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The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has launched a new guide to help members when using Managing General Agents (MGAs) An MGA’s primary function is the provision of underwriting services via underwriting permissions from insurers.  They may undertake many tasks that insurers normally handle and rely on the insurer largely for just risk capacity and […]

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has confirmed that the FCA will be attending the BIBA Conference for a second consecutive year, continuing BIBA’s strong relationship with the regulator. The FCA will have an exhibition stand (F94) and will aim to see several hundred brokers over the two days as they did in 2024. Lisa […]

Day 2 of The BIBA Conference 2025 is set to be a showstopper, with boxing icon Anthony Joshua OBE on the Keynote Stage in the morning and legendary football coach Sir Gareth Southgate in the afternoon. Anthony Joshua OBE is a British professional boxer, former 2x Heavyweight World Champion and has an impressive professional boxing […]

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has renewed its agreement with Premium Credit Limited to provide a premium finance facility to its members. This premium finance option has been available to BIBA brokers for over 20 years and the agreement to continue working together is a clear indication of its success. The facility offers BIBA […]

The industry signposting agreement for protection insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions and disabilities, which marks its five-year anniversary since launching in January 2020, has resulted in 41,330 people seeking a specialist provider from BIBA’s Find Insurance Service. The enquiries received to BIBA under the agreement include life insurance, critical illness and income protection, […]

The British insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has launched it’s 2025 Manifesto ‘Partnering to deliver value’. A key part of the Manifesto focuses on business resilience and keeping up with evolving risks.  A significant and growing risk for both personal and commercial customers, is flood, as highlighted by recent storms across the UK. Analysis by Aviva […]

The British insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has launched its 2025 Manifesto ‘Partnering to deliver value’ setting out the importance of collaboration to achieve the Government’s growth mission and address the challenges faced by insurance brokers and customers.  A key focus of the Manifesto is to develop the understanding of how brokers deliver value and help with resilience to enable growth through risk taking, investment and […]

The BIBA Conference 2025 theme is A New Era. The last 25 years have been evolutionary for the insurance industry and The BIBA Conference 2025 theme – A New Era encompasses that along with what is to come next. The BIBA Conference will take the opportunity to lead the conversation in defining what brokers want […]

BIBA has called for larger commercial customers to be removed from the scope of the Consumer Duty. BIBA set out its position in its response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) discussion paper DP24/1 which sought industry feedback on its regulation of commercial and bespoke insurance business. BIBA believes that this approach will help reduce […]