Regulation
Cullen goes at Prudential
Prudential's finance director Les Cullen - who only joined the company in September - has resigned an...
Abbey catches rivals off-guard.
Abbey Legal Protection's decision to halve premiums on employment-led commercial products has caught...
Online plan hatched.
Prudential's online bank egg has chosen Accurate Software's Bankrec Corporate solution to automate r...
All Party Group backs mutual.
MPs backed Standard Life's bid to retain its mutual status when they met with the company last week....
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes.
Melanie Birch and Clare Phipps have joined Darwin Rhodes recruitment consultants. Ms Birch joins fro...
Appointment at Financial Services Authority.
Vernon Everitt has been appointed head of media relations at the Financial Services Authority. He jo...
GISC team in EC talks.
Concerned General Insurance Standards Council representatives met European Commission chiefs last we...
Appointment at Royal London Insurance.
Royal London has appointed two new regional heads. Colin Hughes will be the company's Newcastle Upon...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Sarah Witwicka has joined PCS as vocational case manager. A qualified staff nurse and holder of an M...
Alliance & Leicester and Lloyds TSB get Internet bug
Alliance and Leicester plans to launch a stand-alone Internet operation it said today as it recorded ...
Pru mum on £4bn.
Prudential is attempting to sell off £11bn of its UK institutional funds. A spokeswoman confirmed...
Europe banks on mergers.
Europe has been bitten badly by the bancassurance bug with companies rushing to position themselves ...
UA in union talks over sales pay.
MSF union representatives have met with their United Assurance counterparts to resolve the issue of ...
Appointment at Lloyds TSB Insurance.
Three new directors have joined the board of Lloyds TSB Insurance. They are Sally Jones Evans, who h...
Appointment at Ward Evans.
Ward Evans has recruited six new staff members. Gez Wilmot, who was formerly financial services dire...
Millennium Bug may not sting for years
The Millennium Bug will remain a ratings issue for some time said ratings agency Standard & Poor's. ...
Lloyd's reveals 3-year strategy
Lloyd's has published its strategy for growth over the next three years. Its plans include turning th...
Financial Bill gets bogged down
The Financial Services & Markets Bill is struggling to keep to its Parliamentary timetable and is alr...
Ex-Credit Lyonnais chief accused of breaking law.
French financial guru Francios Pinault has been charged with illegally profiting from the sale of a ...
China approves first broker group.
China has approved its first group of insurance broker companies in an effort to develop the industr...
CIS shows its no Euro-sceptic.
Co-operative Insurance Society launches its fourth fund this week. The European Growth Fund follo...
Rip-off fears after mortgage cop out.
The Treasury surprised the industry last week by refusing to bring the regulation of mortgage advice...
Appointment at Gosschalks Solicitors.
Medical negligence specialist Tim Slow has been made a partner at Hull-based Gosschalks Solicitors. ...
£150m bill from air crashes.
The Boeing MD-80 Alaska Airlines plane that crashed on Monday night will cost the insurance industry...