Regulation
Scotland as a microcosm.
The insurance experience of Scotland is much the same as the rest of the UK. However, its size means that certain factors are amplified in their effect as Edward Murray discovers.
Appointment at Willis International Holdings.
Alan Bicque has been taken on by Willis International Holdings as European employee benefits network...
Overseas man to US.
Bermuda-based Overseas Partners' chief underwriting officer Michael Cascio, a Fellow of the Casualty...
Ready for take-off.
Richard Williams, one of the experienced team behind the new Cathedral syndicate at Lloyd's, tells Eric Alexander why there is room for a new lead underwriter in aviation.
Life leaps ahead.
Swiss Re's latest sigma study shows life insurance business booming everywhere but Asia. Janina Clark reviews the report's findings.
Aviation claims continue to climb.
Aviation losses returned to an average level in 2000 after a particularly safe 1999, according to la...
Getting out on top.
Ipe Jacob of Grant Thornton argues that solvent schemes of arrangement are often the best and most logical option for owners of (re)insurance entities or portfolios that have ceased to underwrite new business.
Clark joins CNA.
CNA Re has appointed David Clark vice-president of international treaty business, based in London. M...
Balancing the balance sheet.
Adrian Leonard finds that financial reinsurance can do far more than just help companies meet their solvency targets.
When worlds collide.
Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz examine the conflicts between federal and state arbitration law.
Ex-employees in smear campaign
Disaster recovery company Belfor-Relectronic has accused ex-employees of mounting a dirty tricks camp...
ABI acts over disability
Disability support groups, consumer groups, insurers and intermediaries will be among the interested ...
Merger mishaps.
With consolidation the current watchword in British industry, Angus Ogg explains how warranty and indemnity insurance can provide protection for the risks that can arise from merger and acquisition activity.
Cox raises £90m.
Cox Insurance has raised £90m in the syndicated loan market to refinance existing debt and for gener...
Insurers get genetics call.
Three of the UK's largest insurers have been summoned to give oral evidence to MPs, following a comm...
Appointment at Lloyd's.
The new head of market risk at Lloyd's is to be Henry Johnson. He joins after two years at Swiss Re,...
Hiscox hosts exhibition.
Hiscox is to host an exhibition, Life-Size, by Richard Elliott in its art cafe between 29 January an...
APIL to meet with liquidators.
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is due to meet with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the provisio...
Blackmore denies website problems.
I believe the review of Alfred Blackmore's website (PM, 18 January, p11) is incorrect and makes unfa...
Testing times for the industry.
For Joe and Jane public, social exclusion must feel like a very real threat. They will have seen rep...
Animal rights and wrongs.
As animal rights organisations step up their attacks on biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, ...
CTC branches out.
Software and services provider CTC has opened new offices in Birmingham and Bristol. The Croyden-bas...
FSA defends new regime on professional standards.
David Jackman, head of training at the Financial Services Authority, defended its decision to drop s...
CIRC drafts rules for foreign-funded insurers.
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission is believed to have drafted its proposed rules for foreign...