Regulation
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, ...
CNA nets cargo cover.
CNA Maritime has launched the second phase of its internet-based interactive automated cargo insuran...
Pru says US deal on track despite AIG offer
UK insurer Prudential insists that its takeover of American General is still on track, despite a riva...
Pru says US deal on track despite AIG offer
Uk insurer Prudential insists that its takeover of American General is still on track, despite a riva...
US to relax rules covering European reinsurers
European reinsurers could soon find it easier to operate in the US following a recommendation that le...
US to relax rules covering European reinsurers
European reinsurers could soon find it easier to operate in the US following a recommendation that le...
View from the inside.
Jin Jie-wei has worked in the Shanghai branch of the People's Insurance Company of China since 1982 ...
Munich Re pushes for farm cover.
As the foot and mouth disease crisis continues to grow in the UK, Munich Re has revealed that it has...
A capital strategy.
Swiss Re New Markets has a wide-ranging remit. Adrian Leonard asks chief executive Erwin Zimmermann to nail it down.
On the up.
Hong Kong's (re)insurers have been hit badly by the Asian financial crisis but hope is in sight, says Adrian Leonard.
Lloyd's escapes ban on US claims.
A clause in a US bankruptcy reform bill that would have hampered Lloyd's attempts to recover debts ...
Dublin cracks down on rogue reinsurers.
Dublin's insurance supervisory office is promising to move swiftly to eliminate rogue reinsurers and...