general insurance

Changing role of health insurers

If the recent sell-off can be attributed to any single factor, it has been events in China - and particularly its currency.

Zurich no longer plans bid for firm

Members of the executive committee at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stand to lose their bonuses over the blunder that caused a collapse in prices of large insurance companies, according to reports.

Aviva has confirmed it is aiming to buy rival insurer Friends Life in a deal worth £5.6bn.

Artemis fund managers Adrian Frost and William Littlewood have upped their positions in UK life insurers after shares were hit hard by the Budget and the disclosure of an FCA probe into the sector.

Querns' Stephen Whittaker is backing consumer and financial stocks to outperform in 2013, following an overhaul of his income portfolio last year and the departure of co-manager Phil Roantree.

The insurance arm of Royal Bank of Scotland begins trading today in the largest London listing of 2012.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) today said it anticipates the cost of nationwide riots to insurers will reach £100m.

Fidelity is understood to be among a number of leading fund managers and investors who will vote against Prudential chairman Harvey McGrath's re-election.