British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba)
Biba joins Lloyd's diversity charter
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has become an official supporter of the Inclusion At Lloyd's initiative by signing the Lloyd's diversity and inclusion charter.
Premium cuts unlikely as flood resilience certificate gains CILA backing
Plans to create a certificate that would allow homeowners to prove their property had undergone adaptations to improve its flood resilience has gained loss adjusting support, however, industry experts are doubtful the concept will trigger rate reductions.
Claims Club: Collaboration during catastrophes vital to protect industry reputation says Biba
Collaboration at times of surge remains a polarising topic, with the industry divided on the extent to which rivals should work in partnership during catastrophic events.
Claims Club: Importance of loss adjusters must increase for UK to regain status as pre-eminent insurance market
Insurers need to cut out bureaucracy, the role of lawyers has to be reduced and importance of loss adjusters increased if the UK is to regain its position as one of the world’s pre-eminent insurance markets.
Scenario testing required as industry concerns over EU exit increase
Insurance firms are being urged to adopt scenario testing from this year in preparation for the proposed referendum on the UK's European Union membership under a future Conservative government.
Post Blog: Mind the gap - CII Next Gen Claims Group to report on surge response
In football how often do you see a goal scored – especially after a set play - where the goal keeper and defenders look at each other afterwards and exclaim that the scorer was “not their responsibility”?
April Fool's: Independent Insurance to be re-launched at Biba Conference 2015
Kites may well fly above the Manchester Central Conference Centre at the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference on 13 May, but it won't be to celebrate the launch of Independent Insurance Mark II.
Independent Insurance to be re-launched at Biba Conference 2015
Independent Insurance is to be re-launched at the 2015 British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference in Manchester Post has learnt.
DfT and industry players discuss scope of Vnuk legislation
Industry leaders are working with the Department for Transport to determine if certain vehicle classes should be taken out of European Union legislation that expands the requirement for motor insurance, amid fears of a future claims influx.
Biba and Integritas launch broker funding facility
British Insurance Brokers’ Association members can receive advice, and access to funding through a new funding facility launched in conjunction with Integritas.
Saga seals Biba membership
Saga has signed up to be a member of the British Insurance Brokers' Association.
CMA remedies a ‘mixed bag' for Biba
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority's move to extend the protected no claims bonus remedy deadline while deeming the recommendations in the regulator's private motor investigation final order a …
Motor Claims 2015 - speaker: Graeme Trudgill
Biba executive director Graeme Trudgill's career began in 1989 as a broker in general insurance.
Task force enlists ABI and Biba to update application fraud guidance
The Association of British Insurers and the British Insurance Brokers’ Association have agreed to update their guidance on the prevention of application fraud by the end of 2015 after being prompted by the government’s insurance fraud task force.
Blog: A loss adjuster walks into a bar ... looking for a surge solution
Having a pint with a senior member of the loss adjusting fraternity recently, the thorny issue of surge response/management came up again.
Biba picks Aqua's HNW scheme again
Aqua has been reselected as the British Insurance Brokers' Associations' high net worth scheme provider for another three years.
Industry launches apprenticeship framework
A government-backed apprenticeship framework has been launched by the insurance industry which has the support of sector bodies the Association of British Insurers, the British Insurance Brokers' Association and the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Gibbons takes chair at Biba's small brokers' board
Andrew Gibbons, managing director at Mason Owen Financial Services, has been appointed chairman of the British Insurance Brokers' Association's smaller brokers' advisory board.
Biba poll finds 29% of SMEs not reading full policy terms
More than a quarter of British SMEs are failing to read the terms of their insurance policy in full, according to a poll carried out by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association.
CMA no claims bonus deadline branded 'wholly unrealistic' and a distraction
Insurers and brokers have rejected the Competition and Markets Authority’s proposed deadline of 1 September for a protected no claims bonus remedy, declaring it “wholly unrealistic” and warning it could lead to market distortion.
Brokers welcome changes to 100-year old legislation as Insurance Bill gains Royal Assent
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has welcomed the Insurance Act, which has today received Royal Assent.
William Hague tops the billing as Biba unveils 2015 conference line-up
The Leader of the House of Commons William Hague MP and Professor Brian Cox have been named among the keynote speakers for the British Insurance Brokers' Association's 2015 conference in Manchester.
C-Suite - Broker: Waking up to the cyber threat
With technology advancing rapidly, the industry needs to take its head out of the sand
Penny Black’s Insurance Week - 29 January
When the New Years Honours list came rolling around, Penny was once again ignored.