Regulation
Carroll: unite to modernise.
Chairman designate of the International Underwriting Association Tim Carroll, has called on the IUA ...
Concern over shelf-life of CATs.
On the day the CAT mark proposals were announced, a small group of senior industry figures gathered ...
Culture shock.
Who are the Chartered Insurance Institute's stakeholders, asks incoming president Andrew Lund. On the eve of the CII's conference he explains to David Worsfold the cultural shift that the institute must go through.
Holocaust cash freed.
From 1 January next year, Holocaust victims and their families living in California will be entitled...
Appointment at O'Halloran & Co.
Lincoln-based brokers O'Halloran & Co has made three appointments. Steve Toole joins from Christian ...
Turning the world of loss adjusting upside down.
As mergers and acquisitions become more frequent among loss adjusters, Jonathan Guy and Francis Higney asks what the future may hold for both UK companies and loss adjusters worldwide.
Self-employed cover.
Self-employed "one man band" traders need no longer survey the market for an insurance policy. Edgar...
IRM adopts human touch for the future.
The Institute of Risk Management took up the theme of the human factor at its eighth annual conferen...
Regulator's fines not working,' blasts Boleat.
Association of British Insurers' chief Mark Boleat slammed the regulator over its use of fines as th...
Sumitomo Life Insurance to take 10% stake.
Sumitomo Life Insurance, the Japanese life group, is to take about 10% stake in Taiheiyo Securities,...
Prudential to shed 300 jobs.
Prudential is to prune 34 of its branches nationwide with the loss of 300 jobs as part of a general ...
Davies eases regulatory fears.
Fears that the broker regulation row could see the Treasury impose a statutory regulatory regime eas...
Warning that Millennium Bug could hit workers.
Employers have been warned that their computers are not the only things likely to go down with a dos...
Get smart.
In the first of a series of articles from the Across the Millennium programme - a study into the future of the insurance market - Nick Shaw looks at the potential of smart cards.
Alarm over lack of accountability.
Disquiet was expressed at what was perceived as a lack of accountability in relation to the operatio...
Co-Operative settles bullying case out of court.
Co-Operative Insurance has settled a claim out of court brought by an employee who alleged he had be...
Food for thought as the euro approaches.
The notion that nobody in the UK insurance market cares about the advent of the single European curr...
Regulatory system needs an overhaul.
The London market's position as the world's leading centre of financial excellence needs to be prote...
No case for animal exporters.
An exporter could not recover damages for loss resulting from the decision of a harbour board to ref...
How to survive living dangerously.
John Burke learns to survive a course that may save insurers from paying out on kidnapping or something worse.
Right way for brokers?
As the larger brokers get larger, Anthony Blake asks what the options for the smaller players are.
Generali backs out of Holocaust agreement.
Italian insurer Generali has pulled the plug on an accord to settle Holocaust-era claims and instead...
FSA to take risk-based approach.
The Financial Services Authority is to adopt a "risk-based approach" in supervising firms, its chair...
NU to take on the fund giants.
Norwich Union plans to go head to head with the leading fund management groups after announcing plan...