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 – click here
• Met with HM Revenue & Customs to discuss IPT for tour operators’ insurance contracts

• Met with scheme provider, Northern Marine Underwriters, to discuss the new Rotterdam Rules in relation to marine insurance
• Issued an uninsured driving technical briefing for members – Click here and a guide to claims notifications technical briefing – Click here
• Held its Trade Credit Focus group committee meeting
• Liaised with the Department for Transport  (DFT) and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) regarding continuous insurance enforcement
• Appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, Daily Express and on channel 4.com regarding IPT and young drivers
• Responded to the Law Commission’s consultation on damages for late payment

For more information on any of these activities, please call the BIBA member helpline on 0844 77 00 266

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 Daily Mail

BIBA has also:

• Answered consumers’ travel insurance questions on a webcast click here
• Met with The Daily Telegraph to promote brokers
• Met with the Electronic Trading Practice Group to discuss member issues with software houses
• Held London Market Region Committee (LMRC) meeting to discuss current issues
• Discussed the options for another possible broker supplement in The Guardian click here
• Taken part in the Employers’ Liability Tracing Office working group
• Held a regional compliance forum in Plymouth
• Issued two regulation updates click here

 
For more information on any of these activities, please call the BIBA member helpline on 0844 77 00 266

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 ash crisis – click here
• Met with the Security System Alarms Inspection Board (SSAIB) to discuss insurance matters
• Held its quarterly Regulatory Working Party meeting
• Issued a regulatory note for members – FSA set to launch new online system for applications processes
• Began the process of writing to the new coalition Government to seek meetings as part of the new lobbying campaign
• Instigated discussions with the Northern Ireland Consumer Council about insurance issues affecting consumers in Northern Ireland
• Blogged for Insurance Times  – click here

 

For more information on any of these activities, please call the BIBA member helpline on 0844 77 00 266

Kind regards Eric Galbraith Chief Executive

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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 consultants
• Recorded an interview on BBC Radio You and Yours to discuss the recent volcanic eruption
• Responded to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on the IMF proposal ‘A fair and substantial contribution by the financial sector’
   
• Held a compliance forum in Glasgow
• Written to the new transport minister encouraging support for continuous insurance enforcement 
• Held its board meeting to discuss member issues
• Held discussions with Law Commission on specific aspects of insurance contract law relating to brokers’ liability for premiums
• Met with the Serious Organised Crime Agency

For more information on any of these activities, please call the BIBA member helpline on 0844 77 00 266

Kind regards Eric Galbraith Chief Executive

Pixel tag technology is used to analyse the reading habits of our membership in order to review and improve services to members and on occasion may use this for marketing purposes. Questions about this technology should be directed to the communications department 0844 77 00 266