Regulation
Hess predicts extended period of conservative investments
The European Union's Solvency II capital proposals and new accountancy rules will only serve to cont...
Lloyd's questions brokers over wordings reform
Lloyd's is to write to its brokers to ask which of them cannot participate in its wordings reform pr...
Appointment at Congregational & General
Congregational & General Insurance has appointed Martin Scott as technical director. Mr Scott starte...
Insurance industry consulted next year
The insurance industry will be consulted next year on a major reassessment of the UK government's in...
Industry warned gender plan has "legs and teeth"
It seems unlikely that the proposed European Commission ban on differentiating insurance rates by ge...
FPA turns the heat on insurers
Insurers can no longer afford to ignore calls from the food and drink industry for risk-based proper...
Swiss Re warns of perilous shortcomings
Swiss Re warned this week that "one of the most perilous shortcomings" in traditional property insur...
FSA outlines due credit
The Financial Services Authority has published further clarification on the due credit brokers will ...
Binders by the book
Lloyd's
New International Hull Clauses 2003
The London market Joint Hull Committee has released its new International Hull Clauses 2003 followin...
European Commission set to make decision
The European Commission was set to make a decision regarding thefuture of the controversial proposal...
FSA talks down appointed reps
The Financial Services Authority is hoping for up to 20,000applications from brokers for direct auth...
Lloyd's looks to reduce personal lines costs
The Corporation of Lloyd's has established a working party to examinethe role that personal lines in...
Carole Nash seeks to review back-office IT systems
Broker Carole Nash is embarking on a complete upgrade of itsquotation and back-office systems and ha...
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...