Regulation
US insurer moves in - via the Net.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers believes plans by a leading US internet broker to launch in the U...
Time to pay.
Ken Cannar highlights the drastic changes that the Woolf Reforms have made to the payment into court procedure of civil litigation, and assesses whether they are changes for the better.
Products for poor.
The insurance industry must focus on matching the right products to the many people in this country ...
£34m Chaucer buy.
Listed Lloyd's vehicle Chaucer has purchased £34.2m of syndicate capacity for the year 2000. The mov...
Ace loses lawsuit but wins Capital
Following the dismissal of Ace's lawsuit against Capital Re for pulling out of a merger deal, the two...
Voluntary mortgage code - safe as houses?
Industry figures have rounded on a claim by Dave Seviour, franchise support director of Allied Dunba...
Act to be reformed.
A compromise has now been reached between the US Federal Reserve and the Treasury to reform the Glas...
Pru & NU sales up.
Prudential's new business figures for the first nine months of 1999 showed worldwide sales up 60% to...
Law firm advocates mediation instead of court confrontation.
Law firm Morgan Cole has impressed on insurers the need to utilise mediation techniques as a viable ...
Exclusive - Staff to go in P&I club's efficiency drive.
Protection and indemnity club Thomas Miller is slashing staff numbers by 10% in a drive for efficien...
Norwich and Prudential show growth
UK insurers Norwich Union and Prudential recorded improved business for the first nine months of this...
Blunkett backing.
Deborah Arnott, head of consumer education at the Financial Services Authority, told a workshop sess...
Commentary - Nothing but the truth.
The Civil Procedure Rules have been amended to allow insurers to sign statements of truth and disclo...
Chartered Insurance Institute.
Insurance companies and independent financial advisers are providing a shoddy service to occupationa...
CII looking to form new council.
The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched a major initiative to establish a Financial Services ...
A flexible new menu.
An IT company is attempting to persuade insurers to get their feet under the table at the 'Underwrit...
Making a date for problems.
Thank you Mr Williams for your interest in the subject Y2K exclusion (PM 30 September, p30). You ...
Miller has all hands on Dex.
Thomas Miller this week launched Dex, a new hull underwriting syndicate. A joint venture with Cha...
Lincoln denies UK arm is to go.
American life and pensions giant Lincoln National has rubbished claims that it is thinking of pullin...
House vendors information pack.
Insurers this week welcomed proposals requiring house vendors to prepare and pay for an information ...
GISC may take on claims regulation.
Regulation of claims could become the responsibility of the new General Insurance Standards Council,...
Mis-selling still too high.
The Personal Investment Authority has reported worrying levels of potential mis-selling in its fifth...
Shoddy pension service warning
Insurance companies and independent financial advisers are providing a shoddy service to occupational...
Warm welcome for FSA's league tables.
The insurance industry has welcomed the publication of the Financial Services Authority's consultati...