Regulation
Appointment at Groupama
Groupama Insurances has appointed Graham Gibson as claims director with responsibility for the techn...
Wholesale brokers fear backlash from IIB report
Wholesale brokers who have decided against joining the Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) 'Insuran...
Live data feed for CNA D&O offerings
CNA Insurance Company has further boosted its online Director' and Officers' (D&O) liability product...
The Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) has ..
The Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) has claimed that in the first 24 hours following a letter t...
Forging strong links
Key Broker Schemes
Strike while the iron is still hot?
The timing in buying and selling a broking business is all-important. As the market softens and the ...
Networking nine to five?
With brokers feeling the pressure due to the changing face of the industry, some are joining networks, for what they anticipate will be the greater security on offer. Tim Rolfe urges brokers to carefully examine the wider implications before they join up
Exchange targets non-regulated brokers
Non-regulated brokers are to be targeted to sell general insurance under a scheme developed by softw...
Are you ready?
Insurance Age currently has over 300 brokers registered as having received their 'minded to authoris...
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has ..
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has set up a hotline for the public and firms to report misle...
Claims watchdog hunts for new broker members
The Subsidence Forum, the first cross industry initiative set up to agree service standards for deal...
Willis/Coyle Hamilton deal assures significant presence in Ireland
Willis has secured a major presence in Ireland following the impending acquisition of a majority sha...
Insurers delay risk transfer decisions
Insurers' collective decision over risk transfer still hangs in the balance despite reports of a han...
AM Best report may signal stability in softening market
A report by AM Best on the improving health of reinsurers' balance sheets may indicate that, while t...
Gibraltar to challenge EU tax plans
Almost 40 insurers may be forced to reconsider being domiciled in Gibraltar, following plans by the ...
Hanging in the balance sheets
While some have claimed the market to now officially be soft, one major sticking point that emerged ...
All in the risk
Broker services: Risk management
Too little, too late?
Network failures are indirectly preventing the secondary sector from receiving the support it needs from the primary market
IIB opposes FSA compensation proposal
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has hit out at the Financial Services Authority's Consultation Pa...
Appointment at Smart and Cook
Smart and Cook has appointed Peter Davey to the role of financial consultant. He joins the firm's Ne...
Written binding authority agreements - an FSA debacle
I write in response to the published letter (PB, June 2004) from JG Searle. While agreeing wholehear...
PB June poll and website relaunch
Following the relaunch of the Professional Broking website in April, additional improvements have no...
Health matters
Cash plans
Allianz Cornhill has shortened ..
Allianz Cornhill has shortened the time taken to conduct a full asset inventory of software from thr...