All Weekly Email Alert articles – Page 52
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Online onlySoft market not over but losing steam
Modest decreases in premium rates but economic crisis puts pressure on insurers to raise rates, finds RIMS survey
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AnalysisWhat’s in store under Obama?
More bailouts, social programmes and renewed diplomacy, says Exclusive Analysis
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Online onlySwiss insurers stand firm
The insurance market in Switzerland has coped well with the difficult economic environment, according to the country's trade association
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SIFMA welcomes financial intervention package
Package includes a number of specific initiatives to help increase lending
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Online onlyFSA fines electronics company for delayed disclosure
Wolfson Microelectronics was fined £140,000 by the UK regulator for failing to reveal information to the market
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Online onlyRubber chemical could cause cancer
Workers that come into contact with a chemical used in rubber production are at high risk of developing cancer, new research revealed
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Online onlyFTSE350 pension deficit soars to £33bn
Corporate default risk also rises fourfold, according to Mercer
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Online onlyRIMS calls for regulation of broker commissions
US association wants contingent fees to be prohibited
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Advice to combat bribery risk
In light of FSA’s record fine against Aon, Robertson & Co. issued advice to other companies
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AnalysisRisk governance is the way forward
For risk management to work it needs to be focused strategically and not ignored as a back office function, say the authors of Global Risks 2009
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Online onlyCommission begins legal action against S&P
Claims the rating agency may have abused its monopoly of financial market data
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Online onlyUS regulators charge two traders with fraud
Two men were arrested for allegedly defrauding investors of $15m
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AnalysisAon’s bribery fine is a major milestone
But UK authorities have a long way to go to match their US counterparts
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Online onlyUS pension plan deficit hits record $409bn
At the end of last year estimated pension plan assets declined to $1.2 trillion compared with liabilities of $1.6 trillion
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Q4 worst quarter for dividends since 1950s
More public companies decreased their dividends
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AIG’s auto unit ‘extremely attractive’
The rebranded auto insurance unit could be among the easiest to sell, said Bloomberg
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AnalysisWhatever happened to Wall Street?
Problems in the financial services sector are not just the result of a lack of oversight
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Online onlyCrisis won’t be over before 2010: Survey
Risk experts expect the worst effects of the credit crisis to drag on into next year
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Online onlyLloyd’s gets Guernsey licence
The London market is cleared to write general insurance business in Guernsey
