Regulation
GISC is not for turning.
The General Insurance Standards Council will not reverse its initial recommendations on solvency req...
Charity begins at the office for database.
The Unclaimed Assets Register is to share 10% of all search fees it earns between the three charitie...
FSA's Canary chat.
The Financial Services Authority is to hold a pilot annual meeting at its offices in Canary Wharf, L...
... a local authority risk manager.
David Worsfold spent a day with Ian Horwood, Wycombe District Council's risk manager, and finds a man both persistant and passionate about his job.
RSA on track to save £20m.
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance claims it is on target to save £20m following the completion of the fir...
Carrol re-elected.
Tim Carrol has been re-elected chairman of the International Underwrting Association of London. Mr C...
Tell us something we don't know.
Financial exclusion is a crucial issue that has rightly risen up the political agenda in the last fe...
Actuarial joint venture targets insurers
English Matthews Brockman, the general insurance actuary, has signed a co-operation agreement with US...
Ace International makes on-line alliance
Ace International, the direct insurance operation of Bermuda-based reinsurer Ace, has entered into an...
Aviation reshuffle at Aon.
Broker Aon is reorganising is aviation division with the launch of Aviation Consultancy and Reinsura...
GISC to revisit solvency concerns of brokers.
The recently launched General Insurance Standards Council will address the issue of solvency require...
EU's plan for sector.
The European Union plans to review how to manage a single market in financial services by establishi...
Insurers face $3bn payouts.
Insurers face multi-billion payouts if a petition filed in the US state of California linked to the ...
Part-timers clock up more rights.
Changes to the rules governing part-time workers could catch some businesses un-awares if they don't know the pitfalls, says John McQueen.
Stop this slide into subsidence madness.
The Association of British Insurers and loss/risk consultants Resolve International seem agreed that...
Insurers to tender for football cover.
Insurers are to be asked to tender for a compulsory national scheme to provide public liability and ...
Stakeholder u-turn welcomed.
Insurers have welcomed the Treasury's decision not to exclude occupational pension scheme members fr...
In sector Norse.
Over 360 firms were active in Norway's insurance sector at the end of 1999, including 67 insurers, a...
Last gasp bid to stall Finance Bill.
Insurance trade bodies have made a last minute combined bid to stall the enactment of a clause in th...
If polarisation ain't broke, don't fix it, says Hunt.
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers has warned the Financial Services Authority that w...
St Paul Re management changes
New York-based St Paul Re is reshuffling its management and creating a separate financial solutions u...
GISC rule ammendments
The General Insurance Standards Council has issued a number of amendments to its rule book - due for ...
Bancassurance exposes culture clash says FSA
Bancassurance developments should be watched carefully, Howard Davies, chairman of the Financial Serv...
RSA e-procurement gets green light
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has completed the first phase of an e-procurement system designed to sav...