Regulation
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 ...
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...