still no show for killing law
Promised reform to the law of involuntary manslaughter is again conspicuous by its absence, says Daniel McShee.
Compliance is a positive move for the industry
With regard to Duncan Boyle's View from the top (PM, 31 October, p17) about the value of joining th...
Equitas faces US regulation lawsuit
Equitas, the company established to handle the run-off of Lloyd's pre-1993 liabilities, is facing a...
PWC finds risk rising up company agendas
The awareness of business continuity planning and non-quantifiable risks among financial services r...
Raising the interest rate?
In the first of a new series of articles based on the Insurance Institute of London's Advanced Study Group's research, Chris Dudley outlines the soon-to-be-published findings on insurance and the public interest.
Events.
18 November Insurance Institute of London lecture - UK property market: a reinsurers' perspective...
IUA silent on US elections
The International Underwriting Association has refused to be drawn on the impact of last week's US ...
FSA may outsource authorisation
The Financial Services Authority is considering outsourcing the authorisation process for general i...
ABI-led group progresses liability crisis action plan
Trade-specific national guidance on health and safety measures, designed to help firms struggling t...
Long-term EL reform: the facts
Armed with figures showing an increased burden being placed on the employers' liability market as a...