Regulation
Let's get it right this time.
By the time most of you read this, the draft Financial Services Reform Bill will have hit our desks....
Lloyd's will fall without reforms, warns Tory backbencher.
Lloyd's is under threat and strict regulatory reforms need to be enacted urgently to avoid the socie...
Setting a course for change.
The International Maritime Organisation is pushing hard for compulsory third-party cover for all shipowners, but John Miller finds troubled waters lie ahead.
We're not looking for an edge' say Willis quintet.
UK Insurers which have been part of the £851m bid for broker Willis Corroon said the move was seen a...
Winterthur chief sounds alarm bell over global slump.
A fall in insurance premiums worldwide over the next five years will force the industry to change or...
Is this a natural evolution that we approve of?
Within the past couple of weeks or so, the following have been brought to my attention: - A credit h...
Industry spotlight on pensions failure.
The insurance industry is to fund a £10m multi-media publicity campaign to highlight its own failing...
Insurers light touch paper to end arson.
A national campaign has been launched today in an effort to cut the £51m bill for arson in schools. ...
CIS staff reject pay action.
Financial sales advisers with Co-operative Insurance Service (CIS) are thought to have backed out of...
Counting himself lucky.
The chairman of Belgian company Fortis AG has been made a Count by King Albert II of Belgium. Mauric...
A man with a team.
If Allan Bridgewater was the coach of a sports' team you'd put money on him being a cup winner, so strong is his belief in teamwork and getting the best from staff. David Worsfold reports.
Industry standards: vital.
Michael Gaughan, marketing director of Independent Insurance, said now was the time for the industry...
IBRC out as industry looks ahead.
Economic secretary Helen Liddell scrapped the Insurance Brokers Registration Council and told the in...
Confidence, security and certainty: actuaries' watchwords.
The headline of David Worsfold's News Analysis 'Unease, insecurity, uncertainty ... an actuarial vis...
FSA will close firms to protect customers.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned that it will not hesitate in using its powers to c...
Supervision German-style.
Germany's top insurance regulator, Dr Helmut Muller, gives his views on the supervisory system for insurers in the wake of the single market.
Zurich says it wants to move into banking.
The Zurich Insurance Group has announced its intention to apply to the Swiss regulatory authorities ...
Opponents steer Sun Life floatation towards the rocks.
Mounting political opposition in Toronto threatens to scupper the proposed public stock market flota...
A radical shake-up on the way.
A radical shake-up in the way amateur football clubs buy their insurance could be on the way. The Fo...
Curiosity may yet kill this CAT.
I am glad to see that the debate about benchmarking and Individual Savings Accounts is now raging th...
Direct Line offers to be market voice.
Direct Line has warned of potential threats to the vehicle breakdown recovery sector from government...
GEB raises PHI stakes by £10,000.
Guardian Employee Benefits (GEB) has stepped up the competition in the PHI market by offering up to ...
Greater powers given to SIF.
The Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) has been handed greater flexibility and powers to liaise with th...
OPRA helps keep tenners in tune.
In its first full year of operation the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) helped mak...