Regulation
Healthy link up.
An internet company has teamed up with Pinnacle Insurance to launch a new medical cash plan. The Med...
Egg in pension move.
Egg, the internet banking arm of insurer Prudential, has reportedly said it is weighing up a move in...
Appointment at Prudential Europe.
Ciaran McGettrick is the new managing director at Dublin-based Prudential Europe Management Services...
Safety in Travel.
Travel Insurance Club has amended its winter sports policy to cover off-piste skiing, heli-skiing, t...
Technology Supplement - Virtual minefield.
The arrival of internet technology is opening up a whole new spectrum of liability issues. As new legislation is being drafted to cope with the virtual risks, says David Fanning, insurers are having to rethink their existing covers.
IRM: risk course.
The Institute of Risk Management and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health have launched...
Environment WP a liability for UK.
UK insurers still have reservations about the European Commission White Paper on environmental liabi...
EU rules create level playing field.
The European Commission published its long-awaited draft directive on insurance mediation this week,...
GISC well-placed to rule code.
I applaud the efforts to establish a robust claims code for the handling of personal lines claims (P...
Wesleyan transfers its salesforce to FMCG.
Wesleyan Assurance is to follow Prudential's lead and transfer its direct salesforce to FMCG Homeser...
Restorex recognition.
Damage control specialists Restorex has become the first company to be awarded the British Damage Ma...
Words to the wise.
Peter Clark, president of the Institute of Actuaries, who gave his presidential address on Monday, explained to Anthony Gould why the profession's failure to communicate is damaging to the insurance industry.
EU directive to impact brokers
The European Commission published its long awaited draft directive on insurance mediation this week i...
PWC compares tax.
An international comparison of insurance taxation rules for both general and life insurance business...
Euro u-turn on liability justice.
It appears, this week, that the changes in the climate that so threaten the UK general insurance ind...
Euro backing on environment.
The European Parliament has backed the insurance industry in its campaign to overthrow plans by the ...
Great North Eastern Railway v Avon Insurance Plc.
Queens Bench Division 24 August 2000 Since 1996, GNER had taken damage and interruption insurance ...
Zurich buy-back.
Zurich Financial Services is to buy-back £460m of its own shares ahead of the merger of its two hold...
Cybersettle launch delay.
Online claims settlement system, Cybersettle, which was due to be launched in the UK this summer, ha...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny, who jetted into Sydney last week for the opening ceremony for the Olympics, narrowly missed b...
Equitas stresses its high solvency margin.
The headline, "Asbestos claims hike to bring Equitas to the brink" (PM, 14 September, p64) may have ...
Further delays for ABI code.
The Association of British Insurers' Claims Code, which will set out benchmarking standards for the ...
Marlborough Stirling continues expansion.
Financial software and support specialist Marlborough Stirling has continued its expansion with the ...
Gorham v Standard Life Assurance Co.
Court of Appeal 27 July 2000 The late Mr Gorham would have been better off in his company's oc...