Opinion
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Polly was pleased to offer her congratulations to Branko Bjelobaba, director of the self-named busin...
Alex Alway down in the dumps
When Professional Broking caught up with Alex Alway at the end of January he was, like many during t...
Letter of the month - Please do not let the letters page showcase one-man band
Over the years I have watched Simon Burgess blow his own trumpet on some of the dafter schemes to hi...
B2B gateways: the missing link?
We are all well aware that many column inches have been dedicated to how brokers are using and inves...
A pregnant pause
Q. An employee of three weeks has just informed me she is pregnant and wants to take early maternity leave. What is her entitlement and the best course of action?
Distribution disaster?
Q. How can brokers treat customers fairly when they are owned by an insurer?
Distribution power struggle erodes independence
The acquisition of Layton Blackham and Stuart Alexander by Axa has inevitably ignited debate over th...
Countdown to chancellor contest
With Tony Blair stepping down as Prime Minister at some point this year and Gordon Brown likely to fill his shoes, who will take the position of Chancellor and what will this mean for the industry?
The hottest insurance gossip
Always the avid sports fan, Polly was less than impressed with England's recent humiliating whitewas...
The future lies with networks
I have often commented on the similarities between the consolidation of the retail food industry in ...
The seeds of change
The future of small independent brokers in the UK insurance industry has continued to cause debate but, as Tony Boobier explains, a revolution of best practice thinking is needed to allow them to play their part where they are most needed - at the point…
Letters
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Staggering amount of merger and acqusition activity
Even with the staggering amount of merger and acquisition activity currently taking place across the...
TCF is total waste
Q. If I did not treat my customers fairly I would not have any, so what's the Financial Service Authority's problem?
Snooping on staff
Q. We suspect an employee on sick leave is faking illness. Can we use surveillance?
PPI fines set to increase in the new year?
In September it was announced that the Financial Services Authority had fined Regency Mortgage Corpo...
Global broker network update
Six new firms joined Worldwide Broker Network at their November 2007 bi-annual conference in Amsterd...
Life in 2006
It was inevitable that when those jolly Rogers from Bollington ended up on the front cover they woul...
IFB ups pressure on Home Office
The Insraunce Fraud Bureau's presentation on the latest research into staged motor accidents has highlighted a thriving criminal industry
Barometer points to dominating themes in 2007
The latest Sentiment Survey inevitably threw up some of the longstanding issues that continue to mak...
So, with the sale of Endsleigh to Zurich ..
So, with the sale of Endsleigh to Zurich and Carole Nash to Groupama, two more insurers join the 'le...
Moving with the times
With the introduction of the updated Companies Act 2006 just around the corner, Alan Tickner offers an in-depth explanation as to the reasoning behind the new legislation and what it means for businesses and directors in the insurance industry
The hottest insurance gossip
Polly was taken aback when told of a certain individual's attempts to get his insurer to pay for his...
The rocky road to regulation
It is now two years since the statutory regulation of brokers by the Financial Services Authority (F...