Labour Party
Review of the Year 2024: SSP’s Martyn Mathews
Martyn Mathews, MD of SSP Broker reflects on disappointing vote-winning rhetoric, renaming the NEC the Mathews Arena, and asks whether the FCA might roll back a little on some of the principles of Consumer Duty and Fair Value
How could the General Election manifestos impact insurance?
Insurance Age examines what each of the major political parties has to say on issues affecting the insurance market.
ABI calls for greater political commitment to flooding plans
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for cross-party political support to ensure that the UK can properly tackle flood risk.
Hector Sants - an appraisal
So Hector Sants is off. The man who ran the FSA during its most turbulent period is heading off into the regulatory sunset.
Labour would force insurers to offer telematics
Insurers could be forced to offer telematics to potential clients under a new proposal from Shadow transport minister, John Woodcock.
Agenda: Insurance and the state
The insurance industry and the state are inextricably entwined with a large number of common interests but competing in a number of areas in looking after the wellbeing of citizens and businesses. On a macro basis, the need for insurance in a communist…
News: Large-scale pension reforms loom
If you do not have a pension scheme in place, then now is the time to act, as a series of state-mandated reforms is set to bite following the Spending Review.
News Analysis - Conferences: Prime Minister announces £200m university and enterprise link
This year's Chartered Management Institute and Confederations of Business Industry conferences pulled in the big hitters as business leaders attended to work out how best to plan for the period of austerity ahead.
Power hour: A cooperative coalition?
This month's power hour assesses the impact the Con-Dem Government has already had on insurance and debates how it will continue to influence the industry in the future. Liz McMahon reports.
News analysis - Emergency Budget: Chancellor's axe and tax
Emmanuel Kenning reviews economists' reactions to the announcements in the Emergency Budget.
News review: May
Former insurance broker turned MP, Andrew Stephenson, described being an intermediary under the labour Government as a "nightmare".
Majority of SMEs back moves to cut deficit
More than three quarters of small firms back moves to tackle Britain’s record deficit, a new Forum of Private Business survey has found.
News: SMEs call for post-election stability
The three major parties were accused of treating the small business sector as a "political football" ahead of the general election.
Political parties adopt differing tax approaches on run up to General Election
Louise Somerset, tax director at RBC Wealth Management, says the approach to tax is all about "stability" for Labour, "competitiveness" for the Conservatives, and "equality" for the Liberal Democrats.