Regulation
Equitable still faces class action.
Equitable Life still faces legal action from disgruntled policyholders, despite receiving overwhelmi...
Bain rebukes Lloyd's.
Rows over the proposals in the Bain report are destined to hold up much-needed improvements to the I...
Doing the sums.
The Financial Services Association's ideas for reforming polarisation have caused consternation among many in the industry. Paul Smee believes that, for independent financial advisers, some of the finer points just do not add up.
Davies backs premium increases.
Sir Howard Davies this week backed premium increases to shore up the industry's capital base, but cr...
Adamson quits CNA Re
Debra McClenahan has been appointed chief executive of CNA Re of the US. She will succeed Bill Adamso...
FSA rejects call to name and shame
The Financial Services Authority has ruled out publicly 'naming and shaming' insurers found to have "...
Penny Black's insurance week.
While keeping an eagle eye on the industry's various and wonderful websites, Penny couldn't help wond...
Where's industry pride?
First it's FIMBRA, then it's PIA (same people, same rubbish, different letter heading) then it's FSA...
Financial options.
Bob Kerzner, executive vice president and director of Hartford Life's individual life division, has ...
CII should register members' CPD.
Now the government has decided the Financial Services Authority is to be the sole regulatory body, i...
Pru reports rise.
Prudential recorded a 54% increase in insurance and investment sales for the total group in 2001 of ...
BIBA to set up virtual network.
The British Insurance Brokers Association is considering setting up a virtual compliance network, th...
Hyundai talks with AIG collapse.
US insurance giant AIG has ended its interest in buying a controlling stake in the the troubled fina...
View from the top - Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan chief executive, Zurich Financial Services - UK I was unsurprised, but still dis...
No hurry for pool.
The US Congress looks unlikely to set up a terrorism reinsurance pool in the near future, predicts t...
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...