News – August 2015

Insurers fuming at IPT hike is a futile exercise

26 August 2015

I used to work in the tobacco industry. Yes, it was a long time ago, when you could watch Hamlet ads on the telly, and try and work out what the latest poster for Silk Cut was trying to tell us. Every year, the tobacco industry put a great deal of effort into its Budget Submission, to persuade th...

UK General Group CEO Peter Hubbard on regulation

08 August 2015

C-Suite - MGA: Getting your hands dirty  

The recent FCA review has left no doubt of what the regulator expects – and MG...

Corbynmania and why Labour must learn lessons from the Tories

05 August 2015

I’ve never seen a more unlikely Messiah, political or otherwise. Jeremy Corbyn MP, apparent front runner for the Labour leadership, is from Socialist central casting. Serial party rebel, beard (and very possibly sandals too), MP for the People’s Republic of Islington, beloved of the unions, apolo...

Nick Corrie, Trakglobal CEO, on Insurance Premium Tax and Young Drivers

04 August 2015

This story appeared in Post Magazine (4 August), written by Francesca Nyman

Hopes of securing an exemption from the insurance premium tax hike for young drivers are dwindling, despite “constructive” talks between industry figures and the Department for Transport last week.

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