Regulation
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
Brokers feeling happier with insurer service levels
Brokers are happier with the service they receive from insurers after recording improvements in thei...
Product innovation: has it been ignored for too long?
This month's the panel discusses whether product innovation in the insurance market has been given enough importance
Regulation and small brokers Q&A
A year has now passed since the onset of Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulation. The switch f...
CMT launched by IFS
The Competence Maintenance Tool (CMT) has been launched by the Institute of Financial Services (IFS)...
It was interesting researching the front cover story ..
It was interesting researching the front cover story this month on the increases in postage costs fa...
Be prepared
Disaster recovery
SSP announces new operating structure
SSP has announced a new operating structure that will take effect immediately. The business will now...
Solid all-round showing from Ecclesiastical
Company ratings
Brokers hit by huge postal charge rises
Some brokers are being hit by a 25% hike in postal costs, Insurance Age has learnt, as a direct resu...
FOS publishes budget
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has published its budget for the next financial year for consu...
If in doubt, then just leave it out
FSA rules on disclosure make it tempting to send a lot of information to clients that is next to useless. Tracey Robinson says this 'safety first' approach does more harm than good
A year of living dangerously
2005 Retrospective
Appointment at Thompson Rudd Group
The Thompson Rudd Group has appointed Anthony Needham and Paul Dainty as account executives. ...
Professional Broking Sentiment Surveys
Welcome to the sixth quarterly Professional Broking Sentiment Survey - the independent industry barometer representing brokers' views. In this latest survey, almost one year on from the start of regulation under the Financial Services Authority, brokers…
Professional Broking Broker Managment Forum
The latest Professional Broking Broker Management Forum examined the issues surrounding commercial insurance fraud and asked how brokers can manage fraud as part of their overall business strategy. Alex Broad reports
Poison-tipped Arrows cause for concern
While Arrow visits are meeting the expectations of the financial services industry from a process point of view, the application of the process has been met with a lack of confidence