Opinion
FSA needs reality check on an industry practice
I would like to comment on the news the Financial Services Authority has cancelled broker Xsavi's pe...
More debate is needed over claims views
I'm unsure that those responsible solicitors referred to by Diarmuid McKeown ('It is unfair for clai...
Ad comparison is just a digression
Diarmuid McKeown's attempts to compare the advertising practices of the alcohol industry with the cl...
Employees view different risks
Companies these days tend to place ultimate responsibility for risk management solely and rightly wi...
Are the good times over?
The life of a London market broker is not what it used to be. Long lunches, fat commissions, a job f...
Burglar alarm confusion in quotes
After a ring round of 10 home insurance providers, I was surprised by the lack of knowledge and clar...
Will Aon sing the changes after Canary Wharf move?
It was perhaps no major shock that as thrifty a broker as Aon - we all remember the £70 cap on lunch...
Myriad FSA rules just confuse
When will the Financial Services Authority accept that an effective regulatory working environment d...
Fraud was not condoned pre-regulation
The Financial Services Authority's recent action against Xsavi was absolutely right ('FSA makes an e...
No delay over motor renewal
In an effort to reduce the number of drivers who allow themselves to become uninsured, one of the re...
Hurdling the competition
competition inquiry
Happy to cause annoyance
I appear to be causing annoyance to some of my fellows in our industry. Only today I received a cal...
Six easy steps to ruin
Dear Friend, Now that the renewal season presentations are almost all in, let me run these six quot...
Top 10 deal highlights potential
It appears that Cornell Consulting's latest research into the independent broking sector could not h...
Win Gold Cup Cheltenham tickets
Post Magazine has teamed up with Brit Insurance to offer five pairs of admission tickets with Club E...
It is unfair for claimant law to be pilloried
Have you ever felt that you were being picked on, singled out to be the victim of indirect bullying ...
Putting claimants first is rehab key
In my last contribution to this column, I questioned whether the insurance industry puts customers f...
Access to justice is real issue, not costs
It is interesting to read Litcomp's suggestions that after-the-event premiums will have to be increa...
Iceland goes to London
London's attractiveness to the global insurance market and international players was again highlight...
One trade body not failing
As payment protection insurance providers continue to face pressure from consumer groups and regulat...
The cost of losing grey hair
The insurance industry is facing a claims-based skills crisis which, if unaddressed, could have fund...
SVB in non-Bermuda shocker
The news that Lloyd's insurer SVB is looking to launch a UK-regulated company must be music to the e...
The pricing factor is an age-old topic
I felt that I had to write to say how much I agree with Philip Bland's erudite and common-sense comm...
Is the market basically flawed?
The debate over the whys and wherefores of the new Fusion panel has met with a typically steely resp...