Regulation
Interim report confusion
Q. The FSA are looking at ICOB rules for brokers again. Will all the hoops we had to jump through be taken away?
Brokers warned to strengthen contract certainty capabilities
The culture of commercial underwriting in the London market needs to change if insurers and brokers ...
Risk perspectives - Riding the wave of consolidation
A wave of consolidation is rolling through the broking industry, providing significant opportunities...
Research from Royal & Sun Alliance
Research from Royal & Sun Alliance has revealed that 42% of UK businesses are oblivious to the fines...
Outcry screams of mismanagement
The sudden outcry from some areas of the broking fraternity is just typical (Insurance Age, April). ...
If there's a will, there's a way
The issue of Goodwill is still rumbling on, with little sign that the Financial Services Authority (...
Insurance Masters set for July tee-off
Fancy a game of golf in luxurious surroundings? The first Insurance Masters golf tournament, hosted ...
Biba bites back at Goodwill criticism
I was disappointed to read the comments in Insurance Age's last edition regarding Goodwill, and the ...
New research by the British ..
New research by the British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has shown that 78% of travel insur...
Biba works, but a rethink is needed
I was surprised to see the complaints from brokers about the British Insurance Brokers' Association ...
The Financial Services Authorities' ..
The Financial Services Authorities' (FSA) determination to push a principles-based regulation regime...
FOS regulation could catch small brokers unawares
Small brokers will take the impact of another wave of regulation from the Financial Ombudsman Servic...
Biba tackles underinsurance
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has rolled out a valuation service scheme to its m...
A world of opportunity
Brokers and passporting
Negligence award sounds warning note for brokers
The recent negligence case of Arbory Group Ltd v West Craven Insurance Services may have very expensive ramifications for brokers, and their E&O insurers, who place business interruption (BI) cover, said lawyers at national commercial law firm,…
Insurance staff get locked up for charity
Three insurance industry staff will be arrested and locked-up in Leicester prison on Wednesday 25 April to raise money for the Rainbow children’s hospice.
Good news about goodwill
Q. I am puzzled by some of the comments on goodwill - is it an issue?
Tax increase to hit small brokers
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown provided bad news for small brokers, as those making less t...
94% claim broking is 'tougher' now
Following research among 1534 brokers by Finsure last month further insights have emerged from the s...
InterResolve and Aon team-up for UK liability claims system overhaul
Bodily injury claims resolution specialist InterResolve is hoping to repeat the success of its recen...
How not to be a goodwill fatality
The Financial Services Authority's requirement that goodwill will no longer be an eligible asset for...
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...