Regulation
CBI warns over Bill.
The Confederation of British Industry warned the US this week there would be "serious repercussions"...
FSA: Panel praise.
The Financial Services Authority received qualified support from the Financial Services Consumer Pan...
San Francisco to lead on sex change.
San Francisco will become the first US city to extend its health insurance plan to cover sex change ...
Insurers form single market lobby group.
Several senior insurance and banking figures have formed a new pan-European lobbying group to suppor...
Marlborough Stirling to float.
Software and services provider Marlborough Stirling is set to float on the London Stock Exchange thi...
Enter now for BIA 2001 recognition.
Want to win a British Insurance Award and let the whole industry know about your achievements? Then ...
Scot Am shot in the arm for Pru.
Prudential hopes to boost its market penetration in the independent financial adviser sector with th...
Groupama to outsource to The Source.
Groupama is in talks to outsource computer claims handling to sector specialist The Source. The nego...
Marlborough Sterling to float
Cheltenham-based Marlborough Stirling, a software provider to the insurance industry, intends to seek...
Fortis braced for Selby crash claims
Insurer Fortis holds the motor insurance policy for the car involved in this week's tragic rail accid...
CEA in capital markets reinsurance deal
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and two financial service companies have used a combination...
Court: creditor class clarity.
A decision by the Court of Appeal, this week, has clarified how creditors should be classed when con...
ABI fees squeeze out the smaller firms.
Is the Association of British Insurers trying to drive smaller companies out of business, or just ou...
With-profits call for transparency to give confidence.
The actuarial profession has called for greater transparency to restore consumer confidence in with-...
A strong Finnish.
Rating Agency Standard & Poors has announced a "stable look" on the Finnish insurance market, in lig...
Threat to with-profits is unjust.
There is a powerful head of steam building up that threatens to blow away traditional with-profits l...
Lloyd's denies FBI interest.
Lloyd's has denied it has become embroiled in the fall out following the recent scandal in the Calif...
Pru sets up new company
Prudential has launched a new company, Scottish Amicable Financial Services, combining the existing ...
Zurich transfers 800 staff to IBM.
Zurich Financial Services' UK operation is looking to prune annual expenditure by £15m through an ou...
Axa: "No urgency" to replace Pru-bound Wood.
Axa is in no rush to replace its UK chief executive Mark Wood, who is to join the board of Prudentia...
London signs up to LMP2001 reforms.
A majority of organisations in the London market has now signed up to proposals for modernising proc...
Appointment at GE Re.
Karen Pachyn (right) has joined GE Re as chief actuary. She will be based at the Lincolnshire, Illin...
Fast track for EU reforms.
The prospect of reinsurers being able to trade more freely around the European Union (EU) has moved ...
News in brief - Life business in central and eastern Europe.
Life business in central and eastern Europe has been growing at 17.4% a year and non-life by 7.6% a ...