Regulation
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...
A policy of rate and see.
A new company is to rate the business performance of brokers and intermediaries, allowing small high street players to be compared to their larger counterparts. Carne Curgenven explains how it will work to Anthony Gould.
ABI disappointed over Bill.
The Association of British Insurers said it was "disappointed" the government failed to introduce a ...
L&G review orphan assets but rule out Equitable deal
Legal and General ruled itself out of the bidding for Equitable Life yesterday on the day the beleagu...
Training initiative.
Four industry bodies have teamed up to develop training and competence toolkits for financial advise...
Equitas surplus up.
Equitas, set up to reinsure and run off the 1992 and prior years' on-life liabilities of Lloyd's syn...
ECGD review a missed opportunity
The International Underwriting Association believes the government missed an opportunity in its revie...
Insurers get green light from FSA over inheritance
The Financial Services Authority has given the thumbs up to Axa's proposed transfer of the policies a...
Insurers welcome ruling on suing barristers
Barristers have been stripped of the immunity that they have enjoyed for two centuries following a la...