Regulation
Regency Group sells up.
The UK's largest privately-owned extended warranty insurance company, The Regency Group, has been so...
Fleet trading.
Fleet motor is toughening up, with hardening rates and a new directive lined up. Brokers can respond by taking on new roles, explains David Fanning.
CSC division transfers to SSP.
The products, services and staff of CSC's intermediary insurance division have all been transferred ...
Marcus Hearn relaunch.
Marcus Hearn has relaunched a new version of its scheduled airline failure, following the 11 Septemb...
Online competition ... Win a Sony portable flat screen TV.
This month's prize is a portable Sony flat screen colour TV, offering a 14 inch screen, a sleep time...
PwC makes final offer to ex-Indie brokers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers is making its final offer to ex-Independent Insurance brokers. The provisi...
FSA regulation likely for travel agents and lawyers.
Travel agents and lawyers are likely to be regulated by the Financial Services Authority, according ...
Off to pastures new.
If you are thinking of heading off to a life without deadlines, you should plan ahead to ensure loose ends are tied up in advance. Keeping your eye in the ball is key, says Diane Smyth, to ensure your retirement gets into full swing.
Giles Powell, Principal, Giles L Powell Insurance Consultant.
Q What was your best decision or deal? Urging clients to include legal expenses cover on their hous...
Playing the ratings game.
Ratings agencies came in for bad press after the crash of Independent Insurance but Rob Jones still has faith in the system and believes it will go from strength to strength. Diane Smyth reports.
Brokers get hitched to TPA
Third party administrator the Travellers Protection Scheme has won the contracts for two large weddin...
Marsh launches invaluable service
Marsh has introduced a recovery service for missing items – Invaluable Protector – for high net worth...
The very model of a modern mortgage plan.
Mortgage payment protection insurance is seen by the Government as the way forward. Adele Burton assesses its value for money.
BIBA looks optimistically to the regulatory future of the market.
Alex Broad reports from the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference, held in Manchester on 18 and 19 April.
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has made two appointments. Simon Whitson has been made the manager for its customer r...
FSA control = more expense.
The Financial Services Authority taking full control of general insurance means yet another draconia...
Appointment at International Transport Intermediaries' Club.
Joanne Thompson has joined the International Transport Intermediaries' Club claims and underwriting ...
The status of holiday pay after long-term sickness.
Q: I've been told that workers who are on long-term sickness absence will still be entitled to up to...
Mortgage - Be safe as houses with MPPI from Berkeley Alexander.
The mortgage payment protection market is being shaken up with a new product from Berkeley Alexander...
Reading the road to regulation.
Changes to European Union directives reveal, at least in part, the route the Financial Services Authority is likely to take when it comes into force in 2004.
Missing NMT system.
The March edition of Professional Broking carried a two-page feature on broker systems but did not i...
Compliance conferences.
Sarah Wilson, director of the high street financial firms division of the Financial Services Authori...
Getting protected against a possibly negligent sub-agent.
Q: My firm has developed a niche market scheme and is getting enquiries from other intermediaries. Should we protect ourselves in case an introducing broker is negligent?
Professional Indemnity - Markerstudy and Bennett offer ProChoice PI
Markerstudy Group has launched ProChoice, a professional indemnity insurance service for intermediar...