Regulation
What the Papers Say.
THE TIMES Jan Howell, the teacher given £250,000 compensation for classroom stress, is seeking le...
Inter-Alliance in Equitable race.
Acquisitive independent financial adviser Inter-Alliance has emerged as the front runner to take ove...
Blind bidding site on trial.
A new blind-bidding online claims settlement site - eSettle.co.uk - is to be trialed over the next m...
Setting the stage for the new law on employment.
Last year, over 100,000 employment tribunal actions were filed. And this year, compensation levels...
Value of solicitors' PI market plummets.
The legal industry is paying £100m less for its professional indemnity cover on the new open market ...
Railtrack learns from its mistakes in insurance tie-up.
Adversity is part and parcel of the insurance and risk business, and the recent rail disasters, and ...
Alexander Forbes acquires Nicholas and Neal
South-African insurance group Alexander Forbes has acquired the general insurance business of Nichola...
Equitable could face government inquiry
The government has been called upon to launch an inquiry in to the collapse of the UK's oldest mutual...
Equitable Life gives up
Equitable Life has closed its doors to new business after the last remaining bidder for the business,...
Insurers play key role in climate of change.
The last few weeks have seen climate change, environmental management and the role of the insurance ...
Equitas records hike in asbestos claims.
Equitas, the company established to reinsure and run off the 1992 and prior liabilities of Lloyd's N...
PMI role should be highlighted.
The private medical insurance market should be highlighting the NHS's shortcomings according to Haze...
Railtrack urges industry to adopt claims protocol
Railtrack has urged other industries to adopt the railway industry's claims protocol which it said be...
Code: not particularly taxing.
The focus on benchmarking process rather than outcomes in the new Association of British Insurers' c...
MSMS goes to work on an Egg.
Software systems and support company Marlborough Stirling has joined forces with Prudential's intern...
Pru still in running for Equitable Life.
Prudential is understood to be the last remaining bidder for beleaguered Equitable Life after Eureko...
Vehicle repairers cry foul.
Vehicle repairers are putting increasing pressure on the insurance industry to drop alleged anti-com...
Bennetts shake-up.
Newbury-based broker Bennets Insurance plans to expand into travel, pet and other personal lines bus...
Pension bill escalation.
Insurers are facing a further compensation bill of £2.5bn after the Financial Services Authority ann...
Penny Black's insurance week.
While Penny and her colleagues have been yawning in frustration at the endless saga of those dreadfu...
Higher fines for non-insurance.
The government intends to increase the fine for employers who do not take out statutory liability in...
Training rules for brokers outlined
The General Insurance Standards Council has set out its rules on accreditation and monitoring of staf...
GISC to charge networks for monitoring
The General Insurance Standards Council said today that it will review broker networks on a case by c...
Repairers fight insurers over practices
Vehicle repairers are increasing pressure on the insurance industry to drop alleged anti-competitive ...