Regulation
FSA delays takeover till 2005
Intermediaries have been shown the definitive timetable for theregulation of the non-life sector by ...
'Adopt banks' RM'
Insurance firms need to get a better handle on the way risk ismanaged within their businesses, accor...
Retail Sector - Retail needs therapy
Commercial Property
How do you find out there's something you should know?
Tony Bridgland wonders how one forgoes the right to be told
Appointment at Aon
John Cullen has joined Aon as chief financial officer and chiefoperating officer for its risk servic...
British companies turn to help lines
Legal expenses insurer DAS says British companies are gearing up forpossible war with Iraq by turnin...
Direct Line urges insurance regulation
Direct Line is urging the Government to fully regulate insurance soldby travel agents and tour opera...
News review: February - FSA regulatory takeover put back
Intermediaries found out the definitive timetable for the regulationof the non-life sector by the Fi...
Briscoe joins BIBA board
Large-scale personal lines brokers have received a boost in the British Insurance Brokers' Associat...
Independent compliance
Broker Network members will have to ensure they comply with the Financial Services Authority indepe...
Industry unhappy with private clients definition
The British Insurers Brokers' Association is unhappy with the current private and commercial defini...
A level playing field as standard
Eleanor Linton, head of policy at the Financial Services Authority, tells Diane Smyth how she intends to build on the minimum standards set down by the European Union's Insurance Mediation Directive to ensure a fair set of rules for insurers and brokers…
Fit for a King
Michael King has steered Goss & Co to its current position as one of the largest brokers in the South but still has an eye for the small risks, finds Angela Faherty.
CIIG gears up for action over FSA
The creditors of Independent Insurance Group is meeting on 24 February to brief members on its prop...
The Environment Agency reveals its flood defence plans
The Environment Agency has published its flood defences map, meaning householders in flood plains c...
FSA to give special attention to outsourced processes
Outsourced processes that brokers have handled for years will be scrutinised by the Financial Servi...
S&P's corporate governance scores increase in popularity
Good corporate governance has become increasingly important in the post-Enron and Independent econo...
Directors warned over FSA enforcement plans
The Financial Services Authority is lobbying for the power to investigate suspected breaches of acc...
The tie that no longer binds
Underwriters are finding the new Lloyd's monitoring process and anticipated Financial Services Authority regulation unattractive and this could spell the end for binding authorities.
What is the meaning of N3/N4?
Brokers nervous of Financial Services Authority regulation should voice their opinions - no one wants an unworkable system.
News in brief
Groupama has moved all its continuing and discontinued UK business to a separate underwriting subsid...
Risk perspectives - Get rid of our compensation culture
An unwelcome 'cultural exchange' has been taking place between the US and the UK in recent years - a...
News in brief
The Broker Network has said the best way to attain Financial Services Authority compliance is by dir...
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