Regulation
London market moves a step closer to a united voice.
The news that the new International Underwriting Association of London is set to come into being in ...
Insurers in first-of-its-kind case.
A first-of-its-kind case involved a life assurance company and Lloyd's underwriters and insurance fi...
Tributes for Boleat as he quits.
The shock resignation of Association of British Insurers' director general Mark Boleat has surprised...
A decision is made but uncertainty still lingers.
David Worsfold and Francis Higney examine the implications of the Insurance Brokers Registration Council's decision to soldier-on to its bitter end.
Movers, shakers & money makers.
David Fanning finds out who's earning what among the UK's company directors, but says that salary surveys can be mis-leading.
New reports could stir genetics row.
The argument that an insurance underclass could be created as genetic testing becomes widespread is ...
Pension trustees fight tax assessments.
The trustees of three exempt approved pension schemes (the BT Pension Scheme, the Post office staff ...
US Names fail in great debt escape.
A back-door scheme to insert a clause into the US Federal Budget that would have enabled dissident N...
PIA holds fire on top-up pensions action.
The Personal Investment Authority has ducked any decisive move against firms who have mis-sold top-u...
Figures up for Pru.
Prudential has released its third quarter business figures for 1998. In the UK the company saw total...
Why two bodies are better than one.
Francis Higney went to Westminster to witness the unveiling of a 'breakthrough' alliance for IFAs.
Cracking under pressure.
An increasing number of stress-related cases are finding their way into UK courts. More and more people are suing employers - and winning. Ken Cannar reports on some of the most important of these cases from the point of view of insurers.
Pure farce, but no-one is laughing.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council has done its members and the market a lot of damage since...
Top job for Rossi.
James Rossi has taken over as chairman of the London Market's Joint Hull committee for the coming ye...
Protest by ex-agents over Axa.
There are set to be more fireworks the day after bonfire night as former agents of Union des Assuran...
Millennium Bug will be non-event' predicts Corroon chief.
A leading broker chief told a packed London conference that Y2K was set to be "the biggest non event...
Maximising minimum wages.
Yvonne Gallagher says it's time for insurers to consider their distribution structure in the wake of the government's draft regulations for a national minimum wage.
Appointment at Rowe & Maw.
Philip Ruttley, secretary of the World Trade Law Association, has joined Rowe & Maw. He is a leading...
P&I Club's call cut.
The UK P&I Club has reduced its supplementary call for a policy year for the fifth time in six years...
Thornton unveils actuarial vision of the future.
In his inaugural speech, the new president of the Institute of Actuaries, Paul Thornton, has set out...
Senator scuppers reform bill.
Frustrated insurance industry and banking chiefs in the United States have witnessed their latest at...
Caption Competition.
What a popular man Andy Homer is. There was a surprisingly large - and largely insulting - entry for...
Pru's Egg is truly scrambled.
Why am I not surprised that the Pru has ended up with Egg on its face with its latest banking launch...
Seminars drive home new work regulations.
Royal SunAlliance Engineering is to embark on a series of seminars to educate people on two imminent...