Regulation
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...
Appointment at St Paul International.
St Paul International has promoted Peter Hunt to the new position of risk management services manage...
Axa Art is to 'fine tune' its broker development.
Axa Art is cutting down its broker agencies, according to chief executive Adam Golder. Mr Golder ...
Insurers accused of moving the goalposts.
The withdrawal of terrorism cover and plummeting service standards are two signs insurers have lost ...
Appointment at The International Transport Intermediaries' Club.
The International Transport Intermediaries' Club has appointed Joanne Thompson as account executive ...
New online service allows brokers to keep track of claims.
A new online claims tracking service is allowing brokers to check the progress of motor and fleet cl...
US portal gets UK preview.
A US insurance transaction portal is previewing in the UK at the British Insurance Brokers' Associat...
Playing by the rules.
Speculation is rife as to the content of the Financial Services Authority's rulebook. Until then, Diane Smyth says a strategic move for brokers is to make common-sense adaptions.
FSA announces Sarah Wilson as new head of division.
The Financial Services Authority's new high street firms division will be headed by Sarah Wilson, cu...
Taking an active role.
Mike Williams tells Diane Smyth how the British Insurance Brokers' Association has come of age and why a strong broker voice is more important than ever.
Wallace: BIBA's voice stronger than IIB's.
Ken Wallace, Norwich Union intermediary director, hinted the Institute of Insurance Brokers is losin...