Regulation
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...
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...