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InsightBriefing: Are MGAs stealing the service limelight from insurers?
Feedback from brokers at BrokerFest 2021 highlights lagging insurer service and a greater appetite to work with MGAs in their stead – will these businesses cash in on this gift-wrapped opportunity?
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Briefing: Insurers let brokers down - what is the answer?
Brokers are angry at poor insurer service during the pandemic
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Clarity over ‘excessive’ administration fees vital as FCA tightens rules
Following the FCA warning that firms are struggling to meet its deadline for the implementation of new fair value rules, the debate over broker administration fees and potential double charging has intensified
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Opinion: Report highlights post-pandemic leadership reshuffle
Editor Katie Scott mulls whether the onslaught of recent insurer boss changes will impact on business strategies for 2022, especially following the FCA’s final deadline for its fair value changes
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Briefing: Unpicking industry challenges at BrokerFest 2021
On Monday, brokers will hear a pandemic case study from commercial wheels broker McCarron Coates, as well as have the option to learn about the current lay of the land in high net worth
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Briefing: The mystery of flat top 50 broker earning margins
This year’s Top 50 Brokers report brings some interesting points for discussion around finances
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Insurers face climate challenges from all sides amid fossil fuel dilemma
As COP26 approaches, insurers’ work to address climate change faces scrutiny while campaigners bid for insurance support to be withdrawn from fossil fuel commercial policyholders
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Fraud Charter: Interim remediation is ‘vital’ while Online Safety Bill progresses
Carpenters Group moves to exert pressure and open debate between the UK government and the insurance industry around ad spoofing
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Briefing: Size is important when it comes to being resilient to the FCA’s GI pricing reform
Webinar panellists emphasise that firms cannot assume how their customers will behave post-reform, with switching still rife even if consumers are offered lower prices
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Sequel to expand insurance offering following acquisition of Ignite
The businesses plan to combine knowledge and expand their insurance offering
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Briefing: FCA value and pricing reform throws up big questions – but there is help
The FCA pricing reform deadline is fast approaching this Friday, but there is help in answering the key questions
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The Big Question October 2021: What M&A trends will the industry see in the next year?
M&A has been key for many businesses over the past 12 months, despite the economic squeeze from Covid-19. Insurance Times asks the industry to reveal what deal trends it expects to see in the year ahead
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Green parts strike environmental and economic gold – so why are insurers holding back?
As the UK focuses on minimising CO2 emissions, the insurance industry can contribute and ’reset the goalposts’ around repair processes and parts manufacturing
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Briefing: Riding the digital transformation wave
Is the pandemic signalling the end of analogue conversations amid the chatter of digital transformation?
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Etrading results: Brokers must ‘make it explicit’ how they want to trade
Simon Bloomfield, head of imarket at Polaris UK, shares his views on how brokers should respond to Insurance Times’s 2020 e-trading survey results
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Big Question: Should the FCA scrap broking commissions in favour of a fee based system?
Insurance Times asks some of the leading figures in the industry: “Should the FCA scrap broking commissions in favour of a fee based system?”
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Top insurance cop targets "corrosive" CMCs and lawyers offering data bribes
Top insurance cop vows crackdown on lawyers and CMCs data bribes
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Chris Hanks talks about the end of the Aldermanbury Declaration
Video: Chris Hanks talks about the end of the Aldermanbury Declaration
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What the Mesothelioma Bill means for claims
Legislation to provide compensation to victims of asbestos-related illnesses remains a hot topic
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Daily briefing: Why are schemes so popular?
UK General survey shows appeal of schemes is soaring, with 64% of brokers expecting growth in specialist or niche products
