Regulation
Creditor gets into gear.
Recent upheavals have caused creditor insurance to lose some of its momentum. However, post-General Insurance Standards Council, a new consultation process involving the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority aims to bring all aspects of the…
Arbitrators must be open.
A harsh decision in Illinois is a reminder to arbitrators to make full disclosure. Peter Chaffetz and Charles Scibetta report.
A life in numbers.
First and foremost an actuary, John Tiller (left) is relishing his position as head of GE ERC's life business. Janina Clark reports.
Knock-on effect.
Credit and political risk (re)insurers did not suffer direct losses from 11 September, but the terrorist attacks have had a major effect on their market. Mark Godwin reports.
Decisions, decisions.
Around the world, court rulings on compensation for asbestos-related injuries are having major implications for reinsurers. Adrian Leonard assesses the most recent decisions.
Compliance training must be made a priority.
Intermediaries are starting to get a bit jumpy over the role of training in the Financial Services A...
Classic fundraisers.
Former Formula One World Champion Damon Hill, a patron of the Downs Syndrome Association, helped to ...
Acord and the IUA launch partnership.
Insurance data standards body Acord and the International Underwriting Association this week launche...
Playground injury is not a case of negligence.
Morrison v Lancashire County Council; (St Helen's County Court - 11 July 2002).
Workplace compensation - the case for radical reform.
The insurance industry is at the centre of the latest crisis facing the UK's economy as businesses struggle to find affordable, yet compulsory, employers' liability cover. John Parker urges the government not to shy away from reform and highlights…
The FSA publishes consultation paper.
The Financial Services Authority has published a consultation paper setting out how the European Unio...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White, the financial services management consultancy specialising in insurance and invest...
Appointment at Stamford Associates.
Stamford Associates has recruited Nick Davies as fixed income specialist. He joins from Aon Consulti...
Belfast-based brokers set to be charged.
Investigations into Belfast-based Northern Ireland Insurance Brokers, which has been implicated as p...
GISC in dark on training.
Guidance on requisite levels of training for insurance intermediaries is unlikely to be forthcoming ...
Liberata scoops £50m Axa deal.
Third-party administrator Liberata has won a deal worth £50m over 10 years to administer non-core po...
NU chooses Aquila system.
Norwich Union is to use Aquila's Administrator pension system for its defined benefit portfolio from...
Airline terror cover stays up in the air
Uncertainty surrounded the future of aviation (re)insurance as Reinsurance went to press, with many t...
Aviation schemes get ready for take-off
The US mutual scheme Equitime could begin writing war and terrorism cover for US airlines by the midd...
Prudential posts drop in half-year operating profits.
Prudential has posted a 15% drop in half-year operating profits, hit by falling equity markets and b...
Pool Re extension: an insurer's perspective
Colin Short gives an insurer's view of the deal struck last week on the extension of terrorism cover ...
Biased viewpoint on Woolf Reforms ignores equality objective.
I do not normally comment on letters to your publication or any other, but felt I needed to respond ...
All tied up in knots.
Independent financial advisers are facing major upheavals under proposed FSA moves to increase growth in the tied agent sector and reforms on commission payments. To survive, they must embrace change - even fundamentally restructure. Francis Higney…
Sony and Aegon talk about life.
Japanese electronics giant Sony is in talks with insurer Aegon that could lead to it selling half it...