Regulation
... an actuary.
Actuaries. Dull types, according to their well-worn reputation. But Alex Broad spent a day with Duncan Anderson of Watson Wyatt Worldwide and discovered his job is anything but boring.
Startup has £4m target.
The former managing director and operations director at loss adjuster Miller Pycraft, Barry Whyte an...
Was FSA devious or inept over Drake?
With reference the Drake affair ('Drake hit with business ban', PM 11 May, p1), the Financial Servic...
Foreign invasion is on the way.
The Irish Life market will have to brace itself for a foreign invasion in the near future, said Colm...
Association finds Perfect partner.
Two of the country's leading marine surveying and consulting firms are merging. The Liverpool and...
Patently obvious.
The key for companies that want to protect their ideas, brand or trademark is insurance - but do the insurers have the right products for the job? David Fanning finds out.
PI firms await rules for NHS staff.
Indemnity insurers have yet to hear the precise arrangements for forthcoming compulsory professional...
Rhine Re to buy Imperial Re
Rhine Re of Switzerland is to acquire UK-based Imperial Fire & Marine Re and has received a $150m equ...
Endowment mis-selling broadcast
Two-thirds of companies selling endowment mortgages may have given customers misleading advice, the F...
Deal opens China wall to European insurers
China is to award seven licences to European insurers in the life and non-life sectors following a gr...
TLO-online unveiled by Lloyd's.
Lloyd's syndicate 609 has launched a website for the purchase of total loss only reinsurance. The...
The buck stops where?
Janet Edey outlines developments in legislation that corporate risk managers need to keep track of and points to cover available in case things go wrong.
IRM reviews exams.
The Institute of Risk Management is reviewing its examination structure and considering options for i...
Working on risk.
You may think Lloyd's and the concept of risk strategy would make unlikely bedfellows, but Marcus Alcock discovers that the Market Risk Unit is a vital cog in the Lloyd's wheel and is continually going from strength to strength.
MP wants FSA answers over Drake closure.
A Labour MP has called for the Financial Services Authority to publish details of its dealings with ...
Back office at the forefront.
Digby Jacks says although a bid by the Financial Services Authority to lay down training and competency standards for back office staff may have its shortcomings, it is still to be welcomed and acted on.
AIRMIC lands in Brum.
It's all change for the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers' this year - it has switched both the month and location for its annual conference. Here's what's in store.
Commitments figures set to bring the blues to insurers.
Insurance staff have so little commitment to their companies that over a third would leave for a sli...
Case that shames FSA.
Tough market conditions in the personal lines motor sector have finally bought us a major casualty -...
Asbestos admission.
Murray Lawrence, an ex-chairman of Lloyd's, admitted that as early as 1980 the market was aware that...
Hunt wins pledge to repeal Acts.
Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord David Hunt of Wirral extracted an important concession fro...
A time of change.
The return to growth and prosperity has brought both risks and opportunities to the Far East's most vibrant and competitive financial services marketplace, writes Richard Willsher.[QQ]
Pensions go ahead.
A draft private pension Bill is expected to be submitted to the Turkish parliament this week which w...
Time to learn the law.
As pressure on local authority risk managers increases, John Morrell outlines new legislation they need to be aware of.