Regulation
Outsourcing: Benefits - Striking a balance
Strategic Focus
Appointment at Prettys
Prettys has appointed Rob Crees, Claire Neal and Louise Pepper as solicitors. They all recently comp...
Voyage of discovery in Seville
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Concerns raised over FSA compensation plans
Brokers this week expressed serious concerns over the Financial Services Authority's plans to use th...
Stand up and be counted on FSA's CP 174
The earlier voluntary trust proposal in the Financial Services Authority's CP 174 required the "info...
CP 174: near "final text"
Prudential and other requirements for mortgage firms and insurance intermediaries: - Professional i...
Appointment at DLA
International law firm DLA has taken on Helen Marshall as a partner in the financial regulatory grou...
Industry acts to help SMEs on EL
SMEs that perform well against their trade associations' health and safety requirements can finally ...
Regulator "goodwill" gesture
The Financial Services Authority this week significantly shifted its position in several key areas -...
Commentary - Compensation limit to be tripled
The Law Society recently agreed to triple the maximum compensation solicitors can be ordered to pay ...
What the papers said this week
The Times Aviva is considering plans to outsource the management and ownership of its six million s...
FSA "got it wrong" declare brokers
Two senior broking figures have hit out at the Financial Services Authority's decision to reject the...
Regulation - There may be trouble ahead
Strategic Focus
Listening regulator nears its goal
The Financial Services Authority has always said it will listen, and its near final rules published ...
Appointment at Clyde & Co
Insurance partner Hermes Marangos, formerly with Cozen O'Connor, has recently joined the internation...
Names push for flexible market
Lloyd's Names are pressurising members' agencies to alter their fee structures, which will allow pri...
Munich Re will not buy ratings.
Munich Re will not raise additional capital in a bid to please the ratings agencies after recording ...
Legal reforms update will maintain insurers' efficiency.
Law reform - understanding the modern legal system: Curbing your costs Tuesday 21 October, London...
A country practise?
Veronica Cowan raises the bar on the CCBE's influence on the conditions of lawyers working in a member state of the EU, other than the one they qualified in.
Snowball urges FSA to quell Euro-vision.
Patrick Snowball, Aviva's group executive director, general insurance, has urged the Financial Servi...
Penny Black's insurance week.
While strolling through the city recently, on her way to the IUA, Penny was almost stopped dead in h...
Foreign reinsurers tighten their grip.
Foreign reinsurers have tightened their grip on the US reinsurance market, according to a new report...
Run-off set to maintain its size for some time.
The £33bn run-off market for UK general insurance looks set to maintain its size for some time come,...
Liberty sets up Paris office
Liberty Mutual subsidiary Liberty Syndicates has set up an office in Paris as a part of its push to d...