All articles by Lauren Gow
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Online only7-13 Sep: Lauren Gow's week
A busy last week for me at Insurance Times and Global Reinsurance is capped off by the annual Rendez-Vous 2012 in Monte Carlo
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Online only£3.3m fine for Mitsui due to ‘skill mismatch’
FSA also fines former executive Yohichi Kumagai £119,303
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Online only‘Unsustainable’ rates lead Chartis to trim casualty
Insurer also axes some commercial motor, following similar moves by Aviva and RSA
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Online onlyFSA names and shames 15 banks over corruption
Regulator reworks practice guidelines as many failed to react fully to Bribery Act
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Online onlyBermuda: Trouble in paradise
Once one of the safest places in the world, the tropical island now has a higher murder rate than the USA, with fear of crime being blamed for driving away insurance executives
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Online only3-9 Feb: Lauren Gow’s week
As well as Insurance Times winning another award, it’s been a week with an international flavour for the markets editor of sister publication Global Reinsurance
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Online onlyMontpelier: the truth behind its $1bn loss
$400m dividend meant that loss extent was ‘misunderstood’
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Online only2011 in review: Reinsurers hit by year of catastrophes
Japanese disasters top chart with £19bn insured loss, but which (re)insurers had the worst losses in 2011?
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This WeekSean Rocks, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe
The LMIE chief executive has a strong feeling that change is brewing in the market but when it comes to changing the business, caution is his byword
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IT EventsGlobal Leaders Forum: The factors fuelling fraud
With application fraud at an all-time high, the fraud rountable debate focused on the real cost of fraud and how insurers can take action
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This WeekKing departs RFIB to take ‘new direction’
RFIB chief executive quits after overseeing transition
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Online onlyThe effect of excess: global outlook for rates
Bowring Marsh UK’s Andrew Chester spoke to Insurance Times at the Ferma conference in Stockholm about the downward and upward pressures on premiums
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NewsIAG UK gets into gear for 15% bodily injury increase
Return to profit predicted for next year following larger than expected 2010 loss
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NewsHiscox chief predicts rate rise after run of disasters
Bronek Masojada says reinsurance rates will spike, but doubts the increase will last
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FeaturesThe politics: Linking in to Lloyd’s
The road to LIoyd’s can be a tricky one to navigate. Brokers who are looking to work in the London market for the first time will need some extra schtick to make a real impact. But it can be done. Armed with these tips from Insurance Times and a little ...
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AnalysisLloyd's selects John Nelson as new chairman
Wealth of experience makes former Hammerson chairman a good fit
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Online onlyInvestigation: Corruption in emerging markets
When bribery is so endemic, how can you do business in Russia and China without breaking the law?
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IT InvestigatesCorruption in emerging markets
Insurers and brokers wanting to expand in emerging countries are facing a stark choice: break the Bribery Act or walk away from business
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Online onlyAspen's marriage of skills
Sharing a chief executive role means twice the leadership rather than a 50-50 split of responsibilities. Rupert Villers and John Cavoores tell us how it's done
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The LobbyAsking a Solvency II expert: Towers Watson's Colin Murray
Eiopa says QIS5 will be its last word on the regulation, but there are questions still to be answered
