Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Spotlight: The ESG opportunity: insurers as partners in SME resilience
Insurers and brokers look set to play a pivotal role in ESG education and risk management – and potentially, there is a role for more specialist products and incentives to reward firms that demonstrate best practice, writes Rachel Gordon.
FSB calls on insurance industry to tackle widespread confusion over what commercial policies cover
The Federation of Small Businesses has called on the insurance industry to improve the clarity of policy wordings after it found that 30% of small businesses and the self employed have difficulties understanding what their insurance covers.
Spotlight: Smarter decision making – Intelligent lead pricing: helping counter SME underinsurance
For businesses, finding at the time of a claim that their policy will not pay out can be catastrophic. Unfortunately, underinsurance among SMEs is a growing problem. Valerie Hart looks at how improving intelligent lead pricing through digital technology…
SMEs at risk of underinsurance if IPT rises next week
SME businesses could be forced to scale back insurance cover leaving them at risk of underinsurance, if the government increases insurance premium tax in the Budget next week.
SME underinsurance: Protecting customer outcomes
With 5.4 million SMEs in the UK, more can be done to enhance the claims service they receive
SME underinsurance: Fixing the SME market
Has anything changed in the SME sector since the FCA’s thematic review? And if not, why not?
SME flood scheme to prove 'challenging' to implement despite government talks
Efforts to establish an affordable flood insurance solution for small businesses are ongoing at industry and government level, despite concerns that creating a Flood Re type scheme for SMEs will be “fundamentally challenging”.
SME Hubs: Let's get together
With so much economic focus on London, SME directors are championing the idea of a business hub away from the capital. But how would it work?
Four groups granted super-complainant status to FCA
Four consumer representative bodies have been granted “super-complainant” status by the government for the financial services sector.
Biba urges change on SME Flood Re exclusion
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has urged the Water Bill Scrutiny Committee to consider helping the people the bill currently excludes – particularly small businesses.
FSB backs call for SME pay priority
The Federation of Small Businesses has backed a call by Lorega for insurers to fast-track SME claim payments to help prevent smaller firms and one-man bands going out of business.