Regulation
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...
Camberford Law nightclub package.
Nightclub owners can now be prevented from going down with a Saturday night fever worrying about ins...
Pru on the rise
Prudential recorded a 61% increase in new life and pensions business last year according to figures r...
Call for help in move to single financial market
The City and the European Commission should work closer together as part of efforts to create a singl...
Bradstock gets back in the ring
The long running saga over the future of insurance broker Bradstock continued this week as the compan...
Pru chief quits to go shopping
Peter Davis head of Prudential, has been appointed to supermarket giant Sainsbury. He will replace ...
Sign on digital line.
The Electronic Communications Bill's rapid progress through Parliament may result in the introductio...
Advice at a price.
As regulation begins to impact, Tracey Butcher and Jonathan Davies assess the current legal environment for IFAs.
Petwise Health Insurance.
Brokers are to offer animal lovers the purr-fect passport to happiness with the help of Petwise Heal...
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.