All articles by Danny Walkinshaw – Page 42
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News
Westinsure targets suitors in bid to expand
Plymouth-based broker alliance is latest network to move towards consolidation
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FSA hits road to inspect 11,300 small firms
Regulator launches three-year programme to find brokers failing to treat customers fairly
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R&SA to create four new specialist trading units
New units to focus on retail, leisure, manufacturing and public services sectors
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Features
Brokers strike gold in high net worth
As the ranks of the wealthy expand, more and more brokers are looking to cash in. Danny Walkinshaw asks how?
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Online onlyNew kid on the block
The Purple Partnership is showing that there is a market for new networks
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Purple to exceed £40m yearly target in first month
Start-up network the Purple Partnership is set to achieve its year one business targets in its first month of trading.The South West based network, a collaboration of broker Jelf and former Westinsure managing director Bob Parkins, said this week it had 10 confirmed members, with a further 10 at various ...
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No disclosure, but uncertainty remains
Brokers are frustrated that the FSA has backed off mandatory commission disclosure, but will start a review of the decision in the New Year
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Online onlyThe fight isn’t over
Smaller brokers are continuing the battle against the FSA over commission disclosure
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Brokerbility lobbies over mandatory disclosure
Independent broker group Brokerbility is lobbying the government and MPs as its begins a campaign against mandatory commission disclosure. The group, consisting of 22 independent brokers around the country, is urging more brokers to join its fight against hard disclosure and is building up a ‘fighting fund’ to support its ...
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Backchat
Marketing for piggies
Backchat has been delighted to receive an assortment of Christmas messages from brokers and insurers this month. But the most creative by far came from the Ten Insurance network, which adopted a classic nursery rhyme to sum up the market:“One little piggy went to AXA, two little piggies went to ...
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News
FSA to probe industry over conflicts of interest
Regulator warns of ‘blurring of distinction between brokers and insurers‘
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Backchat
Church lead theft claims hit the roof
Criminals are most likely to be found stealing from shops or the elderly. But a new wave of crime has spread across the country, with thieves turning their attention to churches.Congregational & General Insurance has revealed that claims related to church lead theft have risen 86% in the past year ...
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Decision time as FSA calls crunch meeting on commission disclosure
The insurance industry is braced for a decision on whether commission disclosure will be made mandatory next week, with the FSA calling major players in for a crunch meeting and its consultants preparing to publish their findings.Biba and IIB officials are among industry representatives invited to a briefing on commission ...
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Homeserve line up revealed
Homeserve has announced the line up of senior staff in its emergency services (HES) division.Homeserve has placed its most experienced staff in general manager roles. They will report to Dominic Shorrocks, chief operating officer of HES.Ian Shipley will be general manager for plumbing and drainage business, Alan Horton has been ...
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Backchat
High time for landlords
According to an online broker, landlords should be on high alert after receiving a record number of damage claims for rented properties being used as cannabis factories. The broker says claims range from fires caused by lighting systems being used for growing the plants, to floorboards ripped up to make ...
