by Jason Jones | Feb 20, 2019 | FCA, ICSR News, Wholesale Broker Review
As the wholesale broker market breathes a collective sigh of relief at the closure of the FCA’s market study, it should not overlook the improvements still required. Commencing fifteen months ago the market study sought to investigate anecdotal concerns about...
by Kenneth Underhill | Feb 14, 2018 | FCA, Wholesale Broker Review
The FCA Wholesale Broker Review has raised again the spectre that there may be a paradigm change to how intermediaries in the insurance sector are remunerated. In addition to the FCA review, Lloyd’s has identified broker remuneration as an area of focus for thematic...
by Kenneth Underhill | Feb 1, 2018 | Brexit, ICSR News, Insurance Distribution Directive, Wholesale Broker Review
With the insurance sector experiencing continued growth of issues and projects which require support such as the roll out of IDD, SMCR and GDPR as well as the potential for Brexit to impact clients’ businesses we are now looking to continue the growth of our Talent...
by Kenneth Underhill | Dec 8, 2017 | FCA, Wholesale Broker Review
The FCA will shortly begin its study into the wholesale insurance broking market, and has recently begun to issue information request letters to market participants. In this article we look at the history in this sector and some of the practices and issues. The...