Regulation
Appointment at Hazell Carr.
Hazell Carr, provider of actuarial services in the pensions review market, has recruited a solicitor...
RSA splits for new branding.
Royal & Sun Alliance is set to differentiate its intermediary business from its direct arm, with the...
Practical thinking.
Monitoring the compliance of GISC members is a straightforward procedure that brokers need not be afraid of, Trevor Newbery explains to Jonathan Swift.
XL invests in loss-making insurer Mutual
Bermudian (re)insurance group XL Capital and three other investors are to take a $112.5m stake in the...
Pru drops action against AIG
The Prudential has abandoned its plans to seek an injunction against American International Group as ...
Mutual trust no help to sacked staff.
Fenton Barry Johnson v Unisys House of Lords 22 March 2001 Following Addis v Gramophone, it ...
MSF tries to crack Pru inequalities.
White collar finance union MSF has stepped up its campaign against Prudential over inequalities in p...
Is independence a thing of the past?
For independent financial advisers, the pressure is on - again. Following the implementation of legislation to protect the consumer, polarisation is in the melting pot and IFAs must fight to retain their role in the market, says Keith Sankey.
QBE denies London move.
Australian insurer QBE has restructured the group, following the acquisition of Lloyd's insurer Limi...
Eureko profits up.
Pan-European insurer Eureko, of which Friends Provident is a stakeholder, has announced end-of-year ...
Civil service risk.
Opportunities for risk managers to advise the civil service came to light this week with the publica...
Bupa set to widen UK profile.
Private health insurer Bupa is looking to widen its UK business profile after announcing the operati...
HIH to handle parent's run-off.
HIH (UK) has been appointed to handle the insolvent run-off for HIH General & Casualty, the UK tradi...
Instruments of medical rights.
A & Others v National Blood Authority & Another Queen's Bench Division 26 March 2001 Healthc...
CILA review: education focus.
Gerald Williams, incoming president of CILA and Miller Fisher director, outlined the findings of the...
Agents score low.
Allied Dunbar has reported that 1.4% of its 4700 agents failed the company's wholesale retesting pro...
Prudential launches legal action against AIG.
UK insurer Prudential has launched legal action against US giant AIG over its intended merger with A...
Independent is at crossroads.
Speculation over the future of Independent Insurance continued this week with analyst Schroder Salom...
Call centres top Japanese union agenda.
Working conditions and practices in call centres were top of the agenda for a senior delegation from...
Zurich Professional MD quits.
Zurich Professional, the solicitors' indemnity arm of Zurich Financial Services, has reaffirmed its ...
Compensation clarion call.
The cup overflowed - or became emptier depending on your viewpoint - when the advent of conditional fee arrangements made legal action more viable for many people. The insurance industry needs to be proactive, argues Phil Bell.
Service levels a cause of concern.
Not a day goes by when I am not surprised, saddened and/or disappointed by our once illustrious insu...
Letters of credit.
The International Underwriting Association this week welcomed the recommendation of the National Ass...
Top US insurers sued for fraud.
Eight of the top 10 US health insurers have been sued in the Miami Federal Court by the California, ...