Regulation
Work trends awareness vital.
Bacon & Woodrow has called on the financial services industry to keep abreast of emerging changes in...
Premium profits on pensions.
Together, personal and occupational pensions account for 52% of the premium income of the UK's long-...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS With almost perfect timing, GRE staff are being reminded about the benefits of the co...
Ready for the reformation?
How prepared is the insurance industry for the dramatic legal changes of the Woolf reforms which are set to revolutionise the face of claims handling? Alex Broad finds out.
Forward-thinking firms will be primed for EMU.
I read with interest about the call from the Association of British Insurers for UK insurers to begi...
Axa acquisition is for the best.
Many will lament the loss of the Guardian and Royal Exchange names - put together in the merger-mani...
Allied Dunbar wins retirement case.
A self-employed financial planning consultant sold Allied Dunbar life assurance, pensions and unit t...
Nationwide new sponsor of English football team.
Nationwide, the new sponsor of the English football team, has demanded urgent talks with the Footbal...
Aon agrees buyout.
Aon UK Holdings has reached an agreement with GE Capital Corporation to purchase its Warranty Servic...
Early settlement.
Insurers have been told to settle claims early to avoid extra costs with occupational disease claims...
Scot-Prov relaunch.
Scottish Provident International has relaunched its Select product with several extra investment opp...
Midas plugs gap in water site security.
Midas Engineering has launched a product to boost the security and protection of water installations...
Insurer quits Africa.
Clerical Medical has announced that it is to cease writing new business in Africa, Switzerland and m...
MP doubts GISC plans.
The broking industry needs its own regulatory body outside the jurisdiction of the general insurance...
Insurer fails to stall Nazi case.
Californian courts do have jurisdiction over European insurers who have refused to honour policies p...
Equitas stays on course.
The run-off of Equitas, Lloyd's reinsurance vehicle for its 1992 and prior non-life liabilities, rem...
Privatisation for PICC Re.
China's national reinsurer, PICC Re, looks set to become a joint-stock company owned by both local a...
Rhine Re gets Zurich team.
Basel-based Rhine Re has recruited the former executive management team of Zurich Re London to head ...
Riley leaves Swiss Re.
Stephen Riley, chief executive of Swiss Re's non-life operations in the UK, has left the company aft...
China rings in the changes.
The PICC's Chao Yang updates Adrian Leonard on the market's liberalisation and regulation.
Moving with the times.
Swiss Re America's Heidi Hutter tells Janina Clark how she sees the US market of the future.
Preparing for the great leap forward.
The 1995 Insurance Act was just the start of China's efforts to establish a strong base for its rapidly expanding insurance industry, reports Jeremy Golden.
Ins and outs in Denmark.
Marsh & McLennan Capital has announced the formation of Danish Re, a Bermudian company with a chief ...
Bankruptcy code under attack.
Peter Chaffetz and Lisa Dorr examine a controversial section of the US Bankruptcy Code.