Regulation
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...
New syndicate for DP Mann.
Lloyd's insurer DP Mann is looking to set up a second syndicate to underwrite aviation business afte...
Ace to pull plug on 1171.
Bermuda-based insurer Ace has pulled the plug on life syndicate 1171. It follows an unsuccessful att...
Long terms for Pru.
The Prudential Insurance Company of America has signed up to the InsWeb online insurance service to ...
isms galore.
New legislation may help in the battle against discrimination but there is a long way to go before the insurance industry is truly a meritocracy, says Edward Murray.
New Deal for poor industry.
It may seem ironic to some observers that the new head of one of the government's poverty busting ta...
Penny Black's insurance week.
City institutions are notoriously conservative bodies, none more so than the livery companies. Keep ...
Orphan move faces challenge.
Axa could face legal action over the distribution of its £1.7bn orphan funds following a decision by...
JLT global tie-up.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson hopes to boost its corporate broking and risk consultancy business wit...
Jewellers venture.
Watkins Syndicate at Lloyd's has launched an e-insurance venture for jewellers and insurance brokers...
Co-operative tested.
Co-operative Insurance Society is set to explain to the government and business community next month...
Appointment at Pool Reinsurance Company.
Subject to the approval of the FSA, Pool Re has recruited Steve Atkins as chief executive. He previo...
New role for Leitch.
Sandy Leitch, the chief executive of Zurich Financial Services, has been appointed to head the gover...
Frasin takes risk.
HSBC Insurance Brokers has launched a new financial services operational risk consultancy through it...
Unlocking hidden assets.
Equitable Life recently found itself forced into a corner over its reserves and eventually put itself up for sale. Michael Brown says that insurers can unlock their hidden assets and boost their policyholder surplus.
Strikes to push up rates.
Premiums are set to rise for marine strike and delay cover following an increase in claims and indus...