Tax

Editor's comment: Swinging from high to low

Last Wednesday was a day of extreme highs and lows for the insurance industry. The sector celebrated successes of the past year with the Oscars of the industry, the British Insurance Awards, with over 2000 insurance professionals letting their hair down…

Regional Review: Belfast

For a community that has been forced to overcome more than its fair share of troubles in the last century, members of Belfast’s general insurance market may be forgiven for being cautious with their optimism regarding the future prosperity of the sector…

Insurance Europe hopeful IMD II will not burden insurers

The final revised text of the second edition of the Insurance Mediation Directive should result in a solution that both benefits policyholders and is not unnecessarily burdensome for the insurance industry, according to Insurance Europe.

Trade Voice: A taxing time for MGAs

A few years ago HM Revenue and Customs ran an advert with the slogan ‘Tax doesn’t have to be taxing’. However, for managing general agents, this may not necessarily ring true.

Editor's comment: A taxing sting in the tail

As Benjamin Franklin said, only two things in life are certain: death and taxes. But the latest tax decision to come from the European Court of Justice has a particularly nasty sting in the tail for the UK insurance industry.

Editor's comment: Pressing the advantage home

Prime Minister David Cameron told the nation “money is no object” when he declared the recent floods a national emergency and staked his personal authority on rebuilding damaged UK regions to make them more resilient to extreme weather.

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