Regulation
Insurers await ruling.
A court decision is expected any day regarding the dispute between Belgium and the European Commissi...
Insurance chief calls for FSA to wake up to social exclusion.
The Financial Services Authority needs to bear in mind social exclusion issues when making regulatio...
Lloyd's admits Glass Test errors.
Lloyd's has apologised to Names for the debacle over last year's Glass Test on solvency requirements...
Dutch hand over Holocaust details.
The Dutch Association of Insurers is the first to release details of Holocaust era policyholders to ...
Max Re completes second offering
The Bermuda-market's newest reinsurer, Max Re, has had its total capitalisation raised to $509m follo...
Insurers fund new cover for over-45s.
European Internet portal for people aged over 45, Vavo.com, is to launch a raft of new products foll...
Looking for high-fliers.
Every broker wants first-rate staff, but David Fanning finds that not all of them are prepared to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to training.
Polarisation ally.
The Association of Financial Advisers told the Financial Services Authority that polarisation is "th...
Appointment at Forum of Insurance Lawyers.
Elizabeth Bramwell has been appointed as executive director of FOIL. She replaces Sue Bucknall, w...
Draft merger deal.
The boards of Finnish insurers Sampo Life and Leonia Life have approved draft merger terms which wil...
ISAs caught in 'Net.
A new online service offers low cost individual savings accounts from a range of providers. Pensions...
Bill makes it through Lords.
The government has steered the Financial Services & Markets Bill through its potentially difficult c...
Generali will get a UK life predicts analyst.
Italian insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali could soon swoop for a major UK life portfolio, accor...
Commentary - Councils in the courts.
Where local authorities do not appear to meet expectations, people are increasingly willing to bring...
Court rules both ways in child abuse cases.
Scott v Gloucestershire County Council Lawson v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 15 March 2...
Prudential allow access to its financial services.
Life assurer Prudential made a move to the new generation of mobile phones this week by allowing acc...
I got two babe.
Zurich Personal Insurances has doubled its cover for Millennium mums who give birth to twins. The am...
How to get your Act together.
Sean Stanton-Dunne explains why employers need to be aware of the new Data Protection Act and what can happen if they are found to have breached it.
SLPH review is on.
Sun Life & Provincial Holdings has confirmed it is undergoing a wide-ranging internal review. The co...
Calling the shots.
The meteoric rise of call centres is now showing signs of abating - in fact it's set to boom further, reports Andrea J Chee.
Quackenbush in cash scandal.
California's insurance commissioner Chuck Quackenbush has been accused of taking hundreds of thousan...
Action after arrest.
The Tennessee Insurance Department has been suspended from the US National Association of Insurance ...
Happy anniversary?
It is exactly a year today that Chris Woodburn took up his role as chief executive of the General Insurance Standards Council. Anthony Gould finds out how it's going.
GISC decision delayed
The European Commission's decision on whether to take over the task of approving the General Insuranc...