Regulation
The FSA announces new phase of its work
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced a new phase of its work designed to improve sal...
Reading the fine print on protection
Risk perspectives
A mark of danger
Flooding
Allianz targets fraud with ATE partnership
Allianz Cornhill has teamed up with an indemnity and litigation specialist to help eliminate fraud i...
Insurers judged satisfactory
Brokers believe insurers are performing satisfactorily in general, according to the 11th British Ins...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Engineering
Francis Derry has been appointed business regulatory manager at Allianz Cornhill Engineering, respon...
2006 Sentiment survey
Sentiment Surveys
Snooping on staff
Q. We suspect an employee on sick leave is faking illness. Can we use surveillance?
PPI fines set to increase in the new year?
In September it was announced that the Financial Services Authority had fined Regency Mortgage Corpo...
Barometer points to dominating themes in 2007
The latest Sentiment Survey inevitably threw up some of the longstanding issues that continue to mak...
BIBA urges brokers to up their game over commission disclosure after FSA criticism
The Financial Services Authority has aired further concern about the way brokers disclose commission...
Appointment at Markel International Espana
Markel International Espana, the Spanish branch office of specialty property and casualty insurer Ma...
Bark or bite?
Commission disclosure
Risk perspectives - An effective complaints procedure
Complaints are an irrefutable aspect of business life. For every trivial gripe, there is a legitimat...
Source Software releases new online service
Source Software has released a new online version of the Source, which aims to give brokers a faster...
Regulation Zone
The recent announcement that the Financial Services Authority fined Paul Harrison, former chief exec...
Debit card delay is a fatal online flaw
Brokers are lagging behind when it comes to maximising the benefits of online credit or debit card p...
IIB director-general sparks debate over future of FSA
The director-general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) has called on the Treasury to consi...
Moving with the times
With the introduction of the updated Companies Act 2006 just around the corner, Alan Tickner offers an in-depth explanation as to the reasoning behind the new legislation and what it means for businesses and directors in the insurance industry
Small, but perfectly formed
Smaller brokers don't have to lose out - they can gain a competitive advantage through access to a variety of wholesale schemes offered by trade associations such as Biba, says Sarah Hills
Zurich completes Endsleigh purchase
Zurich has signed an agreement to purchase all the remaining shares in insurance intermediary Endsle...
The rocky road to regulation
It is now two years since the statutory regulation of brokers by the Financial Services Authority (F...
Brokers see little reason for hope as 2007 dawns
Insurance brokers see little hope of improved market conditions in the next 12 months and are still ...
A year of living dangerously
This month's power hour panel looks at the problems the industry has faced up to in 2006, including contract certainty and it also examines the main issues confronting the industry in the coming year, such as the naming and shaming of brokers by the FSA