News/Regulation
Exclusive - PWC and Ernst & Young get monitoring contracts.
In the next couple of weeks, the General Insurance Standards Council is expected to appoint Pricewat...
Should I wait until April to sell my firm?
Q: I am thinking of selling my business, and in view of the Chancellors pre-Budget Statement in Nove...
Appointment at Fidelis Insurance Group.
Intermediary the Fidelis Insurance Group has promoted Grenville Coakes to associate director and als...
DCT give full coverage on- and off-piste.
Douglas Cox Tyrie has launched a range of ski insurance contracts which boast price freezes and no p...
New millennium, new-look PB.
Welcome to the new-look Professional Broking. For the last few months, we have been busy working on ...
OFT clears health insurers of anti-competition charge.
The private health insurance market has been cleared of anti-competitive behaviour, following the pu...
No conflict of interest' - IMS.
New start-up intermediary auditing company Insurance Monitoring Services has come under further atta...
Boorman steps into new Insurance Ombudsman role.
Tony Boorman has been appointed as the new Insurance Ombudsman by the Financial Services Ombudsman S...
It's not like the old days.
Company directors have never faced such onerous responsibilities. Simon Threadgold examines what impact the Turnbull Report will have on companies, both large and small.
Shortfall concerns ignored.
It is interesting that Mike Slack, chairman of the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Broke...
Intermediaries to feel the squeeze
Up to 30% of insurance intermediaries are likely to go out of business in the next three years. Ac...
Bennetts buys Bournemouth broker
High street intermediary chain Bennetts Insurance has made its second acquisition in six months with ...
New Insurance Ombudsman announced
Tony Boorman has been appointed as the new Insurance Ombudsman by the Financial Services Ombudsman Sc...
Exclusive - Hiscox slashes its agency base.
Hiscox Insurance has slashed its agency base from 3000 down to just 200 as part of its determination...
Lloyd's plans two-tier broker system.
In a bid to diversify its business relationships, Lloyd's has launched a consultation document outli...
Axa rethinks commercial service.
Axa has made several key changes to its claims and support services following feedback from brokers ...
More to roadshows than the 'novelty factor'.
I was sorry to read that David Worsfold (Viewpoint, October p16) is suffering from roadshow overload...
Exclusive - New auditor angers brokers.
Recently formed intermediary auditing company The Insurance Monitoring Group has been forced to back...
Slack dismisses warning of £75m shortfall as 'fantasy'.
Mike Slack, chairman of the Association of Insurance Intermediaries & Brokers, has dismissed The Bro...
Appointment at AIIB.
John Wardrop, a director of the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers, has been appoin...
Claims logjam fear.
The Woolf Reforms were intended to stream-line the legal system. Six months since their introduction, Shona Cronin, looks at their effect on the insurance industry.
Lord Chancellor pleased with Woolf reforms
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine Of Lairg, has expressed his support for the Woolf reforms, saying he...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has appointed Nick Hatch (above) as intermediary services manager at its Gl...
Mike Williams.
BIBA is proposing a code of conduct to stamp out client poaching by wholesale brokers and to clarify client ownership.