Regulation
Biba has branded single payment protection insurance ..
Biba has branded single payment protection insurance (PPI) policies 'bad value' and called for them ...
SVB Holdings has announced ..
SVB Holdings has announced its plan to establish and caplitalise a new, wholly-owned Financial Servi...
A lot to take on board
Claims handling
Yellow Pages changes see responses slump
Changes to the format of major directory the Yellow Pages has seen a drop in response to its adverts...
Brokers warned: clock is ticking on Client Money Requirements
Brokers have been warned that they have only a short time left to sort out their Financial Services ...
A positive attitude to new challenges
Biba chief executive Eric Galbraith examines the significant challenges that the industry is facing over the coming year but also reminds brokers there is much to be positive about
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has claimed ..
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has claimed that brokers who accept credit cards for premium paym...
Larger brokers facing hike in FSA fee review
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed that medium-sized brokers face fee rises of arou...
St Paul Travelers boosted by market position
Company ratings
Motor insurer Highway has joined forces with Branko ..
Motor insurer Highway has joined forces with Branko Bjelobaba's firm Branko to promote its range of ...
FSA gets tough with Xsavi
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has cancelled Xsavi's permission for failing to conduct its b...
TCC launches outsourcing division
The Consulting Consortium is starting a new outsourcing division. Outsourcing services from TCC have...
Appointment at HSBC Insurance Brokers
HSBC Insurance Brokers has appointed Adrian Jenner as managing director, directors' and officers'; S...
Searchlight Letter of the month
The Financial Services Authority noted with interest the findings of the Professional Broking Sentim...
Health Lambert releases market report
Broker Heath Lambert has released its annual insurance report, State of the Market 2006: A view of t...
Capgemini signs deal with Zurich
Capgemini has signed a multiyear framework agreement to manage a range of finance and accounting pro...
SSP restructures for growth
Following the acquisition of software house Sectornet (PB, January 2006, p12), IT insurance company ...
Appointment at Goodhealth Worldwide
Goodhealth Worldwide has appointed Alison Ritchie as marketing and communications director. ...
Provincial uprising weathers kickback
The fact that some have felt it necessary to be critical of the brokers that used the trade press to...
Nightmare on Lime Street warning
David Smith, managing director of London insurance software company Sequel, has estimated that at le...
Broker consolidator strikes 17th deal
Broker Network Holdings has acquired the general insurance business of Ian Frazer Insurance Brokers ...
The art of investigating the past
The Financial Services Compensation Fund, in its role as the UK's statutory financial fund of last r...
Muddle over client-money accounts
The industry is still trying to resolve the issue of risk transfer and money accounts, despite terms...
In search of safe harbour
Lloyd's in 2006