Regulation
New dawn for justice.
On the face of it, the Civil Procedure Rules should be embraced by all, but professional indemnity insurers have been left asking 'What's in it for us?' Kenneth McKenzie explains why.
Rich man, poor man.
Despite economic turmoil in Latin America, insurers are poised to make a killing in the region. John Burke explains why.
Regulation cannot do everything' says chief.
Jim Stretton, UK chief executive of Standard Life, warned of the dangers of "out of control regulati...
E-commerce leaders form global co-operative body.
The three leading industry e-commerce networks have created a global co-operative dedicated to promo...
Syndicate's website.
Lloyd's Syndicate 55, GE Lloyd-Roberts, has joined the on-line global community after launching a we...
Penny Black's insurance week.
He may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think the insurance industry needs someone like the colou...
Playing your cards right.
Shane Sayers explains why alternative dispute resolution, as embodied in the Woolf reforms, is the key to saving costs on claims.
Union takes up case of excluded IFAs.
Independent Financial Advisers are being excluded from the industry because of ropey references they...
Four grade II listed buildings caught fire.
Four grade II listed buildings had their chips when a fire swept along an historic terrace in Headco...
Euro body's all-for-one, one-for-all move.
A pan-European insurance industry trade association has moved to block individual countries negotiat...
Y2K lives on.
Only half the brokers surveyed by the Association of British Insurers have confirmed that they are Y...
Protection failing.
Legislation introduced last November to protect holidaymakers from insurance rip-offs by travel agen...
Liver shuts door.
Royal Liver is the latest company to walk away from door-to-door policy selling. The friendly societ...
Call for change.
The civil litigation climate is set to change radically on 26 April. Alex Broad analyses the rationale for Lord Woolf's reforms and their intended impact.
Field staff don't know how to properly use computers.
The mobile computing boom in the insurance world has been held back by inadequate user skills, accor...
Wide of the mark.
Nicolas Holmes explains what the solvency ratio tells us about the financial strength of life insurance companies in the UK, France and Germany.
Hardy hits profit high.
The Hardy Underwriting Group, a corporate player in the aviation and marine markets, has reported a ...
Insurers too powerful'.
Insurers could hold national governments to ransom by threatening to pull out of the country and rel...
Lobby group set up.
An insurance lobby group has been set up to promote the advantages of group protection. Group Insura...
Paddick says GISC hostility is growing.
City of London brokers are rallying against the General Insurance Standards Council, according to th...
Share Watch.
It is a bitter irony of the unit trust industry that it is more profitable to buy the stock of a fun...
Government attacked from all sides over pensions.
The government has failed miserably in its attempts to improve the pensions products of the low paid...
Regulator's dirty dozen list is irresponsible.
The announcement by the Financial Services Authority that it has 12 top financial firms on a hit-lis...
Seminar at CGU headquarters.
Over 100 insurers, charities, local authorities and academics attended a seminar at CGU headquarters...