Regulation
ABI publishes predictions for the industry.
Bancassurance and cross-border deals will dominate future merger and acquistional activity among UK ...
Quality for life badge gets the go-ahead.
Life insurers and pension providers will be able to apply for a quality mark under a new scheme laun...
Eversheds expands in Europe
Leading insurance law firm Eversheds is merging with Netherlands practice Boekel De Neree. Boekel D...
VAT was payable on insurance discounts.
The British Horse Society is a registered charity with 50,000 members. The benefits it provides i...
Industry still wary of league tables.
Industry representatives are still to be convinced by the Financial Services Authority's proposals f...
Appointment at Aon Mergers & Acquisitions.
Alan Coughtrie has been made a director of Aon Mergers & Acquisitions. Previously he was executive d...
Merger called off.
The planned merger between German mutuals Parion and Alte Leipziger has been called off. Both sides ...
Mutual plan ditched.
The Baltic Exchange has abandoned plans to change its status to a mutual following substantial cash ...
Exclusive - Insurers losing clients through poor profiling.
Few insurers are satisfactorily retaining customers, according to a new survey by European IT servic...
Internet for sales.
Almost a fifth of companies have launched a product that is only available over the Internet, accord...
Government under fire for neglecting legal expenses cover.
The government has come under attack for its lack of commitment to legal expenses insurance. The ...
All change in 2000.
Report highlights how broking will alter in the new millennium.
ALARM chief rings warning bell over council's Y2K complacency.
Eleventh hour complacency could wreck months of Y2K compliance work and contingency planning within ...
State of the union.
US LEGAL REVIEW The last year of the millennium has been a busy one for ceding companies, reinsur...
Rhine Re crosses Atlantic.
Rhine Re is to establish a property casualty operation in the US with the purchase of Equus Re. E...
Trying to play on home turf.
Laura Zimmitti examines conflicting decisions on whether US policyholders can sue Equitas in US courts.
Tokio Marine moves.
Tokio Marine Global Re (TMG Re) in Dublin is to become the reinsurance centre of its parent, non-lif...
Korea reinsures more abroad.
The outflow of reinsurance from South Korea to foreign insurers has soared this year, according to t...
French reinsurers face resistance.
Adrian Leonard finds soft markets at home and abroad creating problems for France's reinsurers.
Study finds too much capital in US p&c.
The US property and casualty market is overcapitalised by as much as $100bn, according to a study by...
Sutcliffe to head up Old Mutual life business
Jim Sutcliffe, previously deputy chairman of Liberty International, and previously chief executive UK...
The case for a case manager.
The few case managers that practise in the UK are not regulated or controlled and have no recognised...
Upgrade down on the farm.
Royal & Sun Alliance has updated its farm insurance cover Farm Contract. In the light of increasi...
More consolidation around the corner.
The UK insurance industry is ripe for consolidation, said Trevor May, director, insurance at Salomon...