Regulation
ERC Frankona to become GE Frankona Re
US-based Employers Re has announced that the comanies that make up ERC Frankona, its European subsidi...
RSA unveils critical illness package for IFAs.
Royal & Sun Alliance has launched a new group critical illness product for the independent financial...
Companies not tuned in to WAP.
The latest survey by communications technology group CMG revealed that 81% of companies in the banki...
BILA establishes contract law forum.
The British Insurance Law Association will establish a new forum to review insurance contract law, f...
... a medical underwriter.
Scientists change their minds from one day to the next about what is good for us and what is bad. Legal & General's Russ Whitworth has to keep abreast of these issues in his role as chief medical underwriter, as Jonathan Swift discovered.
Charmed nation?
On the surface, Taiwan's economy looks remarkably stable for a country hit by a major earthquake last year. Jeremy Golden peers into the cracks to see how the (re)insurance market is faring.
Negative outlook for UK property & casualty
Rating Agency Moody's has maintained its negative rating outlook for the short-term future of the UK ...
Credit for Egg.
Axa has lost the account to provide credit cover for Prudential-owned internet bank Egg's products. ...
CML backs reviews.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has welcomed the Treasury's call for a review of the effectiveness o...
Pinset poaches Crabtree in bid to top league.
National law firm Pinsent Curtis has poached leading lawyer James Crabtree as part of its plans to b...
Facing double trouble.
Mary Francis, director general of the Association of British Insurers, answered her insurance industry peers at last month's Eversheds and Post Magazine Hot Seat. Anthony Gould was there following proceedings.
McDonald's case sparks claims fear.
The floodgates could be opened for liability insurers following the latest legal battle against McDo...
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...