All BIBA articles – Page 5
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NewsBiba launches 2023 manifesto with focus on risk management and stability
Executive director confirms that ‘stability is a key message’ that the trade association wants to bring ‘forward this year’, with focuses on regulation, financial resilience and enabling economic growth
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News AnalysisInsurers brace for employers’ liability claims as Covid and flu ‘twindemic’ ramps up
However, some market commentators believe this dynamic is an opportunity for innovation
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NewsBiba board extends ex-Conservative MP tenure as chair for three more years
For two decades he served as an MP and MEP
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NewsBiba reveals theme for 45th annual conference
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has revealed the theme for its 45th annual conference in 2023 will be Rising to the Challenge.
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NewsBiba appoints new deputy chair
The new appointee will take up her position at the beginning of next year
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News AnalysisInsurance industry backs calls for enhanced flood infrastructure programme
Industry commentators approve of recommendations to tackle the ‘inherently uncertain and difficult to predict issue’ of surface water flooding in the UK
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News AnalysisInsurers face service questions as broker disquiet increases
As the world emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, there is growing concern among UK brokers about the service levels they are receiving from insurer partners
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NewsBiba pays respects following death of Conservative Party’s Lord Sheikh
He was responsible for founding the Conservative Muslim Forum and chaired it for several years, before becoming president of the forum
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NewsFCA sets out potential reforms to multi-occupancy buildings insurance market
Biba has welcomed the findings of the report and said it appreciated the regulator’s engagement with its members while gathering information
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NewsInsurance industry mourns death of ‘inspirational’ Queen Elizabeth II
The insurance sector is in mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday (8 September 2022) aged 96. She reigned for 70 years and 214 days and remains Britain’s longest standing monarch, having been catapulted to the throne on 2 June 1953 when she was aged 25, following the ...
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NewsInsurance industry welcomes Liz Truss as new prime minister
The ‘back to the future’ proposal of merging the FCA, PRA and PSR is still a possibility, says global head of financial regulation
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AnalysisBriefing: Insurance industry must adopt signposting to support UK’s ageing population
With people living longer and retiring later in life, insurers must be flexible with their travel insurance policies to ensure that consumers are not left without cover
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AnalysisSector cautiously welcomes UK government amendments to planning guidance for preventing flooding in new builds
Affordable home insurance is ’essential to public trust’ in insurance and is impossible without ‘drastic improvements’ to flood resilience, says CII director of policy and public affairs
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NewsBiba welcomes consumer duty implementation extension
The trade body has also questioned a ‘lack of prescription’ within the new rules and invited firms to make use of its template fair value assessment solution
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NewsUK government publishes Financial Services and Markets Bill
The tabled bill represents ‘the beginning of the development of a new UK regulatory regime’, paves the way for Solvency II reform and furnishes the FCA with new regulatory powers
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AnalysisBackchat July/August 2022
Biba dishes out journalism awards, Wimbledon’s upcoming ball fetchers, Mary Poppins and an unusual car insurance claim. What has the insurance industry been up to this month? You heard it here first…
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NewsBiba’s increased membership pushes 2021 turnover up by 19%
The trade body’s ethos of being ’knowledgeable, approachable and passionate about brokers’ remains unchanged
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NewsInsurance Times editorial team receives industry recognition at awards event
Editorial team members were shortlisted in four categories at Biba’s annual media and journalism awards
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NewsBrokers must look to their business models to combat costs of regulation
Compliance expert explains that ‘a lot of brokers don’t understand the value of their time’
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IT InterviewDaniel Lloyd-John: Putting broking ‘on the map’ as Biba’s regional committee chairman
The broker chief executive tells Insurance Times his overarching plans for his new Biba role, including developing peer-to-peer learning
