Regulation
Lloyd's audit.
The US regulator, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, has recruited accountancy fir...
Lloyd's must act.
Brand is supposed to be king, as Royal & Sun Alliance with its expensive "where's Lucky" campaign, a...
ABI calls on government to spend at least another £145m on flood defences
The Association of British Insurers has called on the government to increase annual spending on enhan...
RSA judged most generous company.
Royal and Sun Alliance has been judged the UK's most generous FTSE 100 company in terms of support f...
Doctors assist in MBO.
Mobile Doctors, which facilitates the production of medical reports for the personal injury market, ...
Married bliss?
Outsourcing key services within the public sector has become more popular, however, risk management is a vital component of the contracts entered in to ensure a happy and enduring partnership, say Sara Rowan and Peter Wilson.
Time to set an example.
The last year has proved to be particularly disastrous for the insurance industry, but Maggie Litster insists that there is hope, and calls for a more positive course of action.
Exit penalty hike may come to life.
UK life insurers may have to raise their exit penalties in the wake of the World Trade Center traged...
Payout based on ignorance.
A Japanese High Court judge has ruled that seven insurers should pay 19 policyholders yen 12.15m com...
Terrorism claims.
The Insurance Council of Australia has urged state and federal governments to provide a renewable si...
Learning curve.
Companies are beginning to recognise the competitive advantages to be gained through training and developing call centre staff, but there are other benefits too, as Jane Bernstein discovers.
Insurers are trying to drive us out of business, Claims Direct.
No win no fee company Claims Direct last week hit out in frustration at insurers which it said are t...
ABI chief calls for "high quality rehabilitation"
The Association of British Insurers director general today called for greater emphasis on improving t...
Pru cuts jobs and sells off general insurance business
Prudential has confirmed that it is to axe 2100 jobs by the end of 2003 to cut costs at its UK operat...
Insurers to step up lobbying for flood defences.
Insurers plan to step up their lobbying of MPs, government departments and other interested parties,...
ABI investigates asbestos delays.
Emergency talks took place on Tuesday between the Association of British Insurers and Iron Trades Ma...
GISC seeks answers.
The General Insurance Standards Council wants to set up a high-level meeting with the Treasury in or...
Goshawk recruits.
Goshawk Insurance Holdings, the integrated Lloyd's insurance vehicle has appointed two new underwrit...
Lloyd's welcomes post-WTC failures.
Several Lloyd's syndicates will "inevitably" go under, as a result of losses sustained from the Worl...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Location, location, location. Stevenage Insurance Services was prominently pictured in the Evening...
Flood defence call.
This time last year, the government warned that adequate flood defences were unlikely to be installe...
Churchill looks set for Prudential swoop
Churchill Insurance is set to dip into its £500m war chest, if as predicted by Post Magazine, Prudent...
GISC: in response to critics.
The letters from Mr Harris (PM, 11/25 October) accuse the General Insurance Standards Council of mis...
Direct Action.
Recommendations released by the Law Commission could bring much needed clarity and increased certainty to a pillar of insurance law - the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930. Gavin Reese and James Stockwell explain.