Insurance brokers and intermediaries

OUT-LAW Guides

• Trader Media v Revenue and Customs (08/05/2008)
  The operator of a website that enabled visitors to buy insurance from a panel of insurers was acting as an insurance agent or broker and providing insurance intermediary services for the purposes of the VAT exemption.
• Temple v QBE (23/04/2008)
  In the absence of clear terms in an underwriting agency agreement, the agent was not entitled to handle run-off claims after termination.
• Insurance broker remuneration: law and regulation
  The rules on what brokers should disclose to insureds.

Recent OUT-LAW News

• FSA publishes rules for selling travel insurance with a holiday, OUT-LAW News, 30/05/2008
• Consumer insurance law must change, say Law Commissions, OUT-LAW News, 30/05/008
• Insurance aggregation sites can be unfair, says regulator,OUT-LAW News, 13/05/2008
• FSA plans shake-up of retail investment distribution, OUT-LAW News, 01/05/2008
• Insurance brokers unaffected by client money rules review – for now, OUT-LAW News, 31/03/2008
• FSA opens debate on insurance commission, transparency, and conflicts of interest, OUT-LAW News, 20/03/2008 
• Lloyd's market may open up for brokers, OUT-LAW News, 07/03/2008