Regulation
Facts of the GISC matter ...
Chris Arter, secretary general of the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers, ought to ...
Sacked woman's job offer scrapped after drugs find.
A woman who worked for London Underground as a station supervisor from 1990 was sacked in 1997 follo...
Pru still on the lookout despite giving Hung Fu the chop.
Prudential Corporation is expected to continue to look to expand in Taiwan, despite last week pullin...
Defiant Clinton vows to veto healthcare Bill.
President Clinton has attacked Republican party senators for being beholden to the health insurance ...
Malaysia's central bank gives opportunities.
Malaysia's central bank said this week it will give business opportunities to insurance companies wh...
Judgement day.
It was a long and painstaking process sifting through the submissions for this year's British Insurance Awards, which witnessed a record number of entries. David Worsfold takes a behind-the-scenes look at the judging process.
Appointment at Silverbeck Rymer.
Silverbeck Rymer solicitors has made eight senior promotions, creating three new partners and five a...
Stop your sniping, Mr Greenway.
I was surprised and alarmed that someone of John Greenway's stature should make such a misinformed s...
Aon goes Italian.
Global broker Aon has completed the acquisition of Italian reinsurance broker Nikols Group. Based in...
Why Y2K failures must be named.
Claims by Action 2000, the government-backed Millennium Bug-buster, that eight large financial servi...
Team work pays off.
When the going got tough, the tough at Co-operative Insurance Society got going, as Alex Broad finds out.
Unlocking variety.
Germany's life sector is set for rapid growth in the next decade, sparking a demand for new products and types of distribution. But Nicholas Holmes finds a few possible weak links in the chain.
FOIL certain fees.
Martin Staples, vice-president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), has urged the Scottish Parl...
A domestic fight between a husband and wife.
A domestic fight between a husband and wife led to the arrest of an alleged auto-collision fraud rin...
GISC delays claims plan.
The General Insurance Standards Council has put plans for regulating claims handling procedures on h...
Insurers less hopeful.
General insurers are less optimistic about the future than their counterparts in the rest of the fin...
Offshore info links.
Offshore financial centres need to meet international best practice standards - especially in the ar...
Clinton backs Y2k damage limitation Bill.
In an attempt to prevent thousands of possible lawsuits arising from Year 2000 liability, a compromi...
Holocaust row.
The Californian subsidiaries of insurer Muchener Ruckversicherungs Gesellschaft are being accused of...
Agency broker fined £80,000.
Agency broker Nelson Hurst and Marsh was fined £80,000 and had costs of £60,000 awarded against it a...
Hung Fu fight ends.
Prudential has become the first foreign entrant to Taiwan's insurance market for more than 30 years ...
Air conditioning.
Ken Cannar highlights the laws that govern air travel and looks at whether the sky's the limit when passengers take legal action.
Slovakia opening.
Zurich Insurance, a subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services, has received a license for non-life ins...
Risk education.
As local authorities become swamped with claims from the public, risk managers need to get ahead in the litigation game, reports John Morrell.