Regulation
Start-ups fall out of consolidation bustle
Evidence that the number of new broking start-ups is on the increase is beginning to emerge from var...
Fingers on the button
Round Table
Message from our sponsor
Round Table
TCF reviewed
Q. My co-director wants me to review whether we treat customers fairly. If we did not we would have no business, so what more can I do?
Changing the landscape
Outsourcing
Biographies - Who's who around the table
Round Table
Untightening the tethers of regulation
FSA effectiveness review
Package travel insurance deals facing inquiry
A move by the economic secretary to the Treasury to announce an inquiry into the sale of packaged tr...
Biba offers brokers aid in light of claims pitfall
Increasing numbers of brokers are having their professional indemnity (PI) claims rejected as a numb...
Risk perspectives - Dealing with a possible banana skin
No one likes to receive a business complaint as it suggests a mistake, despite the best of intention...
Regulation Zone
Insurance Age's new Regulation Zone, sponsored by Groupama Insurances, has really taken off since it...
The Regulation Zone
Since its launch, the Regulation Zone, sponsored by Groupama Insurances, has been visited by many br...
FSA says there has been a positive response
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said that there has been a positive response from the ind...
Survey highlights changing distribution trend challenge
Brokers believe that changing distribution trends are presenting them with both their biggest challe...
A matter of trust
Q. What is involved in operating an Insurer Trust Account? What should we watch out for?
Appointment at Aon
Brokers & Intermediaries Aon has made Panagiotis Tsakos assistant manager for its marine global prac...
Broking is "two-speed industry"
The broking landscape is changing rapidly, as a result of a high level of consolidation. Axa distri...
Open your eyes
Fraud
30% of firms have not begun to implement TCF
Firms yet to begin a Treating Customers Fairly implementation programme risk missing the regulator's...
LMA demands FSA action on risk commission disclosure
The Lloyd's Market Association (LMA) has called for the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to step i...
Financial services sector bucks national trend to record profit
Financial services firms have enjoyed another quarter of strong growth, but are less optimistic abou...
Pets be having you
As the pet insurance market has developed, so has the choice of policies available to consumers - but so too has the level of confusion involved in choosing a product. Jane Bernstein says that insurers need to be upfront about what is and is not covered
Slow and steady wins the race
Every industry has its ups and downs but insurance seems to suffer more than its fair share. Keith Purvis says something must be done to keep it on a steadier path
Survival of the fittest
The growth of networks seemed like the best way of surviving a tough time for the industry but many believed that regulation would dry up any real chance they had to flourish. However, as Paul Lang reports, post-regulation, some networks are experiencing…