Regulation
A market on thin ice.
Eric Alexander reports from this year's IUMI conference, where (re)insurers voiced concerns about the marine market's ability to absorb heavy losses.
Employers captures Eagle Star Re.
Eagle Star Re, one of the London market's biggest reinsurers, has been bought by G.E. Capital's Empl...
Czech floods hit reinsurers.
Czech non-life insurers increased their reinsurance cessions by almost a quarter last year, with pre...
Marine margins still suffering, says ILU.
The latest figures from the Institute of London Underwriters (ILU) give a clear indication of the di...
London brokers beware.
News that Zurich Financial Services (ZFS), one of the world's 10 largest reinsurance groups, is to c...
Help for Euro insurers.
Risk Management Solutions and English Matthews Brockman have signed a co-operation agreement to deve...
Mandarins hedge bets on IBRC.
Just what is one to make of the Treasury's apparent willingness to countenance a reprieve for the In...
A voice London needs.
At last the International Underwriting Association of London is off the ground, with the issues surr...
Federation promises high noon for salvage 'cowboys'.
The salvage industry has put aside its differences to try and stave off the spectre of government le...
Keeping track of the law.
Where do claimants stand if they are involved in an accident with an uninsured driver? Ken Cannar looks to Europe for legal guidance.
Travel agents find loophole.
Despite moves to outlaw tied insurance deals, holidaymakers could still be burnt when buying cover, ...
Issues deserved more in-depth treatment.
The lack of detail in Kevin Pratt's article about long-term policies (Going the distance, PM, 12 Nov...
GISC unveils blueprint for regulation.
The General Insurance Standards Council unveiled its consultative document on general insurance regu...
High expectations.
Following an exclusive survey of claims managers by Post Magazine in association with solicitors Hextall Erskine, a number of interested parties assess the results.
A match made in heaven?
Francis Higney interrupted Cunningham Ellis & Buckle's honeymoon celebrations to talk to Gerry Loughney and Andrew Lund about the new company's plans.
US Bogged down by age-old regulation wrangles.
The issue of Post Magazine for 19 November 1898 contained plenty of news from the United States with...
Scorching times to come?
Product liability claims may not be as popular in Europe as they are in the US, where lawyers go all-out to find cases, but the signs are that they soon could be, says Christopher Hodges.
To demutualise or not to demutualise.
The recent announcement by National Provident Institution that it intends to demutualise and put its...
Rand's EMU service.
Rand Information Systems has launched a European Economic and Monetary Union service. the service is...
AIA signs deal with Citibank.
The relationship between US banks and insurance companies took a step closer last week with the anno...
The IUA's formal lunch.
The International Underwriting Association's chairman designate Tim Carroll called for reforms to th...
Insurance concerns increasingly sprout from Brussels.
One of the most important economic questions at present is the effect of the European Union on the U...
Act to suffer with senator.
Financial services modernisation in the US is expected to suffer following the shock defeat of Repub...
Worker can't escape employer's rights.
In October 1997, the plaintiff entered into negotiations to purchase various undertakings of Barclay...