Regulation
The British Insurance Brokers' Association ..
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has said its members will be able to pay their regulatory...
Insurance carriers struggling with IFRS reports
Most insurance carriers in the London Market cannot cope with the Financial Services Authority's (FS...
Boxing clever
Income protection
Brokers lack a hero to battle regulation hell
The Government has yet again promised to tackle bureaucratic red tape, which is costing UK businesse...
Soundbytes
What does Best's Insurance Reports (BIR) consist of? BIR is a CD-ROM delivered product developed ...
Biba spreads the 'Find a Broker' facility word
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has announced it will be promoting its Find a Brok...
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...