Regulation
End of an era for Lloyd's.
Lloyd's radical plan to shake up its funding (see p13) should be supported by the market - of that t...
Ask the experts "view".
In a snapshot survey of Post Magazine's panel of 20 industry experts we asked them: Do you suppor...
Regulation on course?
Despite the upheaval that the change in regulation has brought, industry professionals remain committed to raising standards, and this means training must stay at the top of the agenda, says Richard Adams.
Talks start as IIB body gets go-ahead.
General Insurance Standards Council members will, in theory, receive no more favouritism than those ...
How safe?
As IT grows in complexity, ensuring adequate security is in place becomes more and more complicated. Just when a company thinks it has all the angles covered, it realises it has left the back door open. The answer is to accept no compromises, advises…
FSA: independents threat.
The Financial Services Authority's proposals for ending the polarisation regime for life insurance s...
Hudson quits.
Isabel Hudson, chief financial officer of pan-European insurer Eureko, will leave the group as of 1 ...
No armageddon.
Predictions of armageddon for the insurers and reinsurers post-11 September have proved unfounded, s...
Beware spin says GISC chief.
Chris Woodburn, chief executive of the General Insurance Standards Council, has hit out at misinform...
Brokers face commission loss.
The chairman of the All Party Group on Insurance and Financial Services John Greenway MP has warned ...
Carr Greenwood Smith investigating fire.
Loss adjuster Carr Greenwood Smith is investigating a fire that severely damaged the premises of Hul...
BIBA conference.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (West Midlands) is to hold its 7th annual conference at t...
Rules of engagement.
As the industry becomes subject to more and more regulation, HR departments need to keep abreast of the rules governing key staff and also work to manage the related risks effectively, warn Sara Russoff and Mike Vincent.
Airlines representatives to attend DVT court case.
Representatives of a proportion of the world's airlines are expected to attend the first in a series...
OMMni.com launch.
CNA has launched an enhanced version of OMMni.com, the interactive and fully automated cargo insuran...
Action needed now over terrorism insurance.
I write in response to Andrew Torrance's View from the Top (Post Magazine, 20 December 2001, p9). ...
Pru growth in US set back.
UK insurance giant Prudential has been knocked back in its latest attempt to expand its US operation...
LMAA rule revision.
The London Maritime Arbitrators Association has introduced new rules for arbitrations commencing thi...
No US terrorism pool, predicts Fitch
The US Congress looks unlikely to set up a terrorism reinsurance pool in the near future, predicts th...
Alea gets $90m more
Institutional investors have put a further $90m into the Bermudian (re)insurer Alea Group Holdings (B...
NAIC probes state of reinsurance industry
The reinsurance task force of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is to hol...
Equitable not part of HBOS.
I'm sure it came as much of a surprise to HBOS as it did to me to learn that Equitable Life was now ...
US: miles of cover.
A plan to allow companies to sell motor insurance by distance has been authorised by the Texas Legis...
View from the top - Patrick Snowball
Patrick Snowball, chief executive, Norwich Union Insurance This year will be one of enormous change...