Regulation
Future regulation talk dominates.
The debate over the future regulation of general insurance was a recurring topic throughout the BIIB...
Hatching plans for a nest egg.
Saving for a pension should be straightforward, but compulsory competitive tendering has thrown a spanner in the works for local government workers.
New rules are expected to be enacted.
New rules are expected to be enacted in China which will generate more opportunities for foreign ins...
No duty of care owed to job applicant.
A doctor who acted on behalf of an employer to assess medical questionnaires of potential employees ...
Differential rates of IPT not compatible with EC law.
The Divisional Court granted a declaration on the application of travel insurance providers that the...
CILA revises its exam procedure.
Widespread demand for revision of the examination structure for loss adjusters, finally prompted CIL...
Consumers' interests a priority.
The debate about benchmarking financial products, initiated by Virgin Direct, is still being vigorou...
SIF may follow exclusion path.
The Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) is considering the possibility of following the commercial marke...
Time is money.
Legal bills are calculated by taking several factors into account, complexity that can present problems when an attempt is made to reduce costs. Ken Cannar reports.
Calls for clearer info.
Members of occupational pension schemes that are in the process of being wound up are demanding more...
China licence for Colonia.
Colonia Mutual has become only the eighth foreign insurer to be granted a licence to operate in Chin...
AIG tests the water with Japanese for Aoba Life takeover.
The Life Insurers' Association of Japan has revealed that US insurance company AIG has approached th...
Following the money tracks.
Index-linked funds are enjoying a boom time, with more and more members of the public looking to them as a way of saving for a rainy day. Ian Lindisfarne picks up the trail of the index trackers to discover why they are so popular.
EU Social Affairs Commissioner acts over complaints.
EU Social Affairs Commissioner Padraig Flynn (left), has acted on complaints over insurance company ...
Lloyd's will falter unless it changes'.
Lloyd's needs to completely reinvent itself if it is to have a future in the global insurance market...
New London body launches name search.
Marketing consultants have been retained to survey opinion on the name of the new body due to be for...
Misguided mis-selling advert.
I'm not sure I really understand what is going with the government and its attitude towards pensions...
Alarmist maybe, but no axe to grind.
I was delighted to see that Elizabeth Mullins of the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund is advising members ...
R&SA's Belgian buy.
Royal & SunAlliance have acquired Belgian underwriting agency J Haenecour which has offices in Bruss...
NFU Mutual provides refuge in flood.
For NFU Mutual, the floods gave it a chance to provide an instant response when the waters of the Ri...
An all-win plan for the taking.
Can the industry make an effective case for regulation of the broker and independent intermediary se...
Mapfre to restructure.
Mapfre has announced a major restructuring programme of its international business units, and estima...
Union chiefs in Euro talks over mergers.
Union chiefs have met with EU representatives in a bid to thrash out what it calls "unsatisfactory a...
Bid to repeal act in limbo.
Proposed legislation to repeal or amend the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act, which has prevented banks from ...