general insurance

An insurance broker has had her permissions to carry out regulated activities cancelled by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on suspicions that her firm is being controlled or managed by others.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has criticised insurance firms for inadequate planning in the run up to Solvency II in a letter distributed to firms yesterday.

Collegiate Underwriting has announced a professional indemnity insurance (PII) deal for IFAs, which freezes rates for two years.

UK Insurance Ltd, the parent company of Churchill and Direct Line, has been fined £2.17m by the FSA for doctoring its customer complaint files.

Insurance brokers and life companies will attempt to cross-sell to existing customers in order to compensate for "downbeat" market conditions in 2012, research suggests.

Groupama has suffered a ratings downgrade at the hands of Standard & Poor's despite the France-based insurer announcing a range of key strategic actions designed to halt the recent slide.

David Child has taken the helm at one of the country's most ambitious adviser firms. Paul Robertson talks to Lifesearch's new managing director

Global health services company Cigna has finalised the acquisition of FirstAssist Insurance Services.

Aviva and Legal & General are to provide life and general insurance products for Barclays Bank UK Retail customers.

Lifesearch is in final negotiations on a plan to offer clients general insurance products.