Regulation
Bankruptcy code under attack.
Peter Chaffetz and Lisa Dorr examine a controversial section of the US Bankruptcy Code.
Underwriters in short supply.
The London market has long been recognised as a centre of underwriting expertise and has successful...
Europe's currency to boost new business.
The introduction of the euro last month will precipitate a change in the balance of international fi...
India's insurance bill delayed again.
India's long-awaited Insurance Regulatory Authority Bill (Re, January 1999, p21) has been delayed ye...
Testing time in genetics.
Adrian Leonard finds his way through the moral maze created by the idea of insurers accessing genetic information.
Demographics create a case for private provision.
Life and health business in developed markets continues to grow rapidly among the ageing populations of the world's leading markets.
Confusion arises out of diversity.
A mistake over jurisdictions led to a waste of 16 years and millions of dollars.
Riders on the storm.
Larissa Knepper analyses the effects on Europe's life insurers of the recent problems in the world's capital markets.
The tide turns.
Eric Alexander sees signs of improvement in another tough year for marine underwriters.
British Insurance Awards.
Are you a reinsurer or reinsurance broker with a success story to tell? Then the British Insurance A...
Reform opens a passage to India.
The ending of the Indian state monopoly in insurance opens up new possibilities, says Har Govind.
Striking while the iron's hot.
Tim Carroll is wasting no time in setting an agenda for the International Underwriting Association of London. Janina Clark hears his plans.
Time to put the house in order.
Economic upheaval has uncovered serious flaws in South Korea's insurance industry, reports Jeremy Golden.
FSA consults on future Lloyd's regulation.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK's new super-regulator, will make policyholder protect...
P&I cat costs fall again.
For the fifth year in succession, the world's shipowners are to benefit from a significant reduction...
Nordic firms raise doubts at Moody's.
Rating agency Moody's has given good insurance financial strength ratings to two Scandinavian reinsu...
Penny Black's insurance week.
It's been a busy week in the insurance world and while the insurance party season has yet to get und...
EU pledges to make roads safer.
EU transport commissioner Neil Kinnock this week outlined EU plans to make Europe's roads safer. The...
Share watch.
They say that two heads are better than one, but the merger of Royal Insurance and Sun Alliance clea...
When bigger is definitely not better.
Speculation about the possibility of Royal & Sun Alliance successfully bidding for Guardian Royal Ex...
Claims must come under GISC's remit.
The insurance ombudsman has called upon the General Insurance Standards Council to widen its scope t...
IFAs beating direct teams in life and pensions stakes.
Direct sales forces continue to perform poorly compared to independent financial advisers (IFAs) and...
A marine market watershed.
The centre of gravity of the London marine market shifted back to Lloyd's last week with CGU arrivin...
CGU gives Lloyd's marine boost.
CGU has switched its marine underwriting operation from the company market into Lloyd's, citing the ...