Regulation
Going for broking.
Brokers should take comfort from the fact that a direct motor insurer has held its hands up and admi...
Howe and Slack settle differences.
The merger of the Insurance Intermediaries Association and the Association of Insurance Intermediari...
IFA Portfolio's income cover takes on banks.
In response to competition from building societies and banks, IFA Portfolio, the service company of ...
Sedgwick bid assessed.
J&H Marsh McLennan's £1.24bn bid for broker Sedgwick is currently being assessed by the EU Commissio...
Non-compliant ABI intermediaries days away from sanctions.
A total of 145 independent intermediaries have just days to comply with the Association of British I...
Ian Ritchie.
Sadly, the IBRC is to be abolished. So, let's now look to the future and get the most out of self-regulation.
Brokers could have to choose between two regulatory bodies.
Brokers are facing the unwelcome prospect of two separate regulatory bodies taking the place of the ...
Foreman snaps up P&G.
Foreman Bassett Insurance Brokers has acquired Stubbington-based Personal & General Insurance Servic...
David Worsfold.
The 150-page Financial Services and Markets Bill leaves many issues unresolved, not least the gap left by the scrapping of the Policyholders Protection Board.
Y2K database goes on-line despite limited support.
The Association of British Insurers has gone live with its year 2000 database, despite the poor resp...
Divided we fall.
If the Treasury thought that announcing the repeal of the Insurance Brokers Act 1977 and the aboliti...
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...