Regulation
FOS handles complaints.
The Financial Services Authority and Financial Ombudsman Service have published rules on complaint h...
Appointment at SecureHealth.
SecureHealth has made Derek Orsborn general manager. Mr Orsborn joins the company from Assidoman Pac...
Appointment at Wellington.
Wellington has announced a string of underwriting appointments. Chris O'Kane (second right) has be...
Permanent sold to Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society
Equitable Life Assurance Company is to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Permanent Insurance Company, ...
FSA finds joke hard to swallow
Insurance industry regulator the Financial Services Authority has disciplined nine employees after th...
Martin Wiggins joins Accidentcare
Martin Wiggins has joined customer services provider Accidentcare Group as head of business operation...
FOS sets out new complaint regulations
The Financial Ombudsman Service has published its new complaint handling arrangements. They require...
Peter Beddis, Chairman, Beddis Hobbs & Partners Limited.
Q What was your best decision or deal? Being prepared to spend that little bit extra on quality st...
IIB plans rival to GISC.
Andrew Paddick, director general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, has told Professional Brokin...
Brokers still unhappy with insurer service standards.
Over 70% of commercial lines brokers and intermediaries believe that the problem of insurers taking ...
Bennetts reassessment costs 30 jobs
Listed home and motor intermediary Bennetts Insurance intends to move into several new lines of busin...
Aon acquires Needham.
Broker giant Aon Risk Services has acquired Needham Jobson & Co, increasing its presence in the fine...
Can insurer service get any worse?
The results of Professional Broking and Post Magazine's survey into commercial lines broking will co...
Bennetts organising photo shoots.
There would appear to be no end to the number of photo shoots that motorcycle insurance specialist B...
Paddick claims the market is behind him
The Institute of Insurance Brokers is claiming 90% of UK insurance broking practices do not want to j...
IBRC waives final fees
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council has decided to waive payment of the retention fee, due fro...
Public wants insurers to stay out of their genes
British people do not want genetic information to be used by insurers, the Human Genetics Commission ...
Dickson Manchester in broker PI push.
Broker Dickson Manchester, a professional indemnity specialist, has launched a new brokers' and inte...
Willis Commercial plans intermediary acquisition campaign.
Willis Commercial Network will embark on a campaign next year to help its regional broker membership...
BIBA forced to ditch net plan.
The British Insurance Brokers Association has ditched its internet initiative and is now considering...
Appointment at Provident Insurance.
Jarrod Oliver had been recruited as marketing manager of Provident Insurance plc. Mr Oliver joined t...
Budget buys branches from Churchill
Churchill has sold the five branches of Anglia Countrywide known as Anglia Motor Insurance Services t...
Aon buys art broker
Broker giant Aon Risk Services has acquired Needham Jobson & Co, increasing its presence in the fine ...
EU in on the insurance act.
The EU's recently-published directive on insurance mediation will add legitimacy to the GISC. It will also create a level playing field for brokers and intermediaries.