Regulation
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...
China in our hands.
As Prime Minister Tony Blair heads off to China, Stuart Bell MP looks at the opportunities opening up to insurers in this vast nation.
Going clubbing.
David Worsfold finds out how the partnership between Royal & SunAlliance and Bowring Sport and Leisure is paying dividends for both companies.
EMU help guides.
PKS Systems Integration UK has launched a modular suite of Economic and Monetary Union Transition Se...
Excellent results for Zurich.
The insurance and financial services' arm of Zurich Financial Services, formerly the Zurich Group, h...
Astrology is not a load of Hong Kong phooey.
The excellent article on Hong Kong written by Jeremy Golden ('Risky Times In Hong Kong', PM, 27 Augu...
M&G to launch high yield bond.
M&G Financial Services is set to launch a new high-yield corporate bond on the 28th September. Th...
French market shares world downturn.
Not deviating from the general negative downturn in global premiums, the latest figures from France ...
Latest statistics cause gloom for marine underwriters.
Gloom was the theme when the American Institute of Marine underwriters unveiled its latest statistic...
PIA's £126k in fines.
The Personal Investment Authority has hit 34 small IFAs a total of £126,000 in the latest action res...
Firms warming to pro-active risk strategies.
New research has revealed companies are increasingly recognising the importance of pro-active risk i...