Broker Analysis – Page 50
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AnalysisTalking heads: Joe Henderson
Henderson Insurance Brokers’ no-nonsense chief exective on commissions, capacity and consolidators
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AnalysisDaily briefing: Wednesday - Broker levies rise 1,000%
New data from the IIB shows that the average broker's FSCS fee has increased almost tenfold, so add your voice to our campaign
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AnalysisDaily briefing: Tuesday - Insurers get tough on fraudsters
ABI members have agreed to fund a £9m anti-fraud police squad, but it doesn't have to stop there
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AnalysisWeekly briefing: 1-7 July - Fighting talk
The fallout from Jack Straw's rallying call against referral fees was just one big story amid a week of debate, speculation, broker bans and insurer turnarounds
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AnalysisDisaster recovery: why travel insurance must clean up its reputation
PR fiascos like the ash cloud debacle have given consumers a negative view of travel insurance. So how can insurers and brokers communicate the genuine benefits of the product?
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AnalysisDaily briefing: Tuesday - rogue brokers
The FSA got tough with Porter and Brincat, but are other cases of systems neglect just waiting to happen?
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AnalysisDaily briefing: Monday - No place to hide
Referral fees are back in the spotlight, and insurers who continue to accept them risk more than their reputation
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The KnowledgeThe Knowledge - e-trading: Horizon
E-trading in commercial lines – via brokers and direct to customers – will explode over the next year as more web-based products are designed
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The KnowledgeThe Knowledge - e-trading: Simon Ball interview
Towergate’s Peter Cullum has committed to putting £1bn of commercial lines premium through PowerPlace a year. The portal’s new chief executive Simon Ball met with Insurance Times on his first day in the job to talk success, failure and the future
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AnalysisTime to act on commission payments
As the battle with combined operating ratios continues and claims aren’t just going to magic away, insurers look to take on consolidators
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AnalysisDaily briefing: Tuesday – Equity’s road to recovery
IAG sets out plans to turn around UK loss-maker Equity Red Star by next year
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AnalysisThe price of poaching
Gallagher’s recent takeover tactics are a wake-up call to the market – but is it brewing up trouble for David Ross?
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NewsHiscox chief predicts rate rise after run of disasters
Bronek Masojada says reinsurance rates will spike, but doubts the increase will last
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AnalysisAre personal lines brokers back in fashion?
Insurers are buying personal lines brokers in an effort to control an unwieldy chain of business
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AnalysisGiles: which way now?
Following the consolidator’s sharp deterioration in profitability, we invite an analyst to look at the factors that will determine Giles’s success
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AnalysisWhat Lloyds' PPI settlement means for brokers
Lloyds Banking Group's shock compensation settlement is 'protecting its own'
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AnalysisWhat does the PPI ruling mean for brokers?
Brokers in the firing line yet again following High Court ruling against banks PPI mis-selling
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The LobbyWhat brokers should know about the TC4 crackdown
The bar has risen and the costs to regulated firms of getting this wrong (or right) are potentially high
