Regulation
Passporting hitch raises EU barriers to business
UK brokers could be forced to cease trading in other European Union member states from 14 January 20...
View from the Top - Transparency would forge a better reputation
Rarely does a week pass without condemnation of the insurance industry or its practices. It matters ...
Atradius starts operating in Czech Republic
Credit insurance specialist Atradius has started operating in the Czech Republic, in time for 1 May,...
Broker groups face FSA reality check
The news that Camberford Law's Network Extra arm is to "change direction" just over four months afte...
EC fails in insurance hunt
David Deacon, head of insurance at the European Commission who left the role suddenly just before Ch...
FSA regulation is suited to good form fillers but will not rid market of bad brokers
I couldn't agree more with Paul Meehan - I have been saying this for many years pre-General Insuranc...
Honorary CII fellows deserve this honour
The Chartered Insurance Institute's list of honorary fellows makes impressive reading, and the CII s...
Broker trio under investigation in US
Brokers Marsh, Aon and Willis are to be investigated by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, int...
Insurers told to act on EMI
Insurers should encourage their clients to erect screens against the effects of electro-magnetic ind...
MEP claims ratification of EU reinsurance directive is imminent
MEP and member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Jonathan Evans, has said that ratification of the European Union directive on reinsurance, which states that capital requirements for reinsurers should be set at…
AIR modelling for Florida
Homeowners rates that include a severe thunderstorm component based on sophisticated catastrophe modeling by risk modelling company AIR have been included as part of a rating plan subject to approval by state regulators.
Time to test yourself: A selection of questions from various past CII qualification papers
Whether you are studying for Chartered Insurance Institute exams or just want to test yourself, see how you do
FSA publishes Distance Marketing changes
The Financial Services Authority has published feedback on CP 196 — Implementation of the Distance Marketing Directive. To download the report click here .
New hope for Californian workers' compensation system
Speakers at the Risk and insurance management society conference in San Diego said they were satisfied the agreement reached on Friday will bring real reform to the Californian workers’ compensation system. The hugely expensive system has long been…
Appointment at Association of British Insurers
Kate Webster has joined the Association of British Insurers as head of taxation. She will develop th...
CII keen to show calibre
I refer to Geoffrey H Lloyd's letter (PM, 8 April, p14) and respond by confirming that an independen...
Should the FSA consult further on segregation of broker accounts?
Last week on its website, www.postmagazine.co.uk, Post Magazine posed the question: Should the FSA c...
Railway industry lets off insurance steam
This week has seen another substantial group of insurance buyers makes noises about the rising costs...
Task force to report on compensation
Independent think-tank Better Regulation Task Force has announced that it plans to publish the resul...
Gratuitous care damages awarded to bug claimants
Giambrone v Sunworld Holidays (Court of Appeal - 18 February 2004)
View from the Top - Regulation: the blind leading the sighted
As Financial Services Authority regulation approaches, I wonder at the disarray this whole process h...
ABI says FSA chairman's speech is 'highly significant'
The Association of British Insurers has called Callum McCarthy's speech on the draft European Union ...
Composite panels - Panel beating
There is justified concern among property insurers about the safety and reliability of composite panels, resulting in substantial premium rises and reappraisal of assessment methods. Marcus Alcock explains
Pet cover sales set to decrease
Sales of pet insurance are likely to significantly drop or move to supermarkets if vets do not becom...