London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association (Liiba)
Why the fight back for brokers starts now
Trade Voice: With the market turning and the government giving brokers short shrift, CEO Chris Croft explains how the London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association is seeking to redress the balance.
Industry welcomes launch of captives regime
The insurance industry has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement launching a captives regime in the UK.
FCA remains a work in progress
Trade Voice: Chris Croft, CEO of the London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association, says that while the regulator has made strides towards its new objectives, further cultural change is needed.
London Market arranges training to stamp out misconduct
Following the publication of the Financial Conduct Authority’s report on non-financial misconduct in the wholesale specialty insurance market, the Lloyd’s Market Association, International Underwriting Association, and London and International Insurance…
Insurance regulation: Who watches the watchdogs?
As HM Treasury looks to the financial watchdogs to help boost the general insurance sector’s competitiveness, Marcel Le Gouais observes oversight of the FCA and PRA is starting to look very different.
What insurers should do to stop sexual harassment
Analysis: Damisola Sulaiman reviews the progress of trade bodies in responding to the Financial Conduct Authority’s findings on sexual harassment in the industry and explores what steps insurers and brokers can take to prevent abusive incidents and the…
Trade bodies lambast FCA’s transparency plans
16 financial services trade bodies have warned the Financial Conduct Authority against any plans to publish details of future regulatory investigations before they reach their conclusion.
RSA and Brit partner; Policy Expert expands top team; Guidewire chair joins Hyperexponential
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
London Market brokers demand face-to-face future
Data analysis: Brokers and underwriters are fed up with post-pandemic ways of working, according to research by the London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association and Chartered Insurance Institute's New Generation group.
Liiba members relying on ‘flimsy model’ to operate in EU, says CEO
Chris Croft, CEO of the London and International Insurance Brokers Association, has said the model in which members operate in the EU is “very open to interpretation”.
FCA and PRA to be given secondary growth and competitiveness objective under proposed legislation
The UK’s financial regulators will be given a secondary objective to foster growth and competitiveness under legislation tabled on Wednesday.
Aviva reports 13% spike in fraud; Accredited hails £2bn Policy Expert deal; Urban Jungle to recruit 100; and PRA warns insurers of ‘significant headwinds’ over climate change
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
LIIBA names Alastair Swift as chair
The London & International Insurance Brokers' Association has named its latest chair.
FCA lacks ‘precision’ and regulators need greater accountability, inquiry hears
London Market trade body representatives have told a Lords’ inquiry that the regulator’s ‘one size fits all’ approach to insurance must change and more accountability is needed.
Lloyd's-IUA-DXC deal staves off headaches for London market participants
A deal struck between Lloyd’s, the International Underwriting Association and DXC Technology to deliver a processing platform averted a technological split that may have made the London market a less attractive destination for business, IUA chief…
COP26 Round up: Week two
Post rounds up the insurance news and announcements from the second week of COP26 in Glasgow.
ABI expresses disappointment over government regulatory framework consultation
The government’s second consultation on regulatory framework reform has received a mixed response from trade bodies.
Industry bodies make case for greater government funding for insurance innovation
Six insurance industry trade associations have written to the Treasury to support an application, submitted by Innovate UK, to channel greater funding into the services sector.
Q&A: Caroline Wagstaff, London Market Group
In her first interview since becoming interim CEO of the London Market Group, Caroline Wagstaff explains her route to the role, delivering for government, customers, and future talent as well as how she balances the demands of the market-wide body’s post…
Axa launches digital claims; Moody's strikes deal for RMS; ABI reports motor rates at five year low; industry bodies warn on escape of water; and MS Amlin invests in ESG MGA
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Randall Goss and James Begley, Oxford Insurance Group
Post caught up with Randall Goss, chair and CEO of parent company US Risk, and James Begley, chief operating officer of Oxford Insurance Group, to track how the offering was formed, its growth, expansion and acquisition targets. The pair also share their…