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:
  

BIBA 2010 Conference & Exhibition
Highlights from BIBA’s annual conference, ‘Professionalism in a changing world’, can be viewed at http://www.biba.org.uk/ including videos of plenary speakers and seminar sessions.

For more information, please call the BIBA member helpline on 0844 77 00 266 

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 outlines proposals for insurance guarantee schemes
• Met with publisher to discuss broker supplement in the Guardian
• Met with British Security Industry Association (BSIA) to maintain a relationship on security matters within the industry
• Held its first Tax Group meeting
• Met with Adecose – the Spanish Insurance Brokers’ Association
• Met with Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) to discuss continuous insurance enforcement  
• Attended a Lloyd’s Live Debate on Globalisation: risks, challenges and opportunities for business
• Held its General Insurance Brokers’ Committee meeting
• Held its London Market Compliance Forum
• Attended The International Takaful summit at the House of Lords
• Met with Insurance Institute of Japan

  BIBA 2010 Conference & Exhibition
  Highlights from BIBA’s annual conference, ‘Professionalism in a changing world’, can be viewed at http://www.biba.org.uk/ including videos of plenary speakers and seminar sessions.

  For more information, please call the BIBA member helpline on 0844 77 00 266

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 Financial Services Practitioners’ Pannel re. fees and other issues

• Attended ABI conference on surge flooding
• Held Health Insurance Focus Group meeting and presented to cardiac arrest patients on travel insurance
• Attended British Insurance Awards
• Attended London Market Claims Club re. trade credit insurance
• Discussed insurance issues with Mail on Sunday and Sunday Times
• Issued regulation update for members on Financial sanctions related releases w/c 04.07.10 

  BIBA 2010 Conference & Exhibition
  Highlights from BIBA’s annual conference, ‘Professionalism in a changing world’, can be viewed at http://www.biba.org.uk/ including videos of plenary speakers and seminar sessions.

  For more information, please call the BIBA member helpline on 0844 77 00 266

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 Work and Pensions (DWP)
• Met Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and the Department for Transport regarding broker access to DVLA driver records
• Met the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) to discuss conditional lending and insurance
• Met Government healthcare representatives from Singapore
• Met CBI re issues with the new Coalition Government
• Attended broker risk management seminar
• Held compliance forum in Eastleigh
• Attended post-budget Trade Associations Meeting
• Hosted Partners’ meeting highlighting issues on resilient repairs, signposting/Equalities Act, insurance premium tax, sanctions lists and volcanic ash
• Attended AMII Conference and Exhibition 

For more information, please call the BIBA member helpline on 0844 77 00 266

Kind regards

Eric Galbraith
Chief Executive