Regulation
Backbench MPs publish their Bills
The topics chosen by the 20 MPs successful in the ballot for Private Members' Bills were published th...
Berlin ART lesson.
Seminars on alternative risk transfer drew the biggest crowds at last month's Federation of European Risk Management Associations Forum. Anthony Gould reports.
An Indian renaissance.
A bill that will free up the state-monopolised Indian insurance sector to foreign and private compan...
What the Papers Say.
The Times A sugar company employee who took early retirement spent his entire £2200 pension in a ...
All clear to Allstate.
US insurer Allstate has been granted permission by the Italian insurance regulator ISVAP to begin op...
Man from Pru in running to be trade body's ABI rep.
The Association of British Insurers has lent its support to the new trade association for restoratio...
Axa charts new P&I route.
Axa Global Risks has launched its fixed premium Protection & Indemnity insurance business in a direc...
Appointment at Old Mutual.
Jim Sutcliffe will be joining the board of Old Mutual as chief executive. He will be responsible ...
Now actuaries blast FSA plans.
Actuaries are the latest body to criticise the intrusive nature of the Financial Services Authorit...
ABI publishes predictions for the industry.
Bancassurance and cross-border deals will dominate future merger and acquistional activity among UK ...
Quality for life badge gets the go-ahead.
Life insurers and pension providers will be able to apply for a quality mark under a new scheme laun...
Eversheds expands in Europe
Leading insurance law firm Eversheds is merging with Netherlands practice Boekel De Neree. Boekel D...
VAT was payable on insurance discounts.
The British Horse Society is a registered charity with 50,000 members. The benefits it provides i...
Industry still wary of league tables.
Industry representatives are still to be convinced by the Financial Services Authority's proposals f...
Appointment at Aon Mergers & Acquisitions.
Alan Coughtrie has been made a director of Aon Mergers & Acquisitions. Previously he was executive d...
Merger called off.
The planned merger between German mutuals Parion and Alte Leipziger has been called off. Both sides ...
Mutual plan ditched.
The Baltic Exchange has abandoned plans to change its status to a mutual following substantial cash ...
Exclusive - Insurers losing clients through poor profiling.
Few insurers are satisfactorily retaining customers, according to a new survey by European IT servic...
Internet for sales.
Almost a fifth of companies have launched a product that is only available over the Internet, accord...
Government under fire for neglecting legal expenses cover.
The government has come under attack for its lack of commitment to legal expenses insurance. The ...
All change in 2000.
Report highlights how broking will alter in the new millennium.
ALARM chief rings warning bell over council's Y2K complacency.
Eleventh hour complacency could wreck months of Y2K compliance work and contingency planning within ...
State of the union.
US LEGAL REVIEW The last year of the millennium has been a busy one for ceding companies, reinsur...
Rhine Re crosses Atlantic.
Rhine Re is to establish a property casualty operation in the US with the purchase of Equus Re. E...