Regulation
Davies greets AIFA.
The Financial Services Authority has welcomed the launch of the Association of Independent Financial...
Court case could end with Equitable hit for £1bn.
Management at troubled mutual Equitable Life were remaining tight-lipped about the prospects of a fa...
Everyone wins with employee development.
Your editorial and article (Training Survey, PM 26 August p17) are both spot on. I can count on one ...
There's smoke but where's the fire?
The summer is now more or less over, and as is normal for the six-week school holiday break, rumours...
Rebuilding after the 'quake.
Insurers and reinsurers are now scrutinising renewals and new risks in Turkey. Richard Radevsky looks at building standards and warns against being over critical.
Clause amended.
The London-based Joint Cargo Committee has amended its Institute Classification Clause JC 971058 to ...
It's still all-Wyatt on the night.
I would like to point out a small error in the excellent article 'The Bright Stuff' (PM 12 August, p...
Swiss Re's Paris HQ.
Swiss Re has concentrated all of its French business at one Paris office as it prepares to extend th...
A reversal of duties.
The fraud conviction of US Aviation Underwriters has been overturned. Laura Zimmitti assesses the implications.
Tax office loses battle over Lloyd's reinsurance premiums.
Lloyd's is declaring a substantial victory over the UK's tax office, claiming that it would save mem...
Life lives long and prospers.
Life business continues to be the driving force behind the world's insurance markets, according to r...
Appointment at PartnerRe.
Peter Nikitaidis has joined PartnerRe US, one of the PartnerRe group of reinsurance companies, as se...
Down, but not out.
Insurers are finding that unemployment is not bad news for everyone, reports Keith Sankey.
Appointment at Thomas Miller.
Mark Carter has moved from mutual insurance management company Thomas Miller's Hong Kong office to b...
HartRe grows in Europe.
HartRe is expanding in Europe and moving its marine operations from its Hartford, Connecticut base i...
Controversy surrounds GIO Re collapse.
Recent catastrophes have claimed a reinsurance victim - GIO Re of Australia, which has stopped under...
Equitas ups collection from reinsurers.
Equitas, the company set up by Lloyd's to reinsure and run off its pre-1993 liabilities, increased r...
Adjuster of perceptions.
CILA president Paul May is on a mission to improve the standing of loss adjusters. Janina Clark heard his plans.
Live wires.
Treating run-off companies as 'live' improves brokers' profits and ensures companies are not sidelined, argues Leslie-Ann Giovnilli.
Into the red?
There are many opportunities for foreign reinsurers in Russia, but Adrian Leonard finds dangers also abound.
How to minimise casualties.
With risks multiplying and litigation on the increase, the threat of major casualty losses is very real. However, a new form of casualty catastrophe reinsurance means help is at hand, insists John Cavanagh.
Not plain sailing.
Over the last 30 years, and especially over the past five, big changes have swept through the marine market, writes Eric Alexander.
Boeing, Swissair to pay damages.
Boeing and the Swissair group are jointly to pay the compensatory damages resulting from the crash o...
Carefree not an option.
An ageing global population raises urgent questions about long-term care. Janina Clark hears the UK debate.