Ask the Boss: Tidjane Thiam of the Prudential

The insurance group's new leader, once a minister in Ivory Coast, answers your questions on strategy, image and Arsene Wenger

Legal & General lines up ex-Woolwich boss

UK’s third-largest insurer set to appoint John Stewart, former deputy chief executive of Barclays, as its new chairman

Double check your travel cover

A court case has highlighted a worrying lack of protection for holidaymakers

Aviva throws hat into the ring for ING assets

Insurer will consider bidding for some of the €22 billion in assets being auctioned by its Dutch subsidiary ING

Kerrie Kelly of the Association of British Insurers

The present chief executive of the Insurance Council of Australia will be relocating to become director-general of the ABI

Swinton fined for 'serious failings' in PPI sales

The broker must pay a £770,000 penalty after FSA uncovered flaws in the way it sold payment protection insurance

Why tailored car insurance can prove costly

Insurers are now offering extras such as handbag cover and counselling, but are they really worth it?

Don’t fall for the banks’ hard sell on insurance

Advisers warn that pressurised staff are switching customers to cheaper premiums without explaining the terms of the new cover

Zurich loses personal data of thousands

Names, addresses and some bank sort codes of 51,000 British customers held on data disc, which disappeared a year ago

Mortgage protection holders to get cash back

Homeowners who had unfair premium rises will get cash back

Lord Levene joins in attack on Lord Turner

Chairman of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market launches attack on his counterpart at Financial Services Authority

Barclays challenges ban on loan-insurance sales

The bank has begun its bid to have a future ban on the sale of payment protection insurance lifted

Insurance site owes it all to the meerkat

The power of advertising: Comparethemarket.com races ahead of price-comparison rivals thanks to one Aleksandr Orlov

UK insurers may be 'forced to raise £50bn'

Association of British Insurers warns of dramatic increase in premium rates if European regulations come into effect

Tricksters become more daring with their scams

The most recent fraud phenomenon, according to the Insurance Fraud Bureau, is the 'crash for cash' car crime

Insurance fraud accelerates as hard times bite

Admiral, the FTSE 100 insurer, became the latest group to warn that it had seen a marked increase in fraudulent claims

Teenager refused car crash insurance payout

Europ Assistance said that Dicken Richards, in hospital with brain damage, was in an overloaded car and not wearing a seatbelt

Standard Life adds to insurance sector gloom

First-half profits at British division of French insurer Axa fall by more than a third as decline in sales takes toll

Insurers and carmakers deal motorists double blow

Bigger personal injury claims have pushed up the costs to insurers and in turn to motorists, according to the AA