Regulation
Asbestos is Equitas threat
Asbestos claims continue to be the biggest threat to the stability of Equitas, according to chairman ...
Crisis of confidence.
Jean-Philippe Thierry, chairman of Assurances Generales de France, this week said the insurance indu...
Insurers hit back at claims of overreaction to WTC.
The insurance industry has rejected criticism that it is guilty of overreacting in the wake of 11 Sep...
Incisive Training rolls out autumn courses.
Incisive Training, Post Magazine's joint venture training arm, is rolling out a series of courses fo...
Amicus shocked by AMP job cuts.
Finance union Amicus this week said it was "shocked and saddened" by Australian insurer AMP's decisi...
When East meets West.
Long-term prospects for general insurance sales in Eastern Europe are looking promising. As these regions are poised on the brink of EU membership, Jeremy Golden looks at their markets and the compliance issues.
Government must act on ASU scandal.
Outspoken critic of the insurance industry Paul Flynn MP last week warned that accident, sickness and...
IFAs must support action against insurers.
The time has now come for all independent financial advisers to support a collective High Court acti...
FSA and Fitch closer to adequacy agreement.
The Financial Services Authority has conceded ground in its war of words with rating agency Fitch, ac...
EU: liability move fears.
Tim Humphreys believes the recently proposed Environmental Liability Directive could have far-reaching implications for the insurance industry.
Airmic conference looks to US tragedy.
Last September's terrorist attacks mean Airmic's conference this year will be very different from previous offerings. An urgency for risk managers to get up-to-date advice will be the main driver for content, says David Ireland.
What a difference a year makes.
It is almost exactly a year since the collapse of Independent Insurance. Blyth Morris looks back over the last 12 months of recrimination and rationalisation and examines how customers, employees and other insurers have dealt with the void left in the…
Employee gets the needle over gloves - Toole v Bolton Metropolitan
(Court of Appeal - 18 April 2002) The claimant, Dennis Toole, worked for the defendant as porter a...
Heath Lambert to buy after float.
Broker Heath Lambert ended months of speculation last week by confirming it intends to float on the ...
View from the Top - Peter Hubbard
Peter Hubbard, chief executive, Axa Insurance There is a reason why so many retired sport stars end...
Commentary - Appealing advice on the lifting of automatic stays.
The Court of Appeal's decision to lift stays in the recent cases of Woodhouse v Consignia and Stelio...
Royal & Sun Alliance to be fined by FSA.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to be fined by the Financial Services Authority for failing to hit certain d...
Broker networks - panacea or not?
"Joining broker networks is not the total panacea many smaller brokers hope it will be, in terms of ...
RSA put under the regulatory spotlight.
The Financial Services Authority has admitted it is keeping a closer eye on Royal & Sun Alliance tha...
Insurance industry workplace survey 2002
This second annual workplace survey provides an invaluable annual snapshot of the insurance industry, says Anthony Gould.
TheClaimRoom.com joins forces with ADR.
Commercial mediation organiser the ADR Group has teamed up with theClaimRoom.com to launch what it c...
TT Club in Swiss Re rescue deal.
Struggling transport mutual TT Club, a subsidiary of Thomas Miller, has signed a five-year quota-sha...
Belfast broker suspended.
The Financial Services Authority has suspended the trading activities of Belfast-based Northern Ire...
Tim Tookey to join Prudential.
Tim Tookey, the UK finance director of broker Heath Lambert, is leaving to join UK insurance giant P...