Latest Uk Headlines
All the headlines from our Uk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
R&M Report on U.K. Employer’s Liability Market Sees Slower Growth
May 25 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced the addition of UK Commercial Liability Insurance 2005 to their offering, which it describes as “a market based report looking in-depth at the three key liability...
R&M: Rates Declining in U.K. Commercial Property Market, as Capacity Increases
May 18 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has added a report on UK Commercial Property Insurance 2005 to their offering, which provides “an in-depth analysis of the commercial property market in the UK, analyzing the key...
Best Affirms Ratings for St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company Ltd.
May 6 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “a” to St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company Limited (St. Paul) (United Kingdom). Both ratings...
ABI Urges U.K. Voters to “Make Flood Management an Election Issue”
Apr 14 2005 // The Association of British Insurers has issued a call to the country’s voters to “make flood management an election issue,” as it publishes its “flood manifesto.” The ABI is targeting 100...
ABI Says U.K. Govt.’s. Flood Management Strategy “Flowing in the Right Direction”
Mar 28 2005 // The recent announcement by the U.K. Government revealing a new strategy for flood management provides “a welcome step towards ensuring that the increasing flood risk is effectively managed,” said the...
Prudential (U.K.) Ousts Bloomer; Tucker Named New Group CEO
Mar 25 2005 // The U.K.’s Prudential, Britain’s second largest insurer, announced that Jonathan Bloomer, Group CEO for the last five years, will be replaced by Mark Tucker, currently group finance director at HBOS, the...
ABI Says Authorities Expose $6.55 Million a Week in U.K. Insurance Fraud
Mar 24 2005 // According to figures recently issued Association of British Insurers (ABI), the “net is tightening” on the U.K.’s insurance cheats. The figures show a “dramatic rise in the value of fraudulent...
Best Assigns ‘A’ Ratings to Catlin Insurance (U.K.)
Mar 23 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a” to Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd. with a stable outlook. “The...
Allstate, AIG, Chubb, St. Paul/Travelers Ask Pa. Commissioner to Examine ACE Brandywine Sale
Feb 21 2005 // The law firm representing Allstate Insurance Company, American International Group Inc., Chubb & Son, and St. Paul Travelers has filed a demand, addressed to Diane Koken head of the Pennsylvania Department of...
U.K. Chief Driver Examiner Ignites Valentine’s Day Controversy: Men Better Drivers than Women
Feb 14 2005 // Everyone probably has an opinion on what constitutes competence or incompetence when it comes to driving an automobile, but when Robin Cummins, the man in charge of overseeing the U.K. Driving Standards Agency, expresses...
New U.K. Database Tackles Auto Insurance Fraud
Jan 21 2005 // Where there are cars there are accidents, and where there are accidents there are insurance claims, which unfortunately are too often phony. The U.K. has announced a new measure to try and combat this kind of fraud, which...
U.K., France to Amend Death Declaration Laws
Jan 17 2005 // The U.K., France and other European countries whose citizens lost their lives, or are still missing, in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunamis, are considering ways to amend their laws governing when a missing person...
D-Day for U.K. Insurance Industry as FSA Assumes Regulatory Control; AXA Fined $940,000
Jan 14 2005 // Today, Friday, Jan. 14, marks the long anticipated official takeover of regulatory responsibility over the U.K.’s insurance industry by the Financial Services Authority. There should be no major surprises, as the...
U.K. Broker Folgate to Integrate Sirius’ System
Jan 6 2005 // The U.K.’s Sirius, a leading provider of insurance software solutions, announced that the Folgate Partnership is now live on its Underwriting Agency System which “enables EDI connectivity with their brokers...
S&P Rates Tokio Marine Global (U.K.) ‘AA-‘; Stable
Dec 29 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “AA-” insurer financial strength rating to UK-based Tokio Marine Global Ltd. (TMG) with a stable outlook. “The rating on...
Actuaries Address Concerns Over Professions Integrity
Dec 10 2004 // The actuarial profession in several countries is developing new rules and standards to affirm its integrity and competence to the public, said international representatives at the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) annual...
R&M Releases 2004 Guide to U.K. Distribution of Commercial General Insurance
Nov 26 2004 // Dublin’s Research and Markets has announced the addition of a guide to U.K. Commercial Insurance Distribution 2004 to their offering. “This report provides a comprehensive guide to the distribution of...
Best Affirms Berkley-Europe’s ‘A’ Rating
Nov 24 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of U.K.-based W. R. Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited (WRB). Best also assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of...
Everest Re Appoints Jackson as U.K. General Manager
Nov 12 2004 // Bermuda-based Everest Reinsurance Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Everest Re Group Ltd., announced the appointment of Tom Jackson as General Manager of its U.K.branch in London. “This operation writes treaty...
ACE European Group Set to Become Third Largest U.K.-Based P/C Insurer
Nov 9 2004 // ACE European Group Limited, the cornerstone of ACE’s London Market and European business, announced that it has received regulatory approval to transfer its Belgian based business into the U.K.-based...
