Regulation
Tort on the course.
From harmless schoolgirl fun in the classroom to golf and cricket balls going AWOL the law of tort has brought us several apparently conflicting cases, as Ken Cannar explains.
Stash cash under the bed,' says La Croix.
A bleak future for the global financial marketplace was painted by globetrotting management guru Kev...
IBRC's whos-who.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council (IBRC) has published amended lists, extracts and register...
CDIA issues instructions.
French business and car owners who have been adversely affected by rioting football fans since the W...
Smart move with names.
Yorkshire broker Smart & Cook has changed the names of three of its four branches to strengthen the ...
LIRMA's 'join us' plea to Lloyd's.
Tim Carroll, deputy chairman of the London International Insurance and Reinsurance Market Associatio...
Let rich pay for poors' pensions'.
Social Security chief Harriet Harman should take a leaf out of Robin Hood's book and take pensions f...
Research shows British public still hostile towards EMU.
Public opinion in the UK remains anti-EMU, with no signs of any significant pro-EMU dividend from th...
Ringing in the changes.
What are the implications for the Lloyd's market of the Financial Services Authority's authorisation of members' agents? This was the question tackled by Christian Hook and Ian Clark at an Old Bailey presentation.
BIPAR looks at IT.
European broker association Bureau International Producteurs Assurances et Reassurances (BIPAR) is h...
Investigation launched by Crawford-THG.
An investigation has been launched by Crawford-THG into a blaze which gutted three Grade II listed b...
CII conference promises much to look forward to.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is certainly living up to its promise to move into a more professi...
IFA Sales.
UNUM has launched point-of-sale software designed to simplify the sales process for IFAs. ProductPar...
Profit up 45% at Swiss Re.
The acquisitions of Mercantile & General Re and Unione Italiana di Riassicurazione pushed Swiss Re's...
French growth.
French reinsurers increased their net post-tax profits by 38% to Fr 3.3bn in 1997 on gross premium i...
Do what you do best.
As Reinsurance went to press, the US House of Representatives had just passed, by the narrowest of m...
New role for Gluckstern.
Steven Gluckstern, head of reinsurance with Zurich Group and pioneer of risk transfer methods, has l...
Nine into one does go.
The nine UK financial services regulators are undergoing sweeping changes that could affect reinsurers, cedants and brokers.
International Group puts its case to the EC.
The International Group of P&I (protection and indemnity) clubs enlisted the help of Lord Donaldson ...
Tracking the Lloyd's bear.
Using SURL's premium rating indices may make it possible to find the bottom of the insurance cycle at Lloyd's, says Robert C.B. Miller.
An unlawful marriage?
Travelers and Citicorp hope that their unprecedented merger will force a change in the law, says Kevin Hughes.
Peak performance.
Switzerland's efforts to remain competitive in the global economy make it an attractive home for captives, says Hans Erik Engelbrekts.
Bringing out the best China.
China's insurance industry is maturing fast and enticing foreign companies. Jeremy Golden reports.
Retail warehouse floorspace in short supply.
Latest research reveals that, despite buoyant development activity levels, the amount of retail ware...