Regulation
Food for thought
Review of the year
Queen's Speech focuses industry
The list of bills in the Queen's Speech has refined the areas the industry will be looking at in the coming session
Appointment at Ecclesiastical
Michael Tripp has been appointed as Ecclesiastical's group chief executive. Tripp will officially ta...
Paymentshield defends six-months free MPPI offer
Paymentshield has hit out at suggestions its FreeStart mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) ...
Flat owners at risk of having dual insurance
Flat owners may be individually insuring their property in a block of flats with some direct insurer...
Oxygen acquisition
Oxygen Holdings, the parent company of the Lloyd's broker, Oxygen Insurance Brokers, has acquired th...
UK general insurance broking
It has been another very interesting year in the world of UK general insurance broking. Just when yo...
FSA application approved
The High Court has approved the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) application for the distributio...
Children of the revolution
Schemes Broker Profile
Biba warns of contract certainty confusion
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is causing widespread confusion across the provincial broking...
Risk perspectives - Think twice before a spring clean
The archiving of documentation is perhaps one of the most undervalued tasks of running a successful ...
Will distribution margins wilt under the spotlight, again?
Distribution margins for insurance intermediaries are again the subject of intense investigation. Th...
Conflict management key to disclosure outcome
Much has been said about hard disclosure in this edition. To recap, some company market insurers are...
One small step
Spitzer
A Dunn ideal
Bernard Dunn, managing director of MacDonald Reid Scott, presented the broker case study in Glasgow ...
Letter of the month - The failure of PPI providers needs tackling at the top end
Oh dear. Yet another report from the Financial Services Authority voicing concerns at the failure of...
Client money worries
Q. If my firm get a FSA themed visit, I am concerned we might have a problem with the money rules. I am not sure where to start, any suggestions?
Appointment at Cooper Gay Intermediaries
Cooper Gay Intermediaries has appointed Michael Joyce as executive vice president based in its Minne...
Brokers speak out as clock ticks over commission disclosure stalemate
Resurgent concern that the regulator may yet introduce compulsory commission disclosure since John T...
PPI "scandal" could cost billions
An industry expert is warning the insurance industry that the inquest into the payment protection in...
FSA gives and takes advice
In London, Chris Harris, small firms division manager at the Financial Services Authority, addressed...
Disclosure encounters of a different kind
Tentative proposals fo reforming non-disclosure and misrepresentation could mean a simplification of position for brokers