Regulation
GISC is missing the point.
It is sad, if predictable, that the General Insurance Standards Council's response to the resounding...
Anti-terrorist plans.
Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced further details of the package of anti-terrorism measure...
Mould investigation.
Texas insurance commissioner Jose Montemayor has called on the attorney general to investigate mould...
Markel blames poor rates for contract terminations.
Uneconomic reinsurance rates have been blamed for Lloyd's insurer Markel's decision to terminate mar...
Appointment at Milliman UK.
John O'Neill has joined actuarial consultancy Milliman UK as senior consultant and actuary to develo...
Pakistan delegation to visit Lloyd's.
A delegation from Pakistan was expected to visit Lloyd's this week, in a bid to lower premiums that ...
St Paul uncertainty.
The question of liability over the 1999 Ladbroke Grove railway disaster has been thrown into confusi...
Judges rules for insurers over Holocaust Act.
Insurers threatened with expulsion from California for failing to pay Holocaust victims' insurance c...
Over-regulation fear.
The Association of British Insurers has called on the Financial Services Authority to ensure regulat...
Aviation lifeline.
An AIG-led group offering cover for aviation liability of up to $1bn per airline looks set to partia...
Power cut.
The insurance industry has committed itself to reducing pollution, yet, says Andrew Warren, as the largest single investor in the commercial property market, which is responsible for the highest rate of energy consumption, it has so far only paid lip…
Quality, claims and customers.
Two one-day conferences presented back-to-back that together will give the claims professional a comp...
Life after Woolf for defendants' solicitors.
With statistics revealing an 85% drop in multi-track cases, and a reduction of a third in fast-track...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny tripped down to the House of Lords last week for Groupama's splendid Parliamentary reception. ...
Changes to Bar Council proposed.
The Legal Services Consultative Panel has backed the Bar Council's proposals to allow in-house barri...
Police owe escaping criminals no duty of care.
Vellino v Greater Manchester Police; (Court of Appeal - 31 July 2001).
Insurers in bullying row.
Insurance companies accused of victimising vehicle body repairers, who publicly support the Body Rep...
Eureko: stakes are rising in PZU control race.
Pan-European insurer Eureko has moved a step closer to taking a controlling stake in Polish insuranc...
Insurers told to reveal gross losses.
Lloyd's estimate of its exposure to the World Trade Center attacks has been widely condemned as too ...
US Freedom Re call.
US insurance chiefs have called on Congress to set up a government-backed reinsurance pool for terro...
Hardy profits signal growth plans.
Hardy Underwriting has recorded profits before tax for the first half of this year of £913,000, up f...
Appointment at Aon Consulting.
Aon Consulting has recruited Alan Hewitt as a senior consultant in its UK international benefits pra...
Pension law changes.
The Department of Trade & Industry has announced proposed changes to the Transfer of Undertakings (P...
View from the top - Andy Homer
Andy Homer, Chief executive, Axa Insurance. While once Y2K struck fear, dread and a healthy amount ...