Regulation
Risk perspectives Getting into good business habits
The file audit is an excellent example of where good business practice and regulatory requirements c...
Honey: FSA has listened
News interview
Compliance: the buck stops here
Software company Primavera has warned businesses they must take responsibility for compliance and ri...
Compulsory disclosure raises its ugly head again, causing more confusion
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has again decided to raise the spectre of the compulsory disc...
Brokers say FSA is 'still not listening'
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is not listening to brokers and their concerns a year after t...
FSA and broking community have different views
Rather unsurprisingly, it appears the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the broking community h...
Facing challenges head on
Andrew Torrance talks to Michelle Worvell about his reign at Allianz Cornhill, which has seen company profits rise significantly, and about the unfair criticism brokers have received
UK financial heartland being tested to the limit
Key financial firms and infrastructure providers would be able to cope with a major operational disr...
Government targets fraud
Fraud has shot up the political agenda in the past year - with ramifications for the insurance indus...
Pinnacle standing reflects sound principles
Company ratings
Investing outside the box
Outsourcing
Professional Broking online poll and results
December online poll question: Would you consider outsourcing infrastructure to focus on giving advi...
Stephen Bland - Regulatory reservations
Ahead of the Financial Services Authority announcing its priorities in January, Stephen Bland, director of the retail firms division, talks to Andrew Tjaardstra about this and airs his concerns following Arrow visits
Broker management forum
Chaired by Professional Broking's editor, Richard Adams, the recent Broker Management Forum assessed the legacy of Spitzer and potential knock-on effects to UK brokers via the EU's impending investigation into business insurance
Account of being attacked by pirates
Andrew Paddick has written his account of being attacked by pirates on the high seas, first reported...
FSA to review compulsory disclosure of commission
The Financial Services Authority is set to review whether it should amend its current policy of comm...
On the road to recovery
Q. Our business has undergone a recent compliance 'health check', which has flagged several areas in which we need to make some changes or improvements to our regulatory practices, which we are addressing. What view might the FSA take if it visited us…
Compensation bill gathers momentum
The government's promised assault on the compensation culture is under way and, unlike a lot of legislation the Blair government is forcing through, this one will be widely welcomed
EC closes in on Member States that have not implemented IMD
The European Commission is promising tough action against EU Member States that have not implemented...
The quest for reform
Contract Certainty
Regulatory contempt
I refer to your article FSA blames industry for paper mountain (PB Electronic, November 2005), which...
FSA starts conflicts-of-interest countdown
This time last year, brokers awaited the switch-on of regulation under the Financial Services Author...
Laundered funds could land you in hot water
While money-laundering rules do not apply to intermediaries, all firms are subject to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, which does affect brokers
Time to get excited about premium tax
The insurance industry is running out of time to come up with an effective way to manage contract tax, before the FSA steps in. Mike Stalley says the time for brokers to act is now