Broker

Market Watch: Sporting chance

With the 2012 Olympics looming large on the horizon, Emmanuel Kenning delves into the many and varied risks surrounding the insurance of sports clubs.

The PB Interview: New model broker

Andrew Tjaardstra meets Stuart Williams, a director at Nottinghamshire-based broker Cowens Survival Capability, who is passionate about brokers promoting their professionalism to clients and wants to charge his clients fees for his services.

Focus: Outsourcing for profit

From IT to human resources and claims management, recession-affected margins could be improved by outsourcing - no matter what the size of your company, writes Sam Barrett.

Broking Success: In the face of adversity

Emmanuel Kenning meets the founders of Baker Jayne, who set up their brokerage in the teeth of the worst recession since World War II and managed to make a profit in its inaugural year.

Editor's Comment: Brace yourself for the Budget

Gross domestic product figures were revised upwards to 0.3% growth for the first quarter, suggesting that the UK is on its way back to steady growth. Yet, despite politicians sorting out a coalition government in fast-forward compared to many of our…

News Analysis: Brokers swarm ExCeL at Biba 2010

Emmanuel Kenning reviews a successful Biba conference at which brokers networked with insurance leaders and debated what the future holds under the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.

FSA extends PPI complaint window

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced a temporary rule to give customers, who recently made a complaint about their payment protection insurance (PPI) policy, more time in which to refer their complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service …

ICO warns of data breach risk

With the number of personal information data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reaching 1,000, the privacy watchdog is urging organisations to minimise the risk of mistakes.

Chase Templeton hires marketing team

Blackburn-based insurance intermediary Chase Templeton has announced the appointment of Alec Broughton as head of marketing and Gillian McCammon as marketing manager.

Polly C

The British Insurance Brokers Association's (Biba) annual conference always provides Polly with a plethora of titbits and this year was certainly no different. It was a gamble to hold it in London as there had been fears that the accompanying social…

News review: May

Former insurance broker turned MP, Andrew Stephenson, described being an intermediary under the labour Government as a "nightmare".

Reportage - specialist lines: Freedom of movement

InsureCancer's award-winning approach to providing travel insurance for cancer sufferers is changing perceptions of this sensitive market. Dr Krish Shastri tells Liz McMahon how the company manages to underwrite the majority of cases and about plans to…

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have an Insurance Age account, please register now.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an indvidual account here: