Opinion
Rock exposes cracks in regulation
Northern Rock's crisis has shown that there is a case for reviewing the key regulatory relationships
MySpace or yours?
Q. How do we introduce and enforce a policy preventing staff from using the internet, e-mail and phone calls for personal use?
Towergate in control despite credit crunch
As the wider economic market suffers from a global credit crunch, Towergate has managed to raise an ...
The buck stops here
Q. Last month you said firms can interpret training and compliance rules themselves. How do we tell we are doing it correctly?
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Many would agree that one of the beauties of retirement is the promise that one can enjoy a glass or...
Editor's comment
I hope that those brokers that attended the UK Broker Awards will forgive me for reiterating my spee...
Fine highlights customer exploitation
The recent £182,000 Financial Services Authority (FSA) fine of Hadenglen Home Finance and its chief ...
TCF article hit the regulation spot
I was beginning to suffer from Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) fatigue, as the Financial Services Au...
That's the way the wind blows
Broadly speaking, the soft market has demonstrated how poor the broking sector is in terms of market...
Regional move is all song and dance
I refer to your story last month regarding Royal & Sun Alliance's (RSA) move to establish a regional...
Something strange in Rockpool?
Despite the fact that the British Insurers' Brokers Association (Biba) is promoting itself and the m...
Strong personalities ensure consolidation competition continues
For our industry's consolidators the targets are set and the race is on. The broking landscape is be...
Overheard
Stuart Reid appears to have knocked his notorious long lunches on the head since joining Axa after a...
Know your client - know your insurer
Times and conditions are tough. Many in the UK insurance industry are looking for a glimmer of rate ...
Changing SMTs
Q. It is a legal obligation to provide my employees with a written SMT, so how do I make changes to articles?
Pooling ideas on overseas terror
As an early election looks increasingly likely, what will be the outcome of October's debate on compensating victims of overseas terror?
Competence compliant
Q. How do I keep up and with the changes to training and competence rules?
Editor's comment
This month, you will hopefully have read the regional review by Martin Friel on the Belfast insuranc...
A hop, skip and a click away
With spending on the internet increasing exponentially, Vivek Banga explains how to ensure your internet presence is hitting the right market
Getting away with it
Regarding your feature on aggregator websites in the August edition of Insurance Age, I suppose that...
A hard market coming in 2008?
It is about now that UK chief executives are putting their final touches to their outline plans for ...
The hottest insurance gossip
Polly has heard on the grapevine that a certain director of a certain consolidator has been spotted ...
Internet for all
James Gavin's evaluation of aggregators ('Sink or Swim?', Insurance Age, August) and his profile of ...
A good industry flood response
The industry has acquitted itself well after the recent heavy rain and flooding across the country. What can it expect the government to do?