Regulation
Domestic & General pushes ahead in Europe
Specialist domestic appliance insurer Domestic and General has reported just over a 6% increase in tu...
PM pushes debate on whistle-blowers.
In June, in the wake of Independent Insurance's collapse, Post Magazine wrote to several bodies, sugg...
Elections could mean delay for PZU.
The privatisation of Polish insurer PZU and other state assets should be delayed until after the 23 ...
Lloyd's set to open Singapore office.
Lloyd's could be set to open a permanent office in Singapore within months pending an Act of Parliam...
Regulation nit-picking.
The Lloyd's regulatory regime is failing in its duty to ensure that syndicates are adequately reserv...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Many thanks to Norwich Union for a lovely day at Highbury on Saturday, when the glorious Gunners tro...
Insurers to escape riot bill
Greater Manchester's police authority may have to foot a bill of up to £2m following the riots in Old...
Consultation paper.
In a letter to PM last month, the Financial Services Authority said while it prefers firms to encoura...
California sues.
Insurers Allstate, State Farm, Farmers, Firemans Fund and 21st Century are being sued by the State of...
Point of order.
Independent's collapse has fuelled the policyholder compensation debate - not least the need to pin-point where the responsibility for cross-border policies lies. Jeremy Mather looks at the legislation that may hold the answer.
Copenhagen Re downgraded by S&P
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has lowered its ratings on Copenhagen Re from 'A' (strong) to 'A-' (strong)....
China and India lead Asian boom
Asia's life and non-life insurance markets are expected to grow by 8.9% and 7.9% a year respectively ...
SVB heading for £33m loss
Managing agency SVB Syndicates, part of SVB Holdings will next week detail a deterioration in its fo...
Capita: Muress out.
Capita this week denied that the departure of Ian Muress, formerly chief executive of loss adjuster M...
Norwich Union to lobby government over flood spending
Norwich Union, which is expected to impose special conditions and higher rates on household policies ...
Industry talks on solvency.
The Association of British Insurers plans to hold meetings with the Financial Services Authority and...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White Management Consultants, the specialist financial services management consultancy ha...
The cost of collapse.
The recent Independent Insurance and Chester Street collapses have sent shockwaves through the insurance industry. But Peter Maguire and Alex Hill-Smith take a legal perspective on insurer insolvency and its wider implications - particularly costs.
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes.
Darwin Rhodes, international recruitment consultants to the actuarial, financial services and insura...
Building clause comes under fire.
Casson v Ostley PJ (Court of Appeal - 29 June 2001).
Quality, claims and customers.
Two one-day conferences presented back-to-back will, together, give the claims professional a comple...
Gan contract ruling rests on Tai Ping error.
GAN Insurance Co v Tai Ping Insurance Co (Court of Appeal - 3 July 2001).
Zurich sell-off fails to stop negative rating
Zurich has been downgraded by ratings agency Standard & Poor's following lower than expected earnin...
ZFS chief backs PM campaign.
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive of Zurich Financial Services' UK general insurance operation, ha...