Regulation
Jones gets tough in drive for single IFA representative body.
The Chairman of the IFA Association has turned up the pressure in his bid to see a single profession...
So many questions, but where are the answers?
The debate over broker regulation has, in my view, reached unprecedented levels of bitterness and ac...
Exclusive - Generali Global to open in London.
Italian insurance giant Generali is set to reveal the opening of 'Generali Global' in the UK at a pr...
IFAs can learn from phase 2.
The attempt by the IFA Association to persuade the government to cancel the second phase of the pens...
£36m in Allstate's 'quake kitty.
Giant American insurer Allstate has set aside £36m to pay for an independent review of nearly 10,000...
Pru's £250k deal.
Prudential has signed a long-term agreement to use ISL's Risk Selection and Marketing software in a ...
Credit agency to examine merger.
International credit rating agency Standard & Poors is unimpressed with plans for Ireland's biggest-...
Ridiculous' and 'stupid' behaviour of ABI over Y2K.
Regarding the year 2000 problems, I find the response of the insurance industry to this matter - and...
NewRo move pours fuel on regulatory row.
Any hope of consensus in the general insurance regulatory row was blown away with the revelation tha...
Insurer looks to MPs to save polarisation.
A campaign to safeguard the concept of polarisation in the selling of insurance and pension products...
EC plans financial services policy group.
The European Commission has proposed setting up a financial services policy group to update rules go...
Airing your genes in public.
Peter Maynard of Swiss Re reveals the general public's view of the genetics and insurance debate.
BT sells out to Rhine Re.
Bankers Trust is to sell its insurance units to Rhine Re, the Switzerland and Bermuda-based reinsure...
Appointment at Hartford.
David Robb is to head the reinsurance operations of The Hartford Financial Services Group when John ...
US P&C income drops as cats bare their claws.
Greatly increased catastrophe losses caused the net income of the US property casualty industry to s...
Thinking global, acting local.
Adrian Ballardie, head of Axa Re UK, tells Janina Clark about his preparations for a harder UK market.
Aviation faces a long haul.
Steve Breen of Risk Capital Re sees tremendous aviation industry growth on the horizon, but wonders if insurers will profit from it.
It's ART, but is it legal?
Reinsurers seeking to transfer risk to the capital markets must be aware of the potential legal pitfalls, says Hilary Evenett.
Investment boost saves Swiss Re.
Despite doubling its non-life losses in the first half of this year, an extremely good investment pe...
Swiss peaks and troughs.
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PartnerRe joins elite with $750m deal.
PartnerRe is to double its gross premiums and become one of the world's top 15 reinsurance groups wi...
The difference a year makes.
Clarity of the law on unpunctual notification of losses will be crucial in the run-up to 2000, reports Stephen Collette.
Appointment at St Paul Re.
St Paul Re has appointed an executive management group to cover all its operations. Michael Schell m...
FSA says savings accounts must carry risk warning.
The financial regulator has moved to counter possible public confusion surrounding the forthcoming I...