Regulation
Fears in Parliament.
The news that the map of the human genome has been completed again raised fears in Parliament over h...
Dixons' tie-up.
High street retailer Dixons Group Business Services has joined up with a leading insurer to offer a ...
£10m investment.
Information solutions company Experian has invested £10m in a pan-European consumer credit solution....
Fox at watchdog.
Richard Fox has been appointed as the first compliance director at consumer watchdog the Mortgage Co...
Brown's broker title warning.
Brokers should not expect an easy ride over the Chartered Insurance Broker title even if the regulat...
Image problem?
Mary Francis, director general of the Association of British Insurers responds to recent criticism of the insurance industry and outlines what the industry can do to change perceptions.
Taxing problem for UK insurers.
The Inland Revenue's consultative document on setting claims reserves for corporation tax purposes w...
Everybody needs good neighbour cover.
Cornhill subsidiary Lawclub Legal Protection has launched Family Lawclub Protect, a cover for mediat...
RSA continues to disappoint
Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group's below average operating performance has led ratings agency S...
Fox to oversee mortgage compliance
Richard Fox has been appointed as the first compliance director at consumer watchdog, the Mortgage Co...
SOC & Hampden to merge
SOC Group - formerly Sedgwick Oakwood Capital - and Hampden Agencies are to merge, creating the large...
OECD names tax havens
The UK's Isle of Man and Channel Islands, Barbados, Monaco, the British Virgin Islands and the US Vir...
Changing picture.
SD Gupta explains how recent changes to India's financial framework have opened the door to foreign insurers.
Brockbank develops new product.
Aviation underwriter Brockbank has developed a new product which it claims protects clients against ...
Insurers make cash threat over tax reform.
Insurers are threatening to take investment outside the UK if the government implements its proposed...
Why CII is moving with the times on training.
Sue Hibberd makes several relevant points regarding the need of today's management to provide practi...
Solvency waiver is not a problem.
The General Insurance Standards Council will revisit the area of solvency requirements for new membe...
Personal messages.
PM surveyed personal lines claims managers to discover their thoughts on new liabilities, panel culling and fraud. Experts were asked then to comment on the results as Alex Broad explains.
47th annual congress of the Presse International des Assurances.
Senior journalists from leading European and US insurance publications visited Lloyd's and sat in un...
AIIB outraged.
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers has accused the Sunday Times of encouraging ...
Package revamped.
Insurer Unum's sales package for IFAs, ProductPartner 2.2, has been revamped. The upgraded version h...
FSA must not ignore IT.
The Financial Services Authority's proposed new rulebook should take greater account of new technolo...
Use it or lose it.
The Internet will not kill off other customer channels, but insurers must focus its use or lose out ...
Ex-Generali staff lose case.
Italian insurer Generali has won a Birmingham employment tribunal case bought by staff seeking enhan...