Regulation
Equitable Life to fight ruinous ruling.
Beleaguered mutual Equitable Life is fighting back after suffering a court reversal last week said t...
Insurers sign up.
Allianz, Aon, Axa, CGU, Generali and Marsh are among the insurers and intermediaries that have signe...
Equitable's rivals are real winners of case.
Equitable Life's future is once again in the balance following the Court of Appeal's ruling last wee...
Insurers must be scrutinised.
I feel very strongly that if the General Insurance Standards Council is to gain credibility, represe...
Pru enters frame for entrenched Nat West.
An independent Nat West will aim to double the market share of Nat West Life by 2002 and outsource t...
Run on autopilot.
Improvements in the risk management of aircraft have levelled off in recent years, meaning insurers must work hard to drive the sector forward. Eric Alexander reports.
Taking stock.
Andrew Newman discovers why the rail industry in the UK is unique in terms of risk management for insurance companies, and also finds out that, while accidents can never be completely guarded against, approaches to safety are advancing all the time.
The trouble with mergers.
Insurer and broker consolidation is a matter of deep concern to risk manager Ian Drewer, who explains his worries to Anthony Gould.
Rule book could delay GISC launch.
The long-awaited launch of the General Insurance Standards Council could be delayed until the end of...
Mortgage move by Treasury.
Melanie Johnson, economic secretary to the Treasury, was yesterday set to unveil plans concerning mo...
Wizards of Oz.
Jeremy Golden discovers that Australian insurers have had to be extremely innovative in recent years as the country's general public have become more astute about financial products.
Marine's sinking feeling.
At the end of last year Martin Albers, chief executive officer of Swiss Re UK, said the industry was...
Hilton case date set
The City of London police said last week that it had arrested a 30-year old man in connection with al...
FSA to get mortgage role
The Financial Services Authority is expected to be appointed by the government to be the new mortgage...
TISL unveils eventra voice recording system.
Computer telephony specialist TISL has unveiled the latest addition to its eventra voice recording s...
Regulation is here to stay - get used to it.
There are government initiatives a-plenty affecting the life assurance and retail financial services...
FSA in 'no-win' situation over mis-selling.
The latest round in the pensions mis-selling saga could see professional indemnity insurers and inde...
And so is the Pru.
Prudential saw total UK insurance and investment sales increase by 61% to £7.4bn during 1999. The in...
CII reforms get green light vote.
A special general meeting of the Chartered Insurance Institute in London overwhelmingly approved the...
GISC stalled by popular demand.
The General Insurance Standards Council will not recruit its first members until March at the earlie...
Chelmsford dies.
Viscount Chelmsford, a former director at Lloyd's broker Willis Faber and a past chairman of LIMNET,...
Rejected builder forms own trade body.
A builder blocked from carrying out specialist foundation work for insurers has set up his own guara...
Stakeholder could trigger OPRA's swansong.
There are fears the introduction of stakeholder pensions could see the demise of the Occupational Pe...
UA staff in revolt over changes in commission.
Takeover target United Assurance is facing revolt among its salesforce whose future is uncertain fol...