Regulation
China licence for Colonia.
Colonia Mutual has become only the eighth foreign insurer to be granted a licence to operate in Chin...
AIG tests the water with Japanese for Aoba Life takeover.
The Life Insurers' Association of Japan has revealed that US insurance company AIG has approached th...
Following the money tracks.
Index-linked funds are enjoying a boom time, with more and more members of the public looking to them as a way of saving for a rainy day. Ian Lindisfarne picks up the trail of the index trackers to discover why they are so popular.
EU Social Affairs Commissioner acts over complaints.
EU Social Affairs Commissioner Padraig Flynn (left), has acted on complaints over insurance company ...
Lloyd's will falter unless it changes'.
Lloyd's needs to completely reinvent itself if it is to have a future in the global insurance market...
New London body launches name search.
Marketing consultants have been retained to survey opinion on the name of the new body due to be for...
Misguided mis-selling advert.
I'm not sure I really understand what is going with the government and its attitude towards pensions...
Alarmist maybe, but no axe to grind.
I was delighted to see that Elizabeth Mullins of the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund is advising members ...
R&SA's Belgian buy.
Royal & SunAlliance have acquired Belgian underwriting agency J Haenecour which has offices in Bruss...
NFU Mutual provides refuge in flood.
For NFU Mutual, the floods gave it a chance to provide an instant response when the waters of the Ri...
An all-win plan for the taking.
Can the industry make an effective case for regulation of the broker and independent intermediary se...
Mapfre to restructure.
Mapfre has announced a major restructuring programme of its international business units, and estima...
Union chiefs in Euro talks over mergers.
Union chiefs have met with EU representatives in a bid to thrash out what it calls "unsatisfactory a...
Bid to repeal act in limbo.
Proposed legislation to repeal or amend the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act, which has prevented banks from ...
Wet, wet, wet to the tune of 500m.
The insurance industry got no Easter break as claims teams swung into action to deal with a deluge o...
FSA watch the birdie.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has launched a public information film featuring an ostrich w...
Euro team to enter Holocaust debate.
The issue of non-payment of life policies to Holocaust victims and survivors will be brought up with...
Industry's golden opportunity.
The government's announcements on the regulation of insurers, brokers and intermediaries received mixed responses, but Jonathan Guy finds many industry insiders upbeat about what could come from consultations.
A hot topic for a quarter of a century.
How long has the insurance industry been discussing European Monetary Union? Five years? Ten years? ...
MShow goes distance.
Darome Teleconferencing, the UK subsidiary of the Genesys SA, has announced the launch of M.Show, a ...
Treasury's Liddell goes for brokers.
The future of the Insurance Brokers' Registration Council was plunged into doubt after the Treasury ...
United reaction to broker review.
Broker bodies were united in welcoming the opportunity to put their views on the future regulation o...
UK home to 70% of mergers.
The UK insurance industry has borne the brunt of merger mania, accounting for a staggering 70% of gl...
Concern over brokers' payments.
Delegates at the conference went into closed session to voice increasing concern over the transparen...