Regulation
Aon deal takes a Liberty.
Broker Aon has completed a deal to acquire the UK business and assets of Liberty Occupational Health...
No cure for NHS long-term ills.
The government's NHS plan is a worthy package of measures, but fails to tackle the real long-term ca...
Equitable moves to identify parent.
Equitable Life has confirmed that it hopes to identify its new parent company by the end of the year...
Ruling council.
Brokers will face a rise in claims against them following the transparency that accompanies the transfer of responsibility for enforcing standards to the General Insurance Standards Council, argues Robin Williams.
European invasion.
UK life insurers could be set to invade Europe, following the introduction of a package of regulatio...
Big Brother hurts industry.
A shortage of experienced underwriters, poor management, a failure to attract and retain the best gr...
Pension transfer rules will hit workers
Proposals for personal pension transfers have been slammed by the Income Drawdown Advisory Bureau. It...
Pru moves into creditor as Axa's Egg cracks
Axa has lost the account to provide credit cover for Prudential-owned internet bank Egg's products. T...
Claims People presses ahead with development plan
The Claims People Group has issued a revised timetable for its planned placing and public offering, w...
Pru to provide TUC pensions.
Prudential will provide pensions for the Trade Union Congress in a deal that gives the insurer acces...
Pru: US and Asian profits up.
UK insurer Prudential recorded a 14% increase to £425m in first-half operating profits on the back o...
Pru: ideal Tai deal.
Taiwan's government has approved Prudential of America's plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary i...
APIL calls for urgent PI claims talks.
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has called for an urgent meeting with the Forum of Insura...
Appointment at Scottish Widows.
Scottish Widows has made a series of appointments to its investment management teams. Lloyd Branford...
Gunning for the ageists.
Your article Young guns can be low calibre (PM, 20 July, p24) hit the nail on the head. Employers...
Insurance contribution towards Thames Water's five-phase plan - Up
In the fourth in our series in association with the Chartered Insurance Institute Society of Fellows, Lloyd Clark-Morris analyses the issue of rising water tables and how the industry should respond.
GISC court out over rules.
Proposals by the General Insurance Standards Council for risk carrier members to deal only with GISC...
Insurers deny any racial bias.
Prudential of America, MetLife and five smaller insurers have been accused of racial discrimination ...
Cover for MPs to wait.
The decision on the exact level of cover to be given to MPs by the motion passed on 23 May will have...
UK missing out on Canadian mix.
UK insurers are in danger of missing out on Canada's emerging commercial insurance opportunities, Ro...
Pru down in UK but up abroad
Prudential recorded a 14% increase in first-half operating profits to £425m on the back of growth in ...
PWC: e-rule warning.
Financial services consulting group PricewaterhouseCoopers has called for a change in the regulation...
Orphans move raises hopes.
Other insurer's could follow Axa's lead in buying out policyholders' interests in inherited estates ...
Fortis set to buy US insurer
The international insurer and financial services group Fortis has reached an agreement today to acqui...