Regulation
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...
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...