Management
As I predicted at the start ..
As I predicted at the start of Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulation, we are now starting to...
New head appointed for L&G general arm
Legal & General (L&G) has made Jane Dale its new managing director of general insurance operations. ...
Risk managers must take contract initiative
Risk managers must play their part in securing contract certainty, a senior Axa executive has said. ...
Towergate picks up BPS business
BPS Insure has gone into administration, with Towergate Underwriting Group acquiring its mixed comme...
Relay Business Software and Close ..
Premium Finance have launched a partnership to make premium finance easier for brokers in Ireland. R...
Should brokers get their fifteen minutes of fame?
This month's Power Hour panel looks at the options brokers have available to help increase their overall profile in light of historical problems with such proposals, especially in getting brokers to come to agreement about the focus of a joint promotion…
Investing in the future
Succession planning
Whiteley default not factored into FSCS 2005/6 levy reduction
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has updated its initial 2005/06 levy requirements to take...
Towergate forms PI agency
Towergate has set up a professional indemnity underwriting agency and support centre, based in Londo...
Peninsula to expand broker department
Personnel, employment law and health and safety consultancy Peninsula is to commit £2m to its broker...
Fears mount over FSA half-yearly reporting
Concerns are emerging that complacency and IT incompetence will render many brokers unable to comply...
Appointment at Primary Broker Services
Jason Norbury has joined Primary Broker Services as operations manager and Joanne Briscoe joins the ...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Commercial
Colin Toppin has been appointed accident and health manager at Allianz Cornhill Commercial. ...
BIBA rebuttal
I read again with interest Richard Wynn's letter (Professional Broking, May 2005) and am delighted t...
Broker falls into administration following inspection by FSA
BPS Insure, an independent general insurance broker with 11 UK branches and 20,000 policyholders, ha...
Asbestos compensation threat still being ignored
Over four in five employers are doing nothing to stem the risk of asbestos in the workplace, accordi...
Appointment at Sectornet
Sectornet has promoted Ian Gibbard to the role of business development manager. ...
Brokers lose out as banks flex their home insurance muscle
Intermediaries are increasingly losing home insurance market share to banks and building societies, ...
The CII launches in-depth dictionary
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has launched an in-depth dictionary of insurance on its CII ...
Feeling burnt out
Employer's liability
Whiteley: FSCS steps in for emergency claims
Policyholders with Whiteley Insurance Consultants, which is in provisional liquidation, are being of...
Purchase to place Marshall Wooldridge in top 100
Leeds-based Marshall Wooldridge is claiming its recent purchase of the assets of Kay Hardman & Co, a...
Religion and politics
Q. Having refused holiday leave for an employee's so-called religious holiday I am concerned about being taken to a tribunal on the grounds of religious discrimination. Is there legislation that prevents religious discrimination?
Appointment at Heath Lambert Group
Heath Lambert Group has appointed Martin Bewsey as deputy chairman of its property portfolio divisio...