Regulation
Mark Cliff joins Fortis
Mark Cliff has been appointed in the new role as managing director of Fortis Insurance Limited (FIL), directly reporting to Barry Smith, CEO for Fortis UK.
Impartial role of the FOS at risk, says law firm
Proposals by the Hunt Review of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) that a league table of successful complaints against financial services firms should be published would undermine its role as an independent adjudicator says Reynolds Porter…
U.K. Insurance Market stable despite softening cycle, says report
In its latest review of the U.K.insurance market ("Insurance Industry Risk Analysis: U.K. Economic Risk Increases But Unlikely To Put Pressure On Non-Life Ratings") Standard & Poor's Ratings Services says that despite the strength of results and ratings,…
Participation key to UK Insurance Market gaining from Solvency II
Complacency amongst UK insurers about the impact of Solvency II, and a failure to take part in the Quantitative Impact Studies (QIS) taking place, risk the UK losing its established advantage as a leading insurance market in Europe, according to Deloitte…
Biba urges action from government to safeguard UK property
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has called for the Government to establish a single body to take overall responsibility for flooding and to co-ordinate a unified approach with the various stakeholders. The call comes as BIBA formally…
Lloyd's Act review could spell dramatic change
Marcus Alcock investigates what could be a fundamental change in wholesale broking
TCF compliance - Sorting out paperwork
We spend increasing amounts of time maintaining the level of service that our business has been built on, often receiving lower revenue. Can the Financial Services Authority see that we treat our customers fairly without us producing reams of reports?
FSA still deliberating on transparency
Financial watchdog is still trying to reach a final position on commission disclosure, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Regulator voices its concern over state of commercial market
Commercial insurance has come under the regulatory spotlight, with the publication of a discussion p...
Regulation is a government cash cow
I read with interest Tony Cornell's Agenda from last month, but I believe there is one small but sig...
Crime scene investigation
Forensics department review
Facing the blame
Corporate manslaughter
Are new start-ups essential?
Are new start-ups essential for the survival of the broking market? Yes 50.7% No 28.2% Unsure 23....
Call to action over mandatory disclosure
Small commercial brokers - speak up now before it is too late. We are campaigning to stop the introd...
FSnet-Insurance website launched
A new website, FSnet-Insurance, has been launched for the insurance sector to access existing resour...
Take a punt on risk
Risk management profile
New research commissioned by Response One
New research commissioned by Response One has examined the relative effectiveness of different adver...
Square Mile Broking - Sanctuary in sentiment
The theories have now stopped and the doing is well underway. Now that we are into our first month's...
Positive 2007 performance
Various syndicates and insurers in the London Market have reported a profitable year following the r...
An empire to behold
London Market
Broker Forum Hot Topics - www.insuranceage.com
The Insurance Age Broker Forum posters have been busy this month on the online discussion board, cov...
Corrections
In last month's issue, Insurance Age incorrectly attributed quotes to Principality Risk Services, wh...
Batten down the hatches
Risk and regulation
Carriers exposed to risk
Carriers are exposed to risk by creaky accounting and reporting systems, according to an industry ex...