Regulation
Wet, wet, wet to the tune of 500m.
The insurance industry got no Easter break as claims teams swung into action to deal with a deluge o...
FSA watch the birdie.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has launched a public information film featuring an ostrich w...
Euro team to enter Holocaust debate.
The issue of non-payment of life policies to Holocaust victims and survivors will be brought up with...
Industry's golden opportunity.
The government's announcements on the regulation of insurers, brokers and intermediaries received mixed responses, but Jonathan Guy finds many industry insiders upbeat about what could come from consultations.
A hot topic for a quarter of a century.
How long has the insurance industry been discussing European Monetary Union? Five years? Ten years? ...
MShow goes distance.
Darome Teleconferencing, the UK subsidiary of the Genesys SA, has announced the launch of M.Show, a ...
Treasury's Liddell goes for brokers.
The future of the Insurance Brokers' Registration Council was plunged into doubt after the Treasury ...
United reaction to broker review.
Broker bodies were united in welcoming the opportunity to put their views on the future regulation o...
UK home to 70% of mergers.
The UK insurance industry has borne the brunt of merger mania, accounting for a staggering 70% of gl...
Concern over brokers' payments.
Delegates at the conference went into closed session to voice increasing concern over the transparen...
Brokers win right to argue case.
At last the waiting is over and we know that a major shake-up of broker and intermediary regulation ...
Police rules may not be a fair cop.
The Chief Constable of Sussex, Paul Whitehouse, warned delegates that the new health and safety rule...
The 'sandwich generation'.
While attempts to persuade people to provide for their own retirements seems to have got through to some, Jonathan Guy discovers there is a section of the workforce that feels this message has come too late for them.
Clarify Euro rules', says US.
American businessmen have called for further liberalisation of the European insurance industry. W...
Let adjusters repair damage of assessors.
I reply to Alan Wiseman's letter (Setting representation record straight, PM, 2 April, p16) in which...
Solicitors slam insurers.
The Solicitors' Indemnity Fund (SIF) has hit out at the insurance industry for publicly criticising ...
Taking business to Europe.
As the introduction of the euro nears, industry chiefs used the first Post Magazine/OSI Business Briefing to debate the pros and cons of the UK entering the first wave of the EMU. David Worsfold reports.
Euro it makes sense to be ready.
As the arrival of the euro comes ever closer, so the insurance industry in the UK is getting to grip...
Disappointed with the response.
Disappointed with the response of the Competition Directorate of the European Commission (DGIV), the...
In place of strife.
Alternative dispute resolution should suit insurers down to the ground, but how many companies are using it and what are its advantages. Victoria Jordan investigates.
Playing by job-cutting rules.
In the wake of several huge mergers across the European insurance industry, Harriet Eisner explains how the trade union MSF is arguing for changes in the way companies behave towards their staff.
2000 could bring aircraft disasters.
Insurers are warning that planes could crash in 2000 if their technology is non-millennium-compliant...
Archer aims at D&Os.
Archer Underwriting is hoping to hit the target with its new worldwide policy for company managers a...
Counting the pennies.
Cathy Hargreaves and Jamie Randell explain why the threatened removal of VAT group treatment could have a catastrophic effect for insurers.