Regulation
A new deal.
Taking on board the implications of European Union membership as well as UK legislation means testing times for employers. Sarah Houston looks at how bosses can avoid the pitfalls.
Swiss do Pole jump.
Swiss insurer Helvetia Patria Versiderungen has said it is to take a 20% stake in Polish general ins...
IPT hike: penalty on the prudent.
Tony Baker, the deputy director general of the Association of British Insurers, has slammed as doubl...
Sutherland puts training into AITT.
I had a chance to catch up with Hugh Sutherland of London Guildhall University the other day and hea...
The cost of pensions clean-up.
The second phase of pensions mis-selling reviews is set to take up much more time and money than anyone at first believed. Alex Miller asks if this 'colossal task' will be enough to keep the industry from another scandal.
Caution greets Derbyshire inquiry.
Marine insurers reacted with caution to the government's decision to re-open the inquiry into the lo...
New bill sparks fears from financial experts.
Insurers, banks and securities firms in the United States may be allowed to form financial holding c...
NU targets small firms for big business.
Norwich Union is targeting small businesses in its latest drive to become a leading provider of busi...
New rules for fees.
New regulations for insurance fees were announced this week by the Treasury. The fees are meant t...
Clampdown on building fraud.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has charged four building contractors with "premiu...
Association of Gibraltar Insurers and Managers first annual meeting.
The first annual general meeting of the Association of Gibraltar Insurers and Managers heard chairma...
School of insurance.
The Hartford School of Insurance for commercial lines insurance agents has been opened. The first...
City in control rather than under it.
Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade, has thrown the corporate governance ball firmly b...
Appointment at CIGNA.
After being with CIGNA for eight years, Maxine Neale has been appointed assistant vice president of ...
Sweet pill for insurers.
Californian health insurers will not be required to pay for prescriptions for contraceptives after a...
Calling attention to document.
As stated in a recent article in your magazine ('In a class of its own', PM, 12 Feb, p25), most insu...
Merger shows way forward for insurers.
The annoucement that Commercial Union and General Accident are to merge is an example of British ins...
FSA to lead the way.
FSA chairman Howard Davies will be explaining how he intends to make the FSA a world leading financi...
Enter now for awards glory.
The 1998 British Insurance Awards are up and running, with all the sponsors in place, the awards pre...
Pre-Budget nerves start to rattle insurers.
Insurers have called for the government to encourage further savings as they brace themselves for th...
PIA's target figures.
The Personal Investment Authority has announced 98% of the firms it regulates have achieved its targ...
Let's not make a meal out of honest hospitality.
I see the hair shirt culture of modern Britain is starting to reach out to the world of corporate ho...
Pru 'destroyed' paperwork.
Prudential Insurance of America routinely destroyed documents as part of its general business practi...
Maintaining the links.
Doing business by electronic data interchange brings its own hazards. David Morey explains what steps insurance companies can take to keep the links in the supply chain secure.