Regulation
Tobacco bill stubbed out.
The senate tobacco bill aimed at endorsing a deal between tobacco manufacturers and the States has b...
The smaller they come the harder they fall.
Japan's financial deregulation 'Big Bang' is proving to be a damp squib for some of the country's me...
Luck of the Irish eluded some in '97.
The Irish Insurance Federation's life and non-life member companies suffered a year of sharp contras...
Promotion for Fiore.
Australian reinsurer Sydney Re has promoted James Fiore to senior vice-president and chief underwrit...
Lightening the load.
With the need for efficiency paramount in the current soft market, brokers should consider the benefits of outsourcing, argues Nick Eddery-Joel.
US pollution law in a mess.
There is no relief in sight for (re)insurers from claims for clean-up costs under Superfund, reports Valerie Fogleman.
REANALYSIS - INDIA - Insurers wait for an opening in India.
Foreign insurers keen to be allowed to write business in India were remaining optimistic about their...
Building on a base of success.
Bermuda's Premier, Minister of Finance and Registrar of Companies talk to Janina Clark about the island's future.
Lloyd's and the disunited states.
US trust fund requirements for Lloyd's will be reduced if regulators can reach agreement, reports Robin Ball.
Europe seeks clean integration.
William Rodger and Justin Nimmo assess the changing legal framework for environmental liability insurance in Europe.
Practice takes on the law.
Are proportional reinsurers liable for their cedants' legal expenses? John Butler reports.
Two out of three.
Good name, great people, shame about the logo. At least that is Reinsurance's verdict on progress in...
Dukes acquires firm in run-off.
Dukes Place Holdings has acquired the run-off subsidiary of Italian insurer Istituto Nazionale delle...
HartRe in Italy.
Hartford Re is to assume Italian insurer La Fondiaria's property/casualty reinsurance business. In a...
A healthy environment for insurance
Tony Lennon assesses recent developments and trends in UK environmental insurance, following delays by successive governments in defining statutory contamination liability.
BAV chief cautions against 'turnover at any price'.
Last week I was in Berlin for the annual meeting of the Presse Internationale des Assurances, an ass...
Pensions drive is no spur-of-the-moment action.
In his letter last week, Geoffrey Lloyd expressed support for our campaign to end integration in ins...
Exclusive - CMG warns of IT bottleneck.
CMG has launched a software solution that offers insurers a fast track method of adding Individual S...
Lloyd's must embrace change to keep apace'.
A "formidable array of global and dominant local insurers" are threatening the future of the Lloyd's...
CII restructure proposals go to July council.
The Chartered Insurance Institute's wide-ranging consultations on the reform of its decision making ...
Union's pension decision gives boost to government.
The Government's stakeholder pensions plan received a much-needed boost with the news that one of Br...
No new electro-tax'.
The European Commission has proposed that no new taxes should be levied on electronic trade, but tha...
150 years old with much to be proud of.
The role of actuaries has greatly expanded over the years, as the article in last week's issue amply...
Going for brokers?
The Treasury's consultation paper on the regulation of insurance brokers has triggered much comment. Alex Broad finds out what the industry thinks of the proposals.