Regulation
Insurance Masters set for July tee-off
Fancy a game of golf in luxurious surroundings? The first Insurance Masters golf tournament, hosted ...
Novae nets profit in "defining year"
The Novae Group announced a profit of £32.8m for 2006, following a £17.9m loss in 2005. The combined...
Appointment at HSBC Insurance Brokers
Steve Pratt has joined HSBC Insurance Brokers' intermediary marketing division from Heath Lambert. A...
The hottest insurance gossip
A new craze is sweeping the British Insurance Brokers' Association's (Biba) office, driven by just o...
IT system introduces fresh strategy for PPI compliance
Technology could help insurers become compliant with new payment protection insurance (PPI) regulati...
Pre-tax profit for Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical announced a pre-tax profit of £77.1m for 2006, the second-highest in its history. The...
Many of you may have seen the Insurance Age news alert
Many of you may have seen the Insurance Age news alert last month, which announced that the Financia...
A change for the best?
This month's Power Hour discusses the issues surrounding the Financial Services Authority's plan to change the rules regarding the use of Goodwill, including the potential impact on the insurance market and whether enough has been done to warn brokers of…
Biba launches self-service portal
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has launched a self-service portal to allow its me...
Thomas, Carroll moves into health & safety
The Thomas, Carroll Group has moved into health & safety (H&S) and employment law services with the ...
Treasury's 2007 tax reforms increase consolidation fears
The 2007 Budget is simply the Treasury "giving with one hand, and taking with the other", according ...
FSA campaign aims to educate customers
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has launched a £2m advertising campaign across radio, newspap...
FSA sets up new reporting system to avoid fraud
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has set-up a reporting system designed to reduce the level of...
Behind the sweet talk
Product liability
Regulator set to revise business conduct rules
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has made it clear that it intends to introduce new Insurance ...
Roll up, roll up for the UK Broker Awards
The UK Broker Awards are the UK's only broker-focused insurance industry awards, which recognise bot...
Brokers voice concern over lack of Goodwill support
Brokers have accused their trade bodies of not doing enough to raise their concerns regarding the Go...
Biba bites back with campaign wins
I would like to express my delight at seeing the Treasury Select Committee's recommendation that tra...
Broad scale research produces no surprises
Premium finance provider Finsure, to mark its acquisition by RBS, commissioned research of 1500 brok...
The next collision in the regulation calander
It was always the suspicion that regulation would hasten consolidation and, while there was no mass ...
Judgments rest on vagaries of 'desirability'
With the Compensation Act coming into effect, Part 1(1) is under some scrutiny for its ambiguous use of the term 'a desirable activity'
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Insurer service
The hard sell
Selling
Principles-based broking
Q. What will principles-based regulation mean for small brokers?