Regulation
Exclusive - Legal threat to CGNU.
CGNU could face legal action over its handling of the merger announcement should the deal go ahead. ...
Reanalysis - Lloyd's - Lime Street's new look for a new era.
Efforts to make Lloyd's more attractive to its brokers and clients and to strengthen the Lloyd's franchise are the focus of the Lloyd's Market Board (LMB) for the next 3 years, according to a strategy document published last month,writes Janina Clark
Lloyd's Asia finally ready to open in Singapore.
Lloyd's is close to receiving approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for the creati...
Rags to riches.
Once one of the poorest capitals in Europe, Dublin is now booming. More and more reinsurers are opening offices and the infrastructure is creaking under the strain. Adrian Leonard reports.
Under pressure.
Despite several years of poor or negative results, aviation (re)insurers are once more struggling to turn the market, says Hans Sandstrom.
Insurance for the dot.com generation.
The keys to successful e-commerce are uninterrupted access and customer and investor confidence. In a series of four articles, Alan Fisher and Belinda Saddington explore the opportunities those needs offer insurers.
Canadian compromise.
The Montreal Convention on airline liability was agreed last May and could be ratified later this year. Catherine West and Peter Macara offer a handy reference guide to its provisions.
In search of excellence.
Are you responsible for the reinsurance initiative of the year? Could your company be the internat...
American Re fights block.
American Re has filed a suit against the Pennsylvania insurance department over its blocking of the ...
In the eye of the storm.
After a volatile year in 1998 the millennium ended in comparative calm for space insurers, but Cameron Andrews finds forecasts for a solar maximum could mean another stormy season ahead.
Equitable denies Pru approach
Equitable Life has insisted that it has not been approached by the Prudential over a rumoured £4bn ta...
Ministers must address signing on the virtual line.
City solicitors Manches has criticised the government for failing to allow sufficient parliamentary ...
Claims against IFAs could soar.
Financial advisers could be hit by a rash of costly claims due to conditional fee agreements, a lead...
Broker Marsh sponsors exhibition at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery.
Broker Marsh has sponsored a major retrospective of 80 pictures by leading pop artist Adrian Henri a...
Munich Re under fire over Holocaust offer.
German reinsurer Munich Re's offer to provide access to records of possible Holocaust-era policies a...
Outsourcing first for CIS.
Co-operative Insurance has chosen to outsource its non-life insurance administration system to Compu...
National accreditation for The Broker Network's Investors in People
Members of The Broker Network's Investors in People team put crippling tackles and foul language to ...
Ian Walker of Russell Jones & Walker suggests new code.
Ian Walker, partner at Russell Jones & Walker (pictured below), urged the IUA not to push for the co...
Merger sweepstake is underway once again.
Merger mania is underway again after a slow start to the year and speculation over who will be the n...
Police close in on insurers.
More insurers could be questioned by police following the arrest of two ex-Guardian bosses last week...
Abbey defiant in face of criticism over 50% rates cut.
Abbey Legal Protection is defiant as criticism mounts of its recent 50% cut in premium rates for emp...
All eyes on giants after merger boom.
Consolidation is the only game in town in Japan's increasingly competitive non-life insurance market...
Cullen to quit Pru.
Britain's largest life assurance group Prudential said last week its finance director Les Cullen had...
Pru shows 10% drop but plans to float Egg
The Prudential has reported a 10% fall in operating profits before goodwill last year although under...