Regulation
The Financial Services Authority ..
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has launched 14 sector-specific tailored handbooks of its rul...
A welcome visitor?
Q. As part of the FSA's regional broker visits, it is inviting brokers to individual 'surgery' sessions to discuss any issues that the broker may have. Is it best to keep a low profile or should I take advantage of the opportunity of meeting with them?
A second chance
The unpreparedness of secondary intermediaries for 'GI day' forced the regulator to offer a period of grace to allow them to catch up. With half of this time gone, Andrew Tjaardstra looks at the sector's efforts to comply
Spitzer sinks teeth further into world's largest insurer
New York State regulators have almost completed drafting a civil complaint against American Internat...
Broker Management Forum
The Broker Management Forum is a series of live, interactive debates tackling the issues that matter....
Reporting for duty
Regulation: Six Months In
Markel introduces LLP product
Markel International has launched a limited-liability partnership members' management liability prod...
RWA launches service to delegated authority market
Regulatory compliance specialist Robin Wood Associates has set up a venture to provide coverholder a...
Windsor reports reduction in fees and brokerage
Listed broker Windsor has reported a pre-tax profit of £1.51m for the six months ended 31 March 2005...
Blair wants 'common sense' culture to replace compensation culture
The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has called for the compensation culture to be replaced with a 'commo...
Appointment at Software Solutions Partners
Software Solutions Partners has appointed Guy Oliver as head of corporate operations, where he will ...
Design-and-build product launch by DA Constable
Liability and professional indemnity insurer DA Constable Syndicate 386 has launched a product aimed...
FSA procedures criticised by tribunal
The Financial Services and Markets Tribunal has published its further decision dealing with the thre...
Substance over form
There has been some speculation as to whether - under the Financial Services Authority client accoun...
Brokers in personal lines market share warning
The market share of intermediaries in home insurance is falling rapidly as banks and building societ...
Ambitious wish list fits the bill
Following the Queen's Speech, many of the bills in the government's enormous, and almost certainly over-ambitious, programme for the next 18 months should come as good news for the industry
A leap of faith
Regulation: Networks
London brokers and underwriters agree TOBA
Agreement has been reached for new-model terms-of-business agreements addressing business relationsh...
Mediation and litigation behemoth to head enforcement at FSA
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Margaret Cole, a partner in the London office of inte...
The final word on the falling insurer standards problem
This month's Power Hour panel looks at the justification behind broker complaints that insurer standards have been steadily falling despite FSA regulation of the industry and the possible solutions that will offer a final remedy to the long standing…
Soundbytes
What does the final instalment of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) required system include? A...
The hottest insurance gossip
While Polly always strives to produce a quality publication, and hopes her loyal readers find it a r...
Select & Protect rolls out regulation alternative
General insurance provider, Select & Protect plans to launch its introducer status facility for sell...
Riskclick rolls out funding boost
Riskclick, the business process management (BPM) solutions provider for the insurance industry, has ...