Management
Training for commitment.
The insurance industry must improve training standards, according to Tony Tudor, head of enforcement...
GISC: brokers exit as rule 42 founders.
The General Insurance Standards Council has confirmed that up to 30 intermediaries and brokers have ...
No rule F42 means industry fragmentation.
I am writing following the outcome of the decision by the Competition Commission Appeal Tribunal. ...
At your peril?
To write successful business in the increasingly accident-prone construction market, underwriters must be thorough in their assessment of a company and its management attitude, explains Trish White.
Anthony Kidd to provide brokers with new travel policy.
Anthony Kidd Agencies has unveiled a new group personal accident and business travel policy, aimed a...
Appointment at Citybond Travel Consultants.
Tina Silvester has joined Citybond Travel Consultants as sales manager and she will also be responsi...
Boyle made CII president.
Lillian Boyle was officially made president of the CII at the organisation's annual general meeting ...
Counting the true cost of compliance.
Whether a voluntary body or not, the GISC's compliance requirements are not unreasonable but represent good business practice for all, and should pay off in the long run, says Jennifer Jarrett.
GISC: rule 42 denied
The General Insurance Standards Council has lost its right to force members to only deal with other m...
Setting the record straight.
There has been much debate in the press as to whether loss adjusters or loss assessors provide the best service for claimants. Henry Harris fights the assessor's corner.
SLH: three initiatives to improve group PMI.
Three new initiatives - a rate freeze, an extended excess option and a wider eligibility - have been...
Group PMI plans 'out of tune with social trends'.
Over half of all UK corporate private medical insurance plans discriminate against unmarried couples...
Employee rights over the care of a dependant.
Q: Could someone please clarify the legal position in relation to employees taking time off to care ...
Explaining GISC's intermediary status differentiations.
Q: Why has the General Insurance Standards Council differentiated between appointed agents, sub agen...
The drive to succeed.
It is not enough to be as good as your peers, Allianz Cornhill's Andrew Torrance tells Diane Smyth, while explaining his determination to overtake them and to be known as the best in the field.
GISC stills waits for verdict on rule F42.
The General Insurance Standards Council still has no decision on its controversial rule F42 and, the...
Motor satisfaction.
Motor insurers are achieving a high degree of compliance with the Association of British Insurers' c...
With or without F42, GISC will pull through.
Launched in 2000, it now looks as though it will be January 2002 at the earliest before the General ...
Allianz Cornhill: extranet service.
Allianz Cornhill has launched an extranet service for its 150 key partner brokers on www.ackeypartne...
Group PA and business travel from AKA
Anthony Kidd Agencies has unveiled a new group personal accident and business travel policy, aimed at...
Is there any point in playing by the GISC rules?
Over the past few months, we have been "put though the hoop" by General Insurance Standards Council ...
GISC forced to further postpone rule F42.
The General Insurance Standards Council has been forced to postpone the date by which transitional a...
All under lock and key?
Ensuring high net worth clients have adequate cover for their valuables is as difficult as ensuring they have adequate security so brokers would benefit from adopting a more hands-on approach to make it easier to keep up-to-date. Simon Threadgold…
Appointment at Oughtred & Harrison.
Oughtred & Harrison has announced the appointment of Steven Whelan as chief executive of financial p...