Regulation
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
Religion and politics
Q. An employee has complained he has not been granted leave for one of his faith festivals, despite having used all of his holiday entitlement
Light Letter of the month - Search
I think one-fifth of brokers expecting to grow significantly, as revealed in the Professional Brokin...
A raft of conflict
Q. Our firm handles mainly commercial business. I know that the FSA has written to some firms about conflicts of interest, but surely smaller firms like ours only survive by retaining satisfied clients and, as such, can state that everything is done with…
Prophets of boom
Market Cycle
BIBA opposes FSA over disclosure
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has opposed the Financial Services Authority's plans to a...
Pursuing a bone of contention
Anyone with management responsibility in a Financial Services Authority-regulated business should, b...
FSA appoints Snowball to panel
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Patrick Snowball, group executive director at Aviva, ...
SSP releases first half-year results
E-commerce & technology
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