Regulation
Defence strategy.
Germany is following in the UK's footsteps on pensions. Europe's leading economic power is now trying to defuse the demographic timebomb that is set to explode the state pension system and is searching for alternative provision, says Keith Sankey.
Not such a gay life.
Tory leadership candidate Michael Portillo has confessed to homosexual experiences while at Cambridg...
Fifty turned down Misys.
Despite an investment of £19m, Misys has closed its business to consumer online sites Screentrade an...
Capital acquisition.
US giant GE Capital plans to acquire UK insurer National Mutual for £570m. The company is also looki...
EMB insurance move.
Actuary English Matthews Brockman has set up a company to develop and market general insurance actua...
Liabilities hit the roof.
Matalan v Tokenspire Properties and others (Technology & Construction Court - 18 May 2001) The ...
MP queries FSA role.
The adequacy of the collaboration between the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority, in light...
FSA Solves problems.
The Financial Services Authority has appointed the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution's subsidi...
Pan-Euro deal done.
Motor estimating and claims management company Audatex has signed a deal with a major insurer to off...
InterMediation service signed up.
The International Underwriting Association and Lloyd's have signed up commercial mediation provider ...
Civil Justice reforms worked, claims LCD's Tanner.
David Worsfold reports from Post Magazine's legal conference.
Danish Re boost.
Denmark-based reinsurer Danish Re is to boost its underwriting activities by combining its Lloyd's b...
Fitch acts over Underwriter Insurance
The Underwriter Insurance Company, founded by two former Independent Insurance directors last year wi...
Damages hiked by Lord Chancellor
The Lord Chancellor has cost the insurance industry millions of pounds this afternoon following his d...
MP raises Independent in Parliament
Former loss adjuster Barry Gardiner MP has tabled a number of questions for written answer on Indepen...
Inreon makes US acquisition
Reinsurance exchange Inreon has acquired Risk Transfer Exchange, an independent internet-based exchan...
GISC forced to take foot off accelerator
The General Insurance Standards Council is to send out a letter to all its members urging them not to...
Tragedy borne of ambition?
In the unfolding tragedy of Independent Insurance, the towering certainty is that Michael Bright sou...
Insurers must prepare to bridge the profitability gap.
Taking customer relationship management into the e-age presents business with some enormous challeng...
CAP unveils new set of protocols for negligence.
A new set of pre-action protocols for professional negligence claims was unveiled last week. It h...
Equitas fights US asbestos lawsuits in legal offensive.
Equitas has gone on the offensive in the US, with a substantial bolstering of its legal representati...
Serious Fraud Office investigates.
The Serious Fraud Office has been asked to examine the collapse of Independent Insurance at the bequ...
Treading the fine success line.
The news that Independent Insurance has had to call in the provisional liquidator, and that the Seri...
Taking a long-term view.
Pension provision is undergoing a dramatic transformation. As the government withdraws state support and people are generally living longer, both employers and employees need to understand the implications of this fundamental shift, says Keith Sankey.