BIBA’s Weekly Activity

July 27th 2010 at 8:52am

Dear Member  
This week’s top issues:
 

BIBA met HM Revenue & Customs to discuss VAT and IPT and separately to discuss inspection fees

BIBA met ABI re: discussions on broker access to driver licence records 

BIBA met Northern Ireland Consumer Council and The Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to discuss insurance issues in Northern Ireland 

BIBA also:
  
Issued a brief [...]

BIBA’s Weekly Activity

July 27th 2010 at 8:50am

This week’s top issues:

BIBA met with FSA’s consultants as part of fundamental review of FSCS

BIBA took part in an Insurance Age Power Hour and presented at the Insurance Times broker forum on broker issues with the coalition government

BIBA met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to discuss travel insurance

BIBA also:
 

Issued regulation update for members European Commission [...]

BIBA’s Weekly Activity

July 27th 2010 at 8:50am

This week’s top issues:

BIBA, the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) met with the motor fleet forum re. continuous insurance enforcement

BIBA met with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)re. broker levy

BIBA published its summer edition of The Broker magazine – Click here

BIBA also:
 

Met with Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) re. FSA fees and levies
Met with [...]

BIBA’s Weekly Activity

July 27th 2010 at 8:49am

This week’s top issues:

BIBA attended FSA meeting on the fundamental review of the FSCS and posted its FSCS Key Facts regulatory update on the website Click Here

BIBA won the prestigious Trade Association Forum award for our Successful Travel Insurance Scheme

BIBA met HM Treasury’s Signposting Steering Group 

BIBA also:

Attended review board meeting re employers’ liability tracing code, at the Department for [...]

HM Treasury publishes consultation on financial regulatory reform

July 26th 2010 at 10:55am

The Financial Secretary to The Treasury has today announced the launch of the Government’s consultation on financial regulatory reform.
The consultation, entitled A new approach to financial regulation: judgement, focus and stability can be found on HM Treasury’s website at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/consult_financial_regulation_condoc.pdf
 The consultation sets out the details announced last month – namely the creation of Financial Policy [...]

BIBA’s Weekly Activity

June 25th 2010 at 1:09pm

Dear Member
This week’s top issues:

Budget update for members – Click here - BIBA expressed disappointment that the Government announced increases to IPT
Podcast: Steve White explains the future of regulation – Click here 
BIBA attended BIPAR meeting in Tel Aviv to represent members on European issues
 

 
BIBA has also:

Encouraged members to participate in FSA survey about its smaller firms website – [...]

BIBA’s Weekly Activity

June 18th 2010 at 9:49am

11 June 2010
Dear Member
This week’s top issues:

BIBA presented to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services on issues affecting members
BIBA attended an IPT and VAT meeting at HM Revenue & Customs
BIBA called for Government to tread carefully on Insurance Premium Tax in the budget on 22 June Click here article appeared in The Times and [...]

BIBA’s Weekly Activity

June 18th 2010 at 9:48am

4 June 2010
Dear Member
This week’s top issues:

BIBA is to present to the the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services on issues affecting members
BIBA met with the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) and the BIBA motor panel to discuss motor insurance issues

BIBA hosted a CIFAS presentation on anti-fraud

  
BIBA has also:

Promoted brokers on BBC Radio 4 regarding the volcanic [...]

BIBA’s Weekly Activity

June 18th 2010 at 9:47am

This week’s top issues:

BIBA 2010 record breaking attendance  – more than 4,000 attendees including 2,300 broker/intermediaries click here
BIBA met with HM Treasury and attended the insurance sector liaison event

BIBA met with the FSA for further meeting on the fundamental review of FSCS

  
BIBA has also:

Met with the Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations (FIPO), the organisation which represents surgeons and [...]

BIBA’s Weekly Activity

June 18th 2010 at 9:45am

14 May 2010
Dear Member
This week’s top issues:

BIBA attended BIPAR (the European Federation of insurance intermediaries) Directors’ Committee meeting in Stockholm to represent UK brokers in Europe
BIBA already has over 2000 brokers registered for the BIBA Conference next week at ExCel London
New improvements and opportunities on the online Find a Broker search – click here

 
BIBA has also:

Met with the Financial Ombudsman Service [...]