Regulation
Inreon is competitive, says EC
On-line reinsurance exchange Inreon has been approved by the European Commission (EC) as complying wi...
What's on insurancewindow.net this week?
Regulation - free downloads As the Financial Services Authority attempts to shake-up the regulatio...
Gibraltar's user-friendly appeal.
Why set up an insurance company in Gibraltar? Kevin Spencer, who has done just that, puts the case for moving to the country whose future as a British colony is presently under fierce debate.
Zurich claims solicitors' PI must increase.
Zurich Professional, the professional indemnity division of Zurich Insurance, has indicated that pre...
DVT test case by October.
A test case on the potentially fatal air-passenger affliction deep vein thrombosis could occur as so...
Sirius signs Aon brokers.
Sirius Financial Solutions has furthered its push to supply large scale corporation systems by signi...
Ward Evans turnover up on last year.
Broker Ward Evans last year saw a turnover increase of almost 50% to £12.3m, with commission earning...
FSA results shake-up.
Insurance companies will be forced to change the way they file their annual results in two year's ti...
Indian legislation opens market.
The Indian parliament last week passed legislation amending the Insurance Act 1938, allowing co-oper...
What the papers said this week.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Virgin Trains, the most unpunctual long-distance operator in the country, plans ...
Eureko posts reduced operating profit.
Pan-European insurer Eureko has posted a reduced operating profit for the first quarter of 2002 of E...
LUAP applies for liquidation
Reinsurer LUAP (ex-Folksam International) has applied to the Court of Stockholm to liquidate. In a...
Swiss Re to launch Indian insurance consultancy
Swiss Re is to set up a consultancy in India for the country's insurers. Indian's Foreign Investmen...
US and China exchange information on insurance regulation
The US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the China Insurance Regulatory Comm...
Endurance buys LaSalle property cat business
New Bermudian (re)insurer Endurance Specialty is acquiring the property catastrophe reinsurance busin...
"Financial dog's dinner" danger for RSA.
Insurance analysts this week cast doubt over Royal & Sun Alliance's claim that its capital programme...
PWC warns minimum standards not enough.
A senior manager in the PriceWaterhouse Coopers' Financial Services Regulatory Consulting Group, has...
Footman James is to sponsor Parliamentary Classic Car Run.
West-Midlands based broker Footman James is to sponsor the fund-raising Parliamentary Classic Car Ru...
ABI warns of FSA capital rates threats.
Insurers could be forced out of certain lines should the Financial Services Authority impose phenomen...
Events.
16-17 May Capital and risk management in reinsurance (IBC UK) London Tel: 01932 893854 22...
Regulatory change: Turning it to your advantage - 25 June 2002 - The
Regulatory change is sweeping through every sector. In its wake, it demands fundamental changes to t...
Think twice before you blow that whistle.
The news that the Financial Services Authority has set up a "Whistle-blowing" hot line for employees...
Brokers' Indie deal set to go to the vote.
Settlement has been reached between brokers and Independent Insurance's provisional liquidator Price...
Risks of a capital shake-up.
The Financial Services Authority last week outlined its well-publicised and long-awaited proposals f...