British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba)

Biba backs regulator's guidance for aggregators

The British Insurance Brokers' Association has welcomed the Financial Services Authority proposed guidance for comparison websites, which it said has addressed its own concerns about consumer detriment.

Exercise Watermark set for insurer-specific rerun

The Association of British Insurers has confirmed Exercise Watermark, the government's emergency flood scenario run nationwide in March, will be re-enacted specifically for the insurance industry in August, in conjunction with the Cabinet Office.

Schemes: Scheming for success

Schemes business requires significant investment to make it work and underwriters are not prepared to tolerate poor profitability. But, as Jane Bernstein reports, the benefits are many and it remains attractive to brokers.

Editor's comment: All action, no talk

Mergers & acquisitions have definitely dominated the insurance headlines this week. Nothing unusual in that — except, for once, it's been more a case of all action and little talk, rather than the reverse, as is so typically the case. But it also remains…

Coalition government: State of the nation: one year on

Last week's overwhelming 'no' vote in the referendum on the UK's voting system has only served to deepen divisions and highlight political polar positions within government, but how does the insurance industry rate the coalition's first 12 months in…

Biba chairman reveals IIB merger plans at conference

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association and the Institute of Insurance Brokers have confirmed they are in formal discussions, under heads of agreement, about the two organisations coming together, with an aim to complete discussions by the end of the…

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