Regulation
Where have all the lawyers gone?
A disparity between insurance lawyers entering and leaving private practice could lead to future demand from all areas says Phil Parry.
Power without accountability.
Fears remain over accountability, says Tony Baker, following the first report of the Joint Committee of the Commons and Lords, which was set up to look at the draft Financial Services and Markets Bill.
Bolam lays into IIB.
With the rows over broker regulation still raging, this year's BIIBA conference in Cardiff promised strong speeches. David Worsfold and Francis Higney found it did not disappoint.
Swiss Re ready to axe up to 500 jobs in profitability drive.
Swiss Re is set to cut jobs and shed unprofitable business in an effort to challenge the soft pricin...
BIIBA think-tank is on target.
The turmoil on the regulatory front has helped the British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Associa...
Davis for chairman.
Prudential group chief executive Sir Peter Davis will take over from retiring chairman Sir Martin Ja...
Who knows best: insurer or insured?
Have modern risk analysis techniques moved the goal posts so far that it is now the insurer who know...
IUA told to speed up and streamline claims.
The London market must speed up and streamline its processing of claims, chairman Tim Carroll warned...
Beware of red tape, says Merricks.
The creation of the Financial Services Ombudsman must be a seamless transition from the seven existi...
Aviation underwriters overexposed.
London's company aviation underwriters have seen their claims burden double and their premium base h...
Insureds pay the piper ... but who is calling the tune?
Rapid consolidation in the broking sector has heightened insureds' concerns about incentive payments to brokers. Alex Beatty reports.
Lloyd's backs FSA.
The Council of Lloyd's has confirmed its backing for the UK Financial Services Authority's proposal ...
Haunted by past mistakes.
John Butler explains why a new interpretation of restitution law should worry reinsurers.
EC approves P&I agreements.
The European Commission's competition directorate has formally confirmed approval of an amended pool...
In support of offset.
The pro-offset trend set in the early 1990s gains strength with two recent results. Steven Schwartz reports.
Views from the front line.
Reinsurance's first survey of executive opinion in South-east Asia offers a fascinating insight into the region. Jeremy Golden reports.
New standards for London.
With Lloyd's likely to turn the regulation of its brokers over to the General Insurance Standards Council, Adrian Leonard takes a look at the UK's new self-regulatory body.
Changes at Partner.
PartnerRe has appointed Bruno Meyenhofer as chief operating officer of its global reinsurance operat...
Too many cooks spoil the run-off.
Leslie-Ann Giovnilli asks whether London companies should copy Lloyd's and create a single run-off company.
Northern lights lack lustre.
The familiar story of fierce competition accompanied by a wave of mergers and acquisitions rings true in the Nordic markets. Alex Beatty reports.
Mapfre Re hit by hurricanes.
Hurricanes Georges and Mitch were the principal causes of a drop in pre-tax profit of well over a qu...
Three-way merger.
Current ERC Frankona (UK) chairman Tim Carroll has been appointed chief executive of the proposed me...
Boxing clever is the key to niche business.
The best way for independent reinsurance brokers to compete in today's market is to focus on product development, explains Mark Lucas of Euro Re.
Select Committee is no pushover.
Those who thought the Select Committee scrutinising the Financial Services & Markets Bill would just...