All the headlines from our Uk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 19 2004 // The U.K.’s Financial Services Authority (FSA), which oversees Britain’s banks, insurers and financial service providers, is reportedly watching the unfolding of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s...
Oct 18 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) and an issuer credit rating of “aa-” to the core companies of the U.K.’s Aviva Group.Best also...
Oct 4 2004 // The U.K.’s annual Insurance and Financial Services Conference, sponsored by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA), got underway Wednesday, Sept. 29. The...
Sep 23 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A+” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Dublin-based non-life reinsurer QBE Reinsurance...
Sep 13 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced several rating actions concerning the U.K.-based insurance group Royal & Sun Alliance and its subsidiary companies.Best affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) of...
Aug 31 2004 // Dublin-based consulting firm Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) announced the addition of a new “Insurance Companies Market Report 2004,” which provides an analysis of U.K. insurance...
Aug 11 2004 // Concerned by the high percentage of accidents involving uninsured motorists, the British Government announced plans for a crackdown that could ultimately allow police to seize and eventually destroy the cars they...
Aug 10 2004 // Kroll Inc., the global risk consulting company recently acquired by Marsh Inc., announced that Kroll Background Worldwide Limited (KBW), its London-based international background screening subsidiary, has acquired FPR...
Aug 1 2004 // U.K. businesses are being increasingly hampered by the costs of dealing with the burgeoning compensation culture, which in turn is diverting management resources and financial investment away from core business and revenue...
Jul 30 2004 // Initial review of the aggregate statistics of the U.K. nonlife primary market suggests that, as expected, 2003 saw a modest continuation of the improvement in underwriting results seen since 2000, according to a report...
Jul 1 2004 // The U.K’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) announced the launch of a new forum for the insurance industry’s 100,000-strong claims. The bulletin noted that...
Jun 29 2004 // Aspen Insurance UK Limited has announced that it intends to expand its London market insurance portfolio. Aspen’s bulletin said it has created “a new underwriting team headed by liability specialist John...
Jun 21 2004 // Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group has issued a brief announcement confirming that it “is in discussions regarding the disposal of its UK Life insurance operations.”Widespread news reports began...
May 26 2004 // Arch Capital (UK) Ltd., a subsidiary of Arch Insurance Group (U.S.), announced that it has expanded into construction and engineering insurance with the appointment of Anthony Reilly as Construction All Risks/Erection All...
May 19 2004 // A recent survey commissioned by Norwich Union, a division of the Aviva group, and the U.K.’s largest b general insurer, has concluded that the “compensation culture,” i.e. the unbridled tendency to file a...
May 13 2004 // The U.K.’s Royal & Sun Alliance announced first quarter figures that broadly reflect its ongoing restructuring efforts. Under the direction of Andy Haste, who took charge of Britain’s second largest...
May 10 2004 // Chubb Corp. has compiled the first comprehensive report in the U.K. on the modern phenomenon known as “stalking.” The study found that the intrusive behavior is by no means limited to celebrities; more typical...
Apr 30 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A” insurer financial strength rating on U.K. non-life insurer Groupama Insurance Co. Ltd. and removed the company from...
Apr 5 2004 // Caliber Collision Centers, which operates collision repair facilities in California and Texas, named Dan Pettigrew as executive vice president of Operations. In this position, Pettigrew assumes responsibility for the...
Mar 18 2004 // Chancellor Gordon Brown’s 2004 U.K. budget proposals will help schools with extra cash and retired persons with tax breaks, but not civil servants, as the budget plans on cutting some 40,000 jobs. While the U.K. will...