Opinion
Dust off your jump suits
Dear friend, Sometimes we spend so much time knocking something that we forget how good it is, or h...
Never say never again
In conversation with Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance chief executive Chris Sullivan last year, the ...
Performance engineering
Accounting standards
Transparency debate must be won or else?
It is good that the Financial Services Authority paper on transparency is being debated publicly and...
What price customer loyalty?
The recent feature on customer retention raised some interesting issues but it seemed to overlook tw...
Neo-nomads are the future
Until recently, the term nomad was commonly used in the City as shorthand for 'nominated adviser'. B...
Biba hits back over FSA mandate criticism
I feel I must respond to Tony Cornell's letter headed "Broker giants need to team up to halt FSA pla...
The long and short of it
As an actuary by trade, I am used to looking beyond the short term and firmly fixing an eye on the h...
Trouble at the top for Axa?
The departure of Axa chief executive Peter Hubbard brings to a close the longest reign of any of the...
Brokers encouraged to respond to FSA's transparency paper
Tony Cornell is absolutely right to encourage all independent brokers to take a very close look at t...
Time for brokers to step up to the plate
The business climate for the UK financial services sector appears uniformly gloomy. The latest quart...
Capital gains tax is a case of deal or no deal
Although it did not quite reach the mania of the countdown seen as the transfer window deadline loom...
Broker giants need to team up to halt FSA plans
Just when we thought the issue of mandatory disclosure could be put to bed, along comes the Financia...
Quality is as vital as cost
I read with interest your article 'Driving down costs' (Post Management Briefing Plus, 28 February 2...
Modern Lloyd's could spur choice environment
The Treasury's consultation paper on modernising Lloyd's raises some interesting questions - not lea...
How unaspirational
It is said that Brits actually enjoy queuing. This may simply be because we are so used to standing...
Technology at the heart of fraud fight
Damian Ward's article on the role of analysts in the battle against insurance fraud (Post supplement...
A bunch of frauds?
Dear friend, I suppose I'd better try and explain this month's intriguing front cover. It all start...
London bridges falling down
It's official: all roads no longer lead to London. Not that they ever did. But while it's a decade s...
North of the Border: potential PI limitation period extension
In Scotland, at present, there is a three-year limitation period for personal injury claims, with th...
Age discrimination legislation will raise price
Government at both a UK and European level is currently considering extending age discrimination leg...
Act like a commodity and be treated like one
It is a common misconception that marketing is about advertising and brochures. Communication pieces...
Indie brokers: it's not quite dodo time yet
This week brought the shock news that an insurance broker had decided not to sell after an independe...
The claimant's view: 'work-health' is missing the point
It is not the principle that employers should do more to promote the health and welfare of their sta...