Regulation
Dublin cracks down on rogue reinsurers.
Dublin's insurance supervisory office is promising to move swiftly to eliminate rogue reinsurers and...
News in brief.
The government of Zimbabwe is to sell its 56.75% stake in Zimbabwe Re. It has given no timetable or ...
CEA arranges $100m cover.
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and two financial service companies have used a combinatio...
News in brief from Generali's International Space Conference.
(Re)insurers could face lower risks following the drafting by the Rome-based International Institute...
Appointment at Employers Re.
Employers Re has appointed Glenn Pomeroy (pictured), former commissioner of insurance of North Dakot...
Indian pool goes.
India's reinsurance pool looks set to cease underwriting following the opening of the insurance mark...
Zurich sell off to halt slump.
Zurich Financial Services, which last week recorded a 5.5% fall in net profits to $2.1bn (£1.36bn) a...
Hart backs down on mutuality.
Gordon Hart, the leader of the Members' Rights Campaign, set up following last year's failed demutua...
Raising awareness of risk management.
This week, broker Marsh became one of the first companies to receive its licence to run the new Mana...
Union hosts talks over asbestos.
The Trades Union Congress was due to host a meeting today between the Policyholders Protection Board...
Barrister warning.
The Bar is bracing itself to pay thousands of pounds in compensation, as a result of a rise in compl...
SMG to buy as staff quit.
Leeds-based broker Smithson Mason Group this week played down the defection of six employees to riva...
Debt provisions doubled as reinsurer fears mount.
Lloyd's syndicates have doubled their provisions for bad debt, as a result of "concerns over the sec...
Culture shock?
Kexin Li is spending six months in the UK, as part of a new scheme to introduce China's fledgling financial industry to Western business practices. Lynn Rouse finds out what she will be taking away with her.
Standard & Poor's in U-turn over Trafalgar warning
Rating agency Standard & Poor's has issued a U turn over its warning Cornhill-owned Trafalgar Insuran...
Move to clear up cheque fraud
The financial industry is launching an awareness and education campaign aimed at reducing the rise in...
London Market reforms shunned.
The number of companies signing up to the London Market Principles 2001, which are needed to moderni...
Insurers: heed the warnings.
What a pity the world of insurance is incapable of learning from the errors of the past. Maggie Lits...
Actuaries outline risk roles
The Actuarial Profession has published its proposals for a new risk framework within companies, which...
Independent put on credit watch
Independent Insurance has been placed on Credit Watch by controversial ratings agency Standard & Poor...
Lloyd's reforms to follow Election.
Widespread reforms to the governance of Lloyd's will take place after the General Election, under pr...
Poll finds MPPI scheme has fallen on deaf ears.
A joint industry and government initiative to raise the quality and profile of mortgage payment prot...
Stocks shock hits insurers.
Insurance companies face increased threats to their bottom line, following the negative impact on eq...
Pru increases Indian interests.
Prudential Assurance, the Indian subsidiary of The Prudential, is looking to increase its stake in p...