Regulation
Share Watch.
Now that the dust has settled and orphan assets - life insurance assets whose ownership is unclear -...
MPs stall regulation.
An influential group of MPs has blocked further progress towards European-wide regulation of the dis...
Tackling change head-on.
The insurance industry is going through a massive period of change both in terms of the players in t...
Protection from emerging risks.
Europe's life insurers have been insulated to a degree from the problems in emerging market securiti...
Mixed fortunes for giant insurers.
Insurance analysts have mixed feelings about the short-term prospects for both Prudential and CGU, w...
FSA appoint new members of Ombudsman board.
The Financial Services Authority has announced appointments to the 12-man board to run the new 'one-...
UBS sheds 25% stake in Swiss Life.
Months of speculation about UBS's 25% stake in Swiss Life came to an abrupt end last week when the b...
Compensation rush could mean no costs.
A rush to speed up compensation to victims of the pensions mis-selling scandal could result in profe...
Global voice for intermediaries.
Insurance agents and brokers representing 86 national associations across Europe, North America and ...
CAT is out of the bag as firms unveil products.
The race for the Individual Savings Account market has begun in earnest, with leading insurers jostl...
Pleading hearts.
The form and content of pleadings is outlined in this the fourth in Post Magazine's legal series on ...
What the Papers Say.
THE MIRROR Direct Line is refusing to insure the two journalists who write the paper's "City Slic...
Chubb claims goes multi-national.
The Chubb group of Insurance Companies has established a new multinational claims unit for policyhol...
IUA unveils marine team.
The International Underwriting Association of London has revealed the make-up of its marine technica...
Free food off the menu at Eagle Star.
Staff and union representatives at Eagle Star are boiling over after the Zurich management team reve...
Rhine Re latest member of IUA of London.
US-owned Rhine Re is the latest member of the International Underwriting Associaton of London. The c...
Welfare reform: the state we're in.
The constant barrage of plans for reforming the welfare state and, in particular, pensions provision...
Aon enters the Amazon.
Aon has selected Internet-based solution provider Intelligent Environment's Amazon Integrator as the...
Good news & bad.
Standard Life attracted more favourable publicity than any other financial services company in the n...
Regulator chief's warning over broker funds.
The head of the Personal Investment Authority has warned that the broker fund market may disappear i...
Firms fined by PIA.
The Personal Investment Authority has fined Essex-based Burke Ford Financial Services £35,000 and or...
Ski deaths prompt 'no cover' warning.
Winter sports insurers have warned British skiers that they could invalidate their cover if they are...
Profits Pole jump.
Despite increased competition, Poland's largest life insurer has announced it is satisfied with its ...
LISA could stall share boom of life insurers.
Shares in life insurance companies could come under pressure following the publication of the govern...