Regulation
Industry keeps up LTC pressure as Lords vote.
The House of Lords is expected to vote in favour today of statutory regulation of long-term care ins...
Zurich appoints new UK managing director
Zurich Financial Services UK has appointed Geoff Riddell as managing director with responsibility for...
GISC to start in July
The General Insurance Standards Council has confirmed it will start operations at the beginning of Ju...
MAAF boost.
Europe's biggest motor insurer, France's MAAF Assurances, is to become the eighth member of the pan-...
Aon thinks big on back of office opening.
Aon is planning to expand in Scotland on the back of a new Edinburgh office and a possible acquisiti...
£6bn bid for Aetna.
Troubled US health insurer Aetna is the subject of an unsolicited $10.3bn (£6.2bn) takeover bid. ...
Censure and fine for Clowes.
City broker TL Clowes and Company has been censured and fined £25,000 by Lloyd's for acts of miscond...
Names claim fraud.
The Lloyd's trial got underway in earnest this week with Names' QC Simon Goldblatt saying they were ...
Kiln launch pet travel insurance after introduction of Pet Passports.
No shaggy-dog stories at Lloyd's this week, as Kiln launched the first online pet travel insurance f...
Bad drivers crash RSA profits.
Bob Mendelsohn, chief executive of insurer Royal & Sun Alliance, blamed reckless young drivers for t...
FSA denies rash of applications.
The Financial Services Authority has dismissed suggestions that the UK is braced for an influx of ne...
Lamy's WTO talks.
European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said some technical and tariff issues with China remain to b...
Exclusive - GISC rejects third consultation period.
The General Insurance Standards Council is set to reject the idea of a third consultation period at ...
Data protection fears alarmist.
Insurance companies are not taking a relaxed approach to the new Data Protection Act, which came int...
Everest acquisition.
Everest Re is to acquire Gibraltar Casualty from Prudential of America for book value at closing. La...
Industry holds its breath as judges deliberate.
This could prove to be an uncomfortable couple of weeks for insurers in the courts. In addition to t...
Reliance goes alone.
Large Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries has announced it is to enter the insurance sector with...
Results set to fuel RSA rumours.
Speculation over the future of giant general insurer Royal & Sun Alliance is set to increase with to...
Advisor found shot in head.
A former top producing financial advisor, currently under investigation by the FSA, suffered a gunsh...
Cyberliability.
Pat Dunne explains why any company that fails to appreciate the legal threats presented by misuse of the Internet could find itself learning an extremely expensive lesson.
CGNU reactions.
The prospect of a merger between Norwich Union and CGU has had ramifications on the international st...
Carpetbaggers' vow.
The Standard Life carpetbaggers have vowed not to go away following the insurer's decision that its ...
Hello & good buy.
In light of the CGU/NU merger, many UK insurers will be looking around for partners. Lis Gibson offers prospective buyers some tips on how to buy an insurer.
Strong union links can avoid litigation.
Further to last week's feature on employers' liability (PM 24 February p24), bosses often overlook t...