Regulation
Winterthur choice.
The Winterthur Group has chosen the Quantum Treasury Management Solution to manage its head office t...
Japanese government issues costs guidelines.
Japanese life offices are to be issued with government guidelines on implementing reductions in divi...
No new Claude.
Axa said this week it was still looking for someone to replace head Claude Bebear who will stand dow...
Insurers could stall Euro law.
Insurers' refusal to underwrite difficult risks could scupper European Commission plans for new envi...
Carmichael enlists help.
Loss adjuster Carmichael enlisted the help of resident martial arts expert Rhory More to officially ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Following the decision of an electronics company this week to seek to recover costs incurred for mak...
New selling rules.
Singapore has introduced new rules for selling insurance. Brokers must register with Singapore's Mon...
IIB repeats legal threat.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has again indicated it could resort to legal action over the Gene...
Appointment at Bacon & Woodrow.
Prudential's former group chief actuary Peter Nowell has joined Bacon & Woodrow as a new associate i...
A year of two halves.
The new year celebrations have been brought rapidly down to earth with the latest figures on world insurance performance reports Peter Falush.
Web's cash planner.
Prudential has updated its website for those people seeking information to help plan their personal ...
The learning curve.
For all the industry's growth in the 20th century, the numbers of people studying insurance academically has remained remarkably static over the past 100 years. But, says David Bland, the onset of globalisation has created an opportunities.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny is feeling positively pooped after partying like it's 1899 and deciding to forgo the tradition...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A mansion built by rock singer Mariah Carey has mysteriously burned down, cau...
Points of law.
Ken Cannar traces the history of the legal developments that have impacted on the insurance industry and highlights some landmark court cases.
Mis-selling fear.
The government has again been warned it is stoking up another mis-selling scandal with its proposals...
What 2K?
After all the hype, the Millennium Bug turned out to be not so much a star destroyer as a phantom me...
Assured progress.
The trends of the later years of this century suggest the life assurance market will continue to grow in the next one. Clifford German examines the steady progress of the last 100 years, which have not been without scandal.
Albion drops cargo
Angerstein Transit Underwriting Agency, part of the Amlin Group, has taken over the renewal rights of...
Reinsurers finally allowed into India.
The Indian (re)insurance sector has been opened to private domestic and foreign companies, breaking the monopoly enjoyed by the state-owned General Insurance Corporation (GIC) for over 25 years, writes Vivek Raghuvanshi.
A life of change in Asia.
Janina Clark finds Pierre Ozendo, head of Swiss Re's Asia division, facing big challenges in South-east Asia.
A helping hand.
A campaign in the UK aims to encourage the use of rehabilitation to reduce the costs of bodily injury claims. Janina Clark reports.
Names battle on over tax.
The middle of this month should see a final ruling by the City General Commissioners in London on a ...
Wrapping up the loose ends.
Schemes of arrangement have overcome many supposed obstacles to become a way of winding up solvent run-offs, says Ipe Jacob.