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Boundary review is great fun but behind it lies a serious question about what sort of Parliament we need
So, the first part of the Boundary Commission's proposals for reducing the number of MPs from 650 to 600 is out and the bun fight has started. The squealing and special pleading is all too predictable......
Insurer | 13 Sep 2011
It's time to take notice of Parliament
I have often urged the wider insurance industry and financial services sector to do more to engage with Parliament and not leave all the lobbying to trade associations. This week is a sharp reminder of why that is necessary now as much as it has ever......
Insurer | 11 Nov 2010
Is Ed Miliband another William Hague?
I have been experiencing a sense of déja vu ever since Ed Miliband snatched the leadership of the Labour Party from his brother at the weekend. As I watched his worthy but rather dull speech to the Labour Party conference yesterday this sense of experiencing......
Insurer | 29 Sep 2010
The phoney political war should be coming to an end
One of the most interesting features of British politics since the General Election has been the almost total lack of coherent opposition to the Coalition government. Of course Labour politicians have shouted at it alot but it has rarely amounted to much......
Insurer | 21 Sep 2010
100 days of the Coalition government. What has it meant for financial services?
Our first post-war coalition government has now lasted 100 days; not a great achievement in itself but a convenient moment at which to pause and consider its impact on the financial services sector. I thought it would provide an interesting perspective......
Insurer | 15 Aug 2010
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Cable hints at the battle in the Coalition over the FSA
Image via Wikipedia Vince Cable's candid interview in today's Guardian confirms that the decision to abolish the Financial Services Authority and split its role between a beefed-up Bank of England and a new Consumer Protection and Markets Agency was a......
Insurer | 09 Aug 2010
View from the top: Time to fight our corner
In my last View from the Top, I wrote about preparing for a new government and how it would be important for the industry to have an open and effective relationship with it regardless of the result of the general election.
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28 Jul 2010 
Equitable Life: it wasn't meant to be like this
The announcement yesterday by Treasury minister Mark Hoban that we are still probably at least a year away from getting compensation into the hands of Equitable Life policyholders falls some way short of the expectations that the coalition government......
Insurer | 23 Jul 2010
All Party Group newsletter now out as membership grows
The latest newsletter keeping key executives and public affairs professionals up-to-date with the activities of the david.worsfold@incisivemedia.com
Insurer | 13 Jul 2010
Evans sets out his views on regulation
I took advantage of Incisive Media's close relationship with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services to invite Jonathan Evans, the new chairman, into our offices to meet some of our editors. It led to a fascinating round table......
Insurer | 07 Jul 2010
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Liberal Democrat business spokesman joins the All Party Group
Image via Wikipedia John Thurso, the Liberal Democrats' business spokesman and their representative on the key Treasury Select Committee, has joined the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services. He has the rather strange job of......
Insurer | 06 Jul 2010
Lord Lipsey joins the officers of the All Party Group
When Baroness (Muriel) Turner decided to stand down as vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services last month, the group was left without a Labour peer among its officers. This was recitifed today when Lord (David)......
Insurer | 30 Jun 2010
This will go down as one of the most controversial Budgets of modern times...but it could have been even more dramatic
Already George Osborne's first Budget is being marked out as one of the more controversial and dramatic of modern times. This is not unusual for the first Budget of an incoming administration - just look back to Gordon Brown in 1997 or Geoffrey Howe in......
Insurer | 23 Jun 2010
Angela Rumbold played a key role in raising the profile of insurance in Parliament
On reading that former Tory minister Dame Angela Rumbold has died, aged 77, my mind was taken back over a quarter of a century to the early 1980s when she played a part in helping raise the profile of the insurance industry in Parliament. This was in......
Insurer | 21 Jun 2010
The Tories have got their way over the future of regulation - that's the story behind the abolition of the FSA
Last night's announcement by the Chancellor, George Osborne, that there is to be a massive overhaul of financial regulation with the Bank of England moving firmly into the driving seat and the Financial Services Authority falling by the wayside, is vivid......
Insurer | 17 Jun 2010
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Interview: JLT's Dominic Burke - a thoroughbred performer
Horseracing-mad Dominic Burke has huge ambitions for JLT, with a firm focus on international expansion, and he scotches...
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View from the top: Airline insurance - the risk remains
Despite 2012 losses being only 12% of the annual average to date, a single incident could flip the market, says David...
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2012 insurance industry report: The inside track to achieving a more sustainable business
To achieve a sustainable profit, personal lines insurers need to transform their retention rates, using modern communications techniques to engage with customers and understand their individual needs. This white paper is based on a specially commissioned study involving 42 senior managers at UK and Irish insurers.
Work equipment risks in the UK
The complex patchwork of legislation and guidance governing work equipment risks in the UK is an administrative monster that many businesses struggle to wrestle with successfully. It takes significant levels of technical expertise and resources to understand and effectively navigate the maze of legal requirements, and this problem grows increasingly unwieldy for smaller organisations with limited manpower and finances.
CII encourages apprenticeships with new guide
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Nationwide slams CMCs as PPI wipes £103m from balance sheet
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24 May 2012
Experian joins forces with Transactor
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24 May 2012
Suspected bogus broker arrested
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Mapfre appoints Midlands boss
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Editor's comment: Fleeing the family nest
This week’s deal developments read like two coming-of-age literary fables written to reward hard work and endeavour, while...