All articles by David Blackman – Page 12
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News
Fair Fees: Brokers may face further levy rise after 50% hike
FSCS says it could receive 30% more compensation claims than predicted in draft document
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Markets & Risks
Who will pay for this cut?
It seems natural that patients will seek refuge in the arms of private health insurers as a result of the radical NHS downsizing. But will the government’s confused messages prevent the industry from cashing in?
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News
BME solicitors oppose plans to scrap assigned risk pool
Black Solicitors' Network says proposals could deny minority ethnic groups access to justice
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News
Insurers offered ‘get out’ from age discrimination laws
New consultation paper will exempt the industry from age-based pricing ban
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News
PPI complaints push up Ombudsman’s levy as record FSA budget tops £500m
FOS levy is set to rise by 170% in 2011/12
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People & Opinion
Leader: A true profession
An extended period of slow growth will the attractiveness of the insurance sector to job candidates
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News
Government tackles business interruption
New drive will encourage companies to take out BI cover
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People & Opinion
Interview: David Ross, Gallagher International
Twenty years at Arthur J Gallagher have given chief executive David Ross a good nose for expansion and diversification. As he tells us, the broker is now looking to the UK retail arena for its next move
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News
Brokers plot open market future for flood cover
New working party to develop products for at-risk areas after 2013
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News
Biba manifesto rails against banks’ poaching tactics
Trade body plans to lobby MPs over issue as number of complaints increases
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News
Government to let insurers access drivers’ records
Roads minister says scheme aimed at cracking down on fraud should be in operation in six months
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News
PPI complaints spark 7% rise in FOS cases
PPI-related cases are up by 40%, while total of all other complaints has fallen
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News
Brussels blueprint is silent on disclosure
ABI criticises proposals to extend IMD to direct writers
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The Lobby
No easy answers on flooding
How the industry wrestled with life post-2013 at last week’s flooding conference
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News
Developers to match government spending on flood projects
£500m could be raised for flood defences via local taxes
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The Lobby
Comment: Lord Young's last gaffe shows he's out of touch
What will Young's fall from grace mean for the Jackson Review?
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People & Opinion
Leader: Cruising for a bruising
Civil litigation reform will be a long, hard road, fraught with difficulties
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News
Disclosure on request is backed by Ceiops
Committee throws weight behind UK arrangements as model for Europe