Regulation
Permanent branding to stay.
The Permanent Insurance brand is expected to be retained, following the sale by Equitable Life of th...
Wind-up threat to insurers.
A new European Union directive that aims to give policyholders more protection when insurers go into...
New board for GISC.
The General Insurance Standards Council's proposals for increasing the representation of its board f...
Eureko recruits second UK partner to its fold.
The pan-European consortium of insurers Eureko has recruited its second UK partner by acquiring inve...
Insurers must take a European stance.
European insurance companies' failure to take a company view on cross-border issues is seriously ham...
Kott heads Wellington in US
Stanley Kott has been promoted to chief executive of the US subsidiary of the Lloyd's property and ca...
Unemployment initiative from Goodfellows
Protection underwriter Goodfellows has launched a new package of stand alone income protection insura...
GISC plan to increase transparency
The General Insurance Standards Council's plan to increase the transparency and representation on its...
Liverpool Vic snaps up Permanent
Equitable Life has sealed a £150m deal to sell Permanent Insurance to Liverpool Victoria. Permanent...
Qantas orders 'superjumbo'.
Airbus looks certain to build its huge A3XX "superjumbo" (artist's impression above with mock-up) fo...
Panel power.
Peter Chaffetz and Cecilia Froelich take a look at the power of US arbitration panels to compel third-party discovery.
London market reform accepted.
More than 20 London market companies had, by early December, signed up to a raft of measures aimed a...
FSA to review role.
The Financial Services Authority is to review its role in the Equitable Life saga, Treasury minister...
ABI pursues GISC cause.
The Association of British Insurers is to actively pursue members who are 'ambivalent' to the Genera...
Appointment at JK Buckenham.
Neal James-Crook has recently joined the board of independent Lloyd's broker JK Buckenham from Aon G...
Axa wins orphan dispute
Insurer Axa has won its case in the High Court concerning the future of its orphan funds, in a case w...
Regulatory challenge for 2001.
As the bells that toll the start of another new year beckon, they are unlikely to drown out the accu...
NN sells business.
South-African insurance group Alexander Forbes has acquired the general insurance business of Nichol...
FSA warned two years ago over Equitable
The government was seriously concerned about the solvency of Equitable Life two years ago, according ...
Pru faces legal challenge
A legal challenge has been mounted to stop the Prudential from accessing its £8bn orphan assets as A...
Improve or perish.
Neil Williams reflects on the results of Post Magazine's recent broker survey and pinpoints some of the main areas where he feels there is room for improvement by insurers.
Rally call for one regulator.
A single regulatory standard for insurers in the European Union and the US has been called for by on...
Inner city is the limit for insurers.
Society and insurance go hand in hand, and 15 years ago, in the Thatcher era, inner-city riots were ...
GISC awaits OFT verdict.
The General Insurance Standards Council will know before the end of the year if it will be refused t...