Regulation
Donegal Group to acquire capital stock of Peninsula Insurance.
Pennsylvania-based insurer Donegal Group has agreed to acquire theoutstanding capital stock of motor...
A hard hat area?
Engineering
Truth or consequences?
The UK's 'compensation culture', imported from the US, has been adopted by opportunists and fuelled enthusiastically by the new breed of profiteers. David Hooker believes it is time to start taking responsibility for our actions - or face the…
FSA managers in restructure
The Financial Services Authority has unveiled a reorganisation of itsstructure with a new business u...
ABI welcomes review of FSMA impact
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed the review of theFinancial Services and Markets Act...
ALM: FSA appropriate body for Lloyd's
The article 'ALM abandons Perry EU fight' (PM, 23 October, p4) mayhave given the impression that the...
Troubled waters
IUMI Review
Munich Re's rights issue
Munich Re expects to raise EUR3.8bn in a new rights issue, hoping to create a stronger capital base ...
Considering the bigger picture
Reinsurance is typically described as a global market and it certainly does have multinational playe...
Appointment at Comite Europeen des Assurances
Patricia Plas is the new director for economics and finance at the Comite Europeen des Assurances (C...
Regulatory link-up
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has signed a regulatory memorandum of understanding with the Sec...
Maximising your assets
Companies that wish to boost their performance must play to their strengths - and this means choosing and maintaining the right staff. Ruth Spellman extols the benefits of people power
CIPD: concerns regarding flexible hours unfounded
New research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and law firm Lovells claims tha...
What the papers said this week
The Daily Telegraph British American Tobacco is injecting its struggling US arm, Brown & Williamson...
New FSA proposals reiterate need for £4bn
The Financial Services Authority intends to enforce tough new capital requirements for financial con...
Insurers hit by new EU motor directive
The Comite Europeen des Assurances has criticised a rise in potential payouts that now faces insurer...
Hong Kong insurance business recorded steady growth in 2002
All major lines of Hong Kong insurance business recorded steady growth in 2002, according to statist...
Building in guidance
Construction
The heat is on
Directors' & Officers'
EURO WATCH
Post Magazine's new monthly column looking at insurance-related issues from a European perspective
Accountants unlikely to supersede adjusters in claims arena
In his article 'Are adjusters' numbers up' (PM, 16 October, p24), Tony Levitt of forensic accountant...
The FSA reports on risk management procedures
The Financial Services Authority has declared UK insurers' risk management procedures are "mainly re...
Emergency planning
The insurance industry has been urged to work hand in hand with the government over the issue of con...
AM Best downgrades financial strength rating of Swiss Re
Rating agency AM Best has downgraded the financial strength ratings of Swiss Re from A to A+. It sai...