Regulation
Traveller's checks.
The General Insurance Standards Council wants to impose tight regulations on the selling of insurance by travel agents. David Fanning discovers that not everyone in this highly competitive market thinks this is a good thing.
Chubb buys Danish.
Chubb Europe has maintained its strategy of growth in the Nordic region with the acquisition of the ...
London market plans reforms
Lloyd's and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) are considering the merger of the two Lo...
World insurance - Fewer premiums, higher prices.
Three new reports show that the global insurance market is entering the new century with a mixture o...
A year of the euro.
Despite concerns about the euro's lack of strength against the dollar, in the year since its introdu...
Don't bank on it.
Adrian Leonard reviews the effect of the much heralded overhaul of US financial services, and finds little likely to change.
Aircraft losses down in 1999.
It was a good year for aircraft safety in 1999 with fatalities falling by more than half to 512 from...
Through the trade wall.
Despite China's agreement to open its insurance market when it joins the World Trade Organisation, Jeremy Golden finds it will take some time to break down old barriers.
Max Re gets backing from market.
Aon and Western General have invested in the Bermuda market's latest reinsurer, Max Re. The US br...
Good health.
Laura Bazer and Simon Harris find attractive opportunities ahead for the world's life reinsurers.
Swiss Life launches shake-up.
Switzerland's biggest life assurer Swiss Life has launched a minor management shake-up in a bid to c...
Zurich and Permanent jostle for term business.
The first shots have been fired in the term battlefield with both Zurich Life and Permanent Insuranc...
Good practice reduces regulation.
Good risk management practices will result in less regulation, according to Financial Services Autho...
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.