Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Economists divided over duration of recession
The state of the economy is hitting brokers in the pocket and it is hard to predict when the recession will end, writes Andrew Tjaardstra.
Biba conference 2009 - Conflict over FSA in conference debate
Both praise and criticism were cast on the regulator at the British Insurance Brokers Association conference, writes Andrew Tjaardstra
Confidentiality - Keeping secrets from the regulator
We are considering an acquisition within the next few months. Confidentiality is paramount: I do not want to tell the Financial Services Authority in case the details leak out but I am told that this is necessary. Surely it is nothing to do with the…
'Outstanding performance': Axa CEO defends UK regulator
The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) performance is "outstanding" in comparison to its continent...
Conflicts of interest - Conflict-proof contracts
I have been looking at the latest industry guidance on commission disclosure and conflicts of intere...
FSA facilitates instalment option
An instalment pay-plan has been renegotiated by the regulator to enable firms to continue paying the...
Regulation - Managing regulation
The raft of incoming regulation and guidelines means that brokers have a range of regulatory topics to grapple with. Ralph Savage discusses some of their options with experts in the field
Data loss - Data defence
Anne Crofts and Rhiannon Davies iterate the case for adhering to Financial Services Authority regulations concerning maintaining good data security
Disclosure - Knowing what to reveal
Apparently, there is further guidance coming out from the Financial Services Authority relating to commission disclosure. Can you tell me what this entails and if it means a major overhaul of brokers' practices?
Sants: FSA's tough new stance should be feared
Brokers have been warned that the consequences of falling foul of the Financial Services Authority (...
Unfair to shoulder banks' failures
The Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) has criticised the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) reg...
Brokers warned of telecoms firms mis-selling call-recording devices
Insurance brokers are being urged not to fall victim to telecoms firms pitching call-recording equip...
FSA sets PPI deadline for lenders
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has turned the screw on lenders who sell single-premium payme...
Banks halt single premium PPI sales as Biba calls for FSA action
Some of the country's leading banks have pre-empted the results of a Competition Commission investig...
FSA lands Aon with record fine
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has handed out its heaviest financial punishment to date in t...
The appliance of compliance
Treating customers fairly
Biba strikes deal to avoid need for mandatory commission disclosure
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has staved off the threat of mandatory commission ...
Body of trust
Broker trade bodies
London brokers break ranks to set up their own independent representative trade organisation
London Market brokers have voted unanimously to form a new, independent organisation to be called th...
Credit write-backs - Clarity on accountancy headache
Katherine Brandon investigates the new guidance on credit write-backs issued by the FSA
FSA changes - April rules
A colleague told me he had read that the FSA is making significant changes to the rulebook that tells us how we need to run our business. Is this true?
Remote working - Slow progress for mobile working
Katherine Brandon argues that remote network access is increasingly accessible to brokers but that adoption levels are still low
TCF MI failure raises questions
With the second deadline of the year looming, Katherine Brandon reviews the issue of management information for Treating Customers Fairly compliance