Regulation
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...
No surprise for ABI as Boleat bows out.
The decision of Mark Boleat to resign as director general of the Association of British Insurers is ...
Footballer's launch Axa's "football kits for the community".
Liverpool and England midfield star Jamie Redknapp and team mate Michael Owen launched Axa's £330,00...
London market moves a step closer to a united voice.
The news that the new International Underwriting Association of London is set to come into being in ...
Insurers in first-of-its-kind case.
A first-of-its-kind case involved a life assurance company and Lloyd's underwriters and insurance fi...
Tributes for Boleat as he quits.
The shock resignation of Association of British Insurers' director general Mark Boleat has surprised...
A decision is made but uncertainty still lingers.
David Worsfold and Francis Higney examine the implications of the Insurance Brokers Registration Council's decision to soldier-on to its bitter end.
Movers, shakers & money makers.
David Fanning finds out who's earning what among the UK's company directors, but says that salary surveys can be mis-leading.
New reports could stir genetics row.
The argument that an insurance underclass could be created as genetic testing becomes widespread is ...
Pension trustees fight tax assessments.
The trustees of three exempt approved pension schemes (the BT Pension Scheme, the Post office staff ...
US Names fail in great debt escape.
A back-door scheme to insert a clause into the US Federal Budget that would have enabled dissident N...
PIA holds fire on top-up pensions action.
The Personal Investment Authority has ducked any decisive move against firms who have mis-sold top-u...
Figures up for Pru.
Prudential has released its third quarter business figures for 1998. In the UK the company saw total...
Why two bodies are better than one.
Francis Higney went to Westminster to witness the unveiling of a 'breakthrough' alliance for IFAs.
Cracking under pressure.
An increasing number of stress-related cases are finding their way into UK courts. More and more people are suing employers - and winning. Ken Cannar reports on some of the most important of these cases from the point of view of insurers.
Pure farce, but no-one is laughing.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council has done its members and the market a lot of damage since...
Top job for Rossi.
James Rossi has taken over as chairman of the London Market's Joint Hull committee for the coming ye...