All Features articles – Page 79
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Cox ponders exit to Gibraltar
Utley concerned as rival motor insurers move capital out of Lloyd's
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Professional Complaints
With FSA regulation looming, we need to learn how to make our views felt. Robin Wood outlines potential problems and appropriate answers
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Checking material
The new year questionnaire attracted plenty of attention, but few students avoided being caught by the incorrect answer to one question. Waltham Pitglow assesses the response
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Checking your choices
Last week, we invited you to take a multiple choice test on the general principles of insurance. How did you do? Robin Wood supplies the answers and learning points
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Test your knowledge
To start the new year here is a typical 20-question multiple choice test on general insurance principles, assembled by Robin Wood. What are your training needs?
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Tolle to take on franchise job
Faraday underwriting chief seen as `squeaky clean' and `his own man'
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End-to-end Competence
The FSA consultation paper has arrived and it needs careful study. Waltham Pitglow advises that stakeholders in your firm and others in the distrribution chain must be considered
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Measuring Competence
The CII held a forum on training for the new regulatory regime. Among the topics was the relevance of assessment and qualification. Robin Wood reports
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Equitas asbestos claims increase
Equitas has reported an increase in the number of asbestos claims filings in the US, and the amounts being paid out.The Lloyd's run-off vehicle, which was set up to reinsure pre-1992 liabilities, ...
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Cox shares soar after Wood offer rebuffed
Cox's share price rose by 29.3% after it turned down a buy-out led by Direct Line founder Peter Wood. Insurance Times tipped that Wood would try to buy Cox in June after he purchased a stake.The L ...
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Who needs compliance?
Many FSA regulatory concepts are already in the public domain and are being studied. But what if giving advice falls under the compliance umbrella? Petrina Oxshott suggests a strategy for intermediaries
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Catlin Syndicate 1003 reports first ever loss
Catlin Underwriting Agencies' Syndicate 1003 is to report a loss for the first year ever.The forecast loss for the 2000 year of account is between -7.5% and -12.5% of capacity.The news will co ...
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Trenwick fights for credit renewal
Failure to renew could spell end for crippled insurer, say analysts
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Financial check
A report and accounts holds useful information to judge a client's financial health and respond to its needs. Ian Jerrum explains how to interpret the figures
