British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba)
The Blog Spot: Kicking things off
Editor, Siân Barton, considers how the insurance space has launched into 2020 and looks back to a thread from 2019 that should be picked up again this year.
Juliet Williams joins Biba
Williams, previously group SME director at Circle Insurance Services, will take on area manager role at the broker trade body.
2019 in review: June's top stories
The start of Summer brought with it the revelation that now Prime Minister Boris Johnson was paid £25,540 by Biba to speak at its conference.
Consumers expect action on dual pricing, reports CII
CII survey highlights there is more for the industry to do to tackle the loyalty penalty.
Biba sets up mental health first aid course
The body is subsidising mental health first aid training for members and has four regional sessions set up for 2020.
Quizzical questions: 15 November 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Una Conference 2019: Insurance sector ripe for Uber-level disruption, warns Tim Ryan
The executive chairman of the Una Alliance told conference attendees that they need to ensure they understand changing buying decisions and new types of consumer.
Biba calls for government commitment to IPT flood spending
Broker trade body wants future government to promise that money raised from the increase in IPT remains earmarked for flood defence and resilience measures.
Airsports Insurance Bureau joins Biba
New member of Biba focuses on insuring high net worth and niche personal lines clients.
Biba reveals 700,000 people have used signposting service
Insurance Cares: Signposting service for older customers has been renewed again following its launch more than six years ago.
Biba launches guide to no deal Brexit
Organisation created the guide with KPMG as a follow-up to last year's Brexit navigator.
Jackson Lee creates fleet GAP with temporary vehicle replacement
Firm claims that the product is the first of its kind in the market.
Biba selects theme for 2020 conference
Organisation acknowledged that Brexit helped inform its decision.
Broker Week: The Broker of the Future?
Steve White from Biba explores how broking could develop and examines how technology will help the sector advance.
Biba commits to raising awareness of new inclusion data collection toolkit
Promise was made by Biba's CEO, Steve White, at an event at the Dive In festival, days after [email protected]’s launched its toolkit.
Insurance Hound: Most read by brokers from July to August
Which whitepapers grabbed the attention of the broking space over the summer period?
Be Wiser rejoins Biba
The personal lines specialist has become the latest new member of Biba, after previously cancelling its membership of the trade body in 2016.
Latest Ogden rate change will cost the industry over £160m
Insurers have revealed the impact from the change in the discount rate to -0.25%.
Quizzical Questions: 16 August 2019
Test your knowledge of the week's news with our topical quiz.
Biba accounts reveal reserves of £3.89m
Chief executive Steve White pledged to use the surplus to benefit Biba members.
Is the industry doing enough to stop ghost broking?
With ghost broking back in the news, commissioning editor Laurence Eastham asks a panel of five experts what the industry can do to tackle the problem.
ABI hopes Boris Johnson will focus on regulation as PM
Director general of the ABI, Huw Evans hopes that Johnson will implement an orderly Brexit and aid the industry by “improving the competitiveness of our tax and regulatory environment.”
Biba warns of scammers targeting brokers
Fraudsters are claiming to sell attendee data from the Biba conference, but trade body confirms it has not had a data breach.
Hastings expects £8.4m hit from Ogden rate change
Company says it had believed the rate would end up between 0 and 1%, as Biba states move to -0.25% is "nowhere near enough".