Professional Broking - 2010-03-04
Articles in this issue
Liquidity dangers
Emmanuel Kenning reflects on the cash flow challenges facing broker managers in 2010
Double trouble in property
Loss adjuster finds market contradictions
Jelf raises more money as profits tumble
The broker has released a set of results that shows, perhaps more transparently than most, the difficulties of the consolidation model, raising questions over others' ambitions to float, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Viewpoint: A tale of contrasting fortunes
RBS Insurance has been one of the great profitable success stories in insurance ever since it controversially promised to cut out the middlemen. Yet 2009 was a year of turmoil for the insurer, seeing its profits plummet over £500m and closing its premium…
Legal: Bribery Bill enhances Serious Fraud Office toolkit
Where the Financial Services Authority has led, the Serious Fraud Office could well follow in punishing those companies and employees caught committing bribery, writes Mathew Rutter, financial services partner, Beachcroft.
Management Clinic: Troublesome premium tax
Since the Chancellor made his announcement on extending insurance premium tax in December, nothing much more has happened. Should we be charging IPT to brokers' fees or doing nothing until there is a further government statement?
Broking Success: High expectations in High Wycombe
Emmanuel Kenning meets the broker who bucked the trend by doubling his marketing team at the start of the recession and is now reaping the benefits
The PB Interview: View from the rock
Markerstudy was the first insurer to underwrite in the UK from Gibraltar, courting inevitable controversy. Andrew Tjaardstra meets group underwriting director Gary Humphreys to discover its success in becoming a major player in the broking and…
Market Watch: The before-the-event landscape
Emmanuel Kenning finds that there are more questions than answers in the legal expenses insurance sphere
Promoting disaster recovery
Small and medium-sized businesses often do not have effective plans in place for when a business-critical emergency strikes, writes Jane Bernstein
Director's Q+A: Traditional values
PB interviews managing director of cider maker Thatchers, Martin Thatcher, who is the fourth generation of his family to run the company