Insurance Broking Faculty

Insurance brokers play a pivotal role in the insurance industry, providing clients with expert, unbiased advice and recommending products to protect their interests.

The Insurance Broking Faculty is a market forum managed by experts in the broking market combined with the direction and support from the CII. It is for everyone who works in the broking market no matter what their level of experience.

From this page, users are able to see all of the most recent articles published by the CII, and search for resources relevant to insurance broking.

For further information on events and seminars being run by this faculty, please visit the Insurance Broking Faculty page on the main CII website, using the following link –
http://www.cii.co.uk/generalinsurance/faculties_societies/insurancebroki...

The Journal Xpress Insurance Broking June 2009
June, 2009
 
Welcome to the latest edition of your Broking Faculty Journal Xpress. If you haven't seen the June-July issue yet, I'd urge you to track down your copy. In addition to the usual clutch of features on a range of industry topics, it contains news and views from across the whole CII family....
 
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Letters of credit in a recession
June, 2009
 
Legal digest
In this article we identify the key characteristics of LOCs, how they work and the rights of the parties involved in the transaction. We then focus upon some legal and practical issues regarding LOCs in the current economic climate...
 
 
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Compliance in general insurance broking - has FSA regulation improved working practices
May, 2009
 
Technical articles
Janice Staniforth (FCII), a Chartered insurance broker, has won the 2009 Rutter Medal as the best qualifying new Fellow of the CII with her dissertation "Compliance in general insurance broking - has FSA regulation improved working practices?"The Rutter Medal and prize, sponsored by Royal & Sun Alliance Group plc, is awared annually to the best qualifying new Fellow of the CII and is judged largely on the quality of the Fellowship major achievement or dissertation.
 
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Regulatory News May 2009
May, 2009
 
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Highlights: No let up on FSA's focus on financial crime: FSCS limits set to rise in 2010: Demand for industry guidance briefings proves strong: FSA tells firms not to forgoet their annual client money audits: Law commissions ponder micro-businesses...
 
 
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Conflicts, disclosure and transparency: industry guidance
May, 2009
 
Technical articles
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) began regulating insurance mediation activities back in January 2005...
 
 
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Regulatory News May 2009
May, 2009
 
News items
Highlights: FSA issues final rules on fees: FOS annual review sees insurance complaints rising: EC fleshes out vision of new financial supervisory framework: Challenge and not conflict key to strong governance, says Sants: Two new non-executive directors at the FSCS.
 
 
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Reforming insurance contract law: micro-businesses
May, 2009
 
Legal digest
Joint paper published by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission in April 2009. The paper concerns the treatment of micro-businesses, which are provisionally defined as a private business with between 0 and 9 employees and an income of less than a specified amount, possibly £1m. It excludes certain sophisticated micro-businesses such as special purpose vehicles by accumulating the employees in group companies ...
 
 
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The Journal Xpress Insurance Broking April 2009
April, 2009
 
Welcome to the first issue of Journal Xpress - the CII's new e-bulletin to bridge the gap between issues of The Journal. The aim is to keep you fully up to speed with what's happening at your professional body, including the latest technical and regulatory news, and to help you get the most out of the many resources we offer to support your professional development. This will replace the old CII Xpress...
 
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Regulatory News April 2009
April, 2009
 
News items
Highlights: Industry guidance status granted: FSA says firms; protection of clients' assets and money is paramount: FOS complaints data to be published: Regulator proposes overhaul of banking regulation in Turner Review: Law Commission welcomes draft Bribery Bill: FSA seeks views on remuneration policy code of practice: International insurance standard-setter gives thumbs up to G20.
 
 
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The Journal Xpress Insurance Broking March 2009
March, 2009
 
This month's faculty viewpoint is on the specialist subject of aquaculture insurance. To find out more and to view this please see the article below. This issue of Xpress contains a technical professional pointer from Peninsula Business Services on Redundancy. To read this paper please click on the link at the right of this email...
 
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