Regulation
Brokers sign up for Cover.Net.
Over 30 brokers and intermediaries have signed up to Cover.Net, the Internet initiative developed by...
David Worsfold.
The Financial Services Reform Bill is arousing great speculation and there is strong cross-party consensus about what lies ahead.
Arter appointed to AII.
Chris Arter ACII MBA has been appointed secretary general of the Association of Insurance Intermedia...
ABI issues millennium warning.
The Association of British Insurers has issued a stern warning to the market to become year 2000-com...
Marcus Hearn sets up PA division following requests from brokers.
A personal accident, illness and redundancy package for groups and individuals has been produced as ...
Arson guidance given.
The Arson Bureau has produced guidance for hostel staff on the accommodation of known or potential a...
Tony Cornell.
All sides of the industry should work together to educate banks and accountants that goodwill is a real asset in insurance broking.
Letter of the month - GA: approaching my clients direct is wrong.
I have read several stories in Professional Broking recently about insurers who have approached thei...
A waiting game.
By the end of this month, the Treasury should have made a statement about the future of the Insuranc...
IOB widens membership net.
Brokers and intermediaries will be able to join the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau under changes to the ...
MP warns of chaos if IBRC is abolished.
If the government abolishes the Insurance Brokers Registration Council it could lead to mass deregis...
Critical illness sales are up.
Sales of critical illness sales reached an all-time high last year with 626 584 new policies sold - ...
Low response to Y2K survey.
Brokers could face a bombardment of time-consuming year 2000 compliance questionnaires from individu...
David Gamble.
Clear thinking is required over the remuneration of brokers and intermediaries. A new code and an independent regulator with real powers must be the way forward.
Chairman of Lloyd's Regulatory Board gives his support.
John Young, chairman of Lloyd's Regulatory Board, has given his broad support to a single body regul...
Appointment at Resolve International.
Resolve International, the global consultancy group, has appointed David Hambly to the board of dire...
Conference and Exhibition at the NEC.
Brokers and intermediaries attending this year's Insurance and Financial Services Technology Confere...
The industry has its say.
The Treasury has received a substantial response to its call for submissions on the future of the IBRC. Tim Collison considers how the trade bodies' arguments stack up on this crucial issue.
Appointment at BUPA.
Peter Jacobs, chief executive of BUPA, has announced that he will be retiring this summer. He will b...
Iron Trades celebrate centenary.
Over 250 guests attended a dinner at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace (above), last month to c...
Holy smoke.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has launched a guide to tackle the problem of arson attacks on places of...
Why we saved tour operator.
My company acts as guarantor of various travel companies who are required to provide guarantees to t...
ABI: no definitive Y2K exclusion guidelines.
Mark Boleat, director general of the Association of British Insurers, has said that the ABI is not i...
Intermediaries fall foul of code.
Seventeen independent intermediaries are facing across-the-board agency cancellations for failing to...