Regulation
Local authority ruling effects insurer payout
Crookdake v Drury (Queen's Bench Division - 31 July 2003)
ET Knagg expands into Blackpool
ET Knagg has expanded into Blackpool with the acquisition of Jenny Lynn Insurance Brokers. ET Knagg,...
Legislation Update - UK companies vulnerable to Sarbanes Oxley
The Sarbanes Oxley Act is still not a name that is familiar in the UK, but the US Act will have an i...
India - The chosen one
General Insurance Company is facing the challenge of competing for domestic and international business
Broadening your horizons
Sal Zaffino considers the importance of diversifying reinsurance placements
The elements of risk
Systemic risk
Things are looking up
Richard Austen is confident of the benefits that Arthur J Gallagher can bring to the Singapore reinsurance market
Litigation - Getting to the point
With allegations that thimerosal in vaccines has a causal link with autism, will it be the latest product to test mass tort litigation lawyers?
Re-ratings - Transmarine Insurance
AM Best has given a financial strength rating of 'B ' to Transmarine Insurance, with a stable rating...
Reweb - First seen on the Reinsurance website www.insurancewindow.net
Munich Re made a loss of EUR603m in the first half of 2003, in contrast with the EUR4.1bn profit it ...
Singapore - A hub of activity
Despite suffering under the effects of the Sars virus and the war in Iraq, reinsurers are looking forward to calmer days in the Singapore market
Scor attacks downgrading
French (re)insurer Scor has described rating agency AM Best's decision to lower the company's financ...
LMP Changes - Modernisation of London market continues
With a number of different projects from the London Markets Principles (LMP) programme maturing, the...
Pricing and capacity - Desperately seeking security
The reinsurance market is hardly awash with capacity after the net capital outflow of the last two years, but broadly speaking there is enough
More turbulence is on the way
Uncertainty is still widespread in the troubled aviation (re)insurance market, as it enters its main renewal period
Raters are tolerated but not loved
The rating companies have huge influence but reinsurers are beginning to bite back when they receive poor ratings
IUMI Conference Update - Profitability is key
Last month's conference of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) in Seville focused on ...
Pricing and capacity - The price is right
The evolving business environment means (re)insurers would benefit greatly from breaking past cycles and focusing on risk-adequate pricing
Prettejohn calls for efficiency
Lloyd's chief executive Nick Prettejohn has warned that the insurance industry must take urgent acti...
S&P Report - A question of collateral
Demand is growing for changes to the present collateralisation rules for alien reinsurers operating ...
CII launches new qualifications
The Chartered Insurance Institute officially launched its new insurance qualifications framework thi...
FSA sets out reporting rules
I'm afraid Post Magazine is slightly off beam when it reports that our consultation paper on regulat...
ABI finally publishes draft statement
The Association of British Insurers has finally published its draft statement of best practice on HI...