Regulation
Exclusive - Brokers call for industry inquiry.
A call for the government to commission a full independent study into broker regulation has come fro...
LIA tells Treasury to scrap benchmarking for IFAs.
Benchmarking for fully regulated ISA's should be scrapped to encourage advanced savers to sign up to...
Czech challenges.
The open market economy is bringing tough challenges to the Czech Republic, but the Czech Insurance Association has an effective strategy to deal with them.
Unease, insecurity, uncertainty ... an actuarial vision of the
Actuaries are facing the biggest shake-up in their role for generations and they don't like it. David Worsfold found out what is causing unease in their ranks.
Actuaries protect their status.
The role that actuaries have played in guaranteeing the strength of the UK insurance industry is wel...
Pru faces up to pensions scandal.
Sir Peter Davis's appearance in front of the Treasury select committee last week to answer questions...
Risk booklet published.
The Institute of Actuaries and the Institution of Civil Engineers have produced a booklet which they...
Our best yet': Dell Dell.
Computer Corporation released the most powerful computer it has ever produced, offering enhanced sys...
Claim implications mushroom.
Proposed reforms to the Product Liability Directive have major implications for insurers as Christopher Hodges explains.
Sony set to become big noise in non-life insurance.
Electronics giant Sony has unveiled extensive plans to establish a non-life insurance operation in J...
Quality by name hopes to breed quality by nature.
Call Centre agents' performances are set to dramatically improve following the development of a moni...
Policies break new grounds on the sporting front.
B&CE Insurance has certainly put the cat among the personal accident pigeons when it comes to coveri...
Best celebrates first birthday with new takeover.
Ratings agency AM Best UK's first birthday cocktail party turned into a double celebration last week...
Row over Japan's 'closed' market.
Relations between US and Japanese traders have been damaged following American officials accusing th...
How 'high-handed' rating agency lost us business.
I am not surprised that the Comite Europeen des Assurances has criticised ratings agencies for their...
Practitioners get voice on FSA.
The Financial Services Authority is in the process of setting up a Practitioner Forum in response to...
Sculpture dissolves into the River Humber.
A £60,000 sculpture, part of a major exhibition and insured by Hiscox, has dissolved into the River ...
Poor advice given to industry employees.
While visiting the Millennium Dome, Institute of Insurance Brokers' director general Andrew Paddick ...
Real IPT danger may be lost among scare stories.
The row about the imposition of higher rate Insurance Premium Tax on travel insurance, extended warr...
Bitterness increases over premium taxes.
The German Insurance Association (Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicheringswirtshaft) is stepping up...
Lloyd's backs 1999 conversion scheme.
Lloyd's has given approval for the first members' agent 1999 Names Conversion Scheme. The scheme,...
Exclusive - London and Lloyd's link-up.
Eurobase Systems has launched a set of tools designed to simplify the process of unifying the IT sys...
Ratings sail into firing line over US bias.
When Jacques Leglu last week launched a broadside against ratings agencies it seemed he struck a chord with many Euro insurers. But David Worsfold finds some UK firms are wondering what all the fuss is about.
Learning scheme hailed a success.
Engineering insurer Eagle Star has launched a distance learning scheme for training brokers. The ...