Regulation
Information technology
Active management of information is key to running a successful insurance business. Mike Wenham explains
Quanta Capital posts Q2 profit
Bermuda-based Quanta Capital Holdings has reported that its net income for the second quarter of 2004 was $1.8m, the first quarter that the company has reported a profit since it was founded in May 2003.
Driving the Polish market
Conference
Romanian reinsurance roundtable
FIAR Roundtable
Fitch publishes French report
Fitch Ratings says the evolution of the credit quality of French non-life insurers will reflect the ...
After the fall
Latin America
US follow-the-settlements doctrine keeps expanding
A recent series of US cases has extended the follow-the-settlements doctrine to a cedant's reinsurance allocation decisions and limited reinsurers' right to dispute them
Appointment at CEA
Gerard de La Martiniere has been elected the new president of the Comite Europeen des Assurances (CE...
Lohmann faces the music
Faced with the unpleasant task of admitting further under-reserving in America, Converium has come out fighting to convince the market that this really is an end to the issue
APRA announces IFRS approach
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has outlined the approach it will be taking du...
2003's Top 100 Reinsurance Companies
Top 100 Supplement: Top 100 Companies
Raising the global standard
Henry Keeling acknowledges his part of the responsibility to improve the industry's stability and accountability
Swiss Re takes on operational risk
Operational risk has been a growing concern for the insurance industry, and although Swiss Re is tackling it, many firms still need to be convinced
The power of information
This summer has provided me with two very different, but strangely complementary, perspectives on th...
Reassessing the bottom line
Top 100 Supplement: Analysis
NAIC lays out regulatory roadmap
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has created a detailed roadmap that sets ...
APRA sets out reporting standards
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has laid down reporting standards under the Fi...
Reinsurers worry about capital
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has claimed that parts of the global reinsurance market continue to have mis...
FSA gives the go-ahead to commingling
The Financial Services Authority has confirmed that intermediaries will be able to continue commingling of insurer and client funds.
APRA announces IFRS approach
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has outlined the approach it will be taking during the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Australia.
ISO launches Measures of Excellence consulting service
The Insurance Services Office has launched a consulting service that helps insurance organisations create benchmarks for internal and industry best practices and provide consistent quality claims handling.
Employer 'hard core' set to keep final salary pensions
A 'hard core' group of employers intend to keep their final salary pension schemes open to new emplo...