Analysis
Provident bolt-on product launch to supplement motor pay-outs
A new add-on motor product has been released by Provident Insurance designed to supplement insurance...
Sit up and take note
Although the Solvency II directive may not seem to directly affect brokers, it will provoke some basic structural changes to the insurance market as a whole. Bart Patrick explains why brokers need to pay close attention
Self-appraisal: Hector Sants, FSA
Oh to be a fly on the wall in Hector Sants' next annual review meeting, Martin Friel imagines how he might evaluate his recent performance
The grass is greener?
Hector Sants recently warned that the FSA's new firmer approach is something to be feared. But how does the UK's regulator model compare to what our EU counterparts have to contend with? Jessica Pothering reports
CII advises product focus on migrant market
The insurance industry will need to think about devising new types of insurance products as a large ...
Wider product offering on iQuote
A wider product offering will now be available to brokers on iQuote, Ingham Underwriting's online tr...
Scheme for photonics companies released
A scheme for photonics companies has been released by Heath Lambert's commercial affinity and small ...
Insurance Race Day 2009 is runaway success with more than 400 attending
The insurance industry once again took full advantage of the corporate hospitality at Kempton Park o...
Associations - Associated benefits
Katherine Brandon investigates the pluses and pitfalls of joining a management association
PB Sentiment Survey May 2009
PB Sentiment Survey
An end to collaboration?
The block exemption regulations covering insurers across the European Union ends on 31 March next ye...
Conflicts of interest - Conflict-proof contracts
I have been looking at the latest industry guidance on commission disclosure and conflicts of intere...
Outsourcing - Outside in
Rachel Gordon considers the value that consultants might add to brokers' operations and asks: can the costs be justified in a recession?
Kingsbridge - The specialist
Kingsbridge
Construction PI - Bricking it
As the credit crunch bites hard in the construction sector, professional indemnity rates are set to increase, writes Fiona Nicolson
Towergate - Cullum's influence remains strong
Having renegotiated Towergate Partnership's banking facilities for the next five years, Peter Cullum is looking forward to the next phase of Towergate, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Financial sector gloom
The latest PB Sentiment Survey (pp.38-44) reveals that 70% of brokers are considering cuts in expens...
Making the front page
Insurance Age has gone through many changes in the last 30 years. Here we take a look the magazine's evolution and ask industry leaders to give context to some of the leading stories over the years
AID Direct releases medical insurance product
AIG Direct has released a medical insurance product for direct buyers and brokers, offering hospital...
A trip down memory lane
Tony Cornell takes a retrospective look at how the insurance industry - particularly the broking sector - has changed over the past 30 years, since Thatcher's reign and, of course, the launch of Insurance Age
Fortis broker partners take part in mini-fleet product trial
Fortis Insurance has begun piloting a new mini-fleet product among 60 of its broker partners as part...
Research revealed
New research has revealed that over 60% of motor insurance customers will seek an alternative quote ...
New range of insurance products come on the market
A range of sector-specific business insurance products has come on the market, designed to offer sma...
Get yourself connected
Jessica Pothering explains how to make the most out of this year's Biba conference, at a time when every minute out of the office must be well spent