Insurance Regulation

Jonathan Frensham Banned From Financial Services

Update from the FCA on Jonathan Frensham, also known as Jonathan Hunt in the past; The FCA found Mr Frensham, an independent financial adviser and the sole director at Frensham Wealth Limited, lacks the integrity […]

Motor Insurance

Mobility: Woven Planet Wraps Up CARMERA Deal

Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. (“Woven Planet”), a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, has announced the closing of the acquisition of CARMERA, a U.S.-based spatial AI company that specializes in developing scalable, next-generation mapping solutions for […]

News

Petrol & Diesel Car Ban 2030: Comment From Copart

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s announcement that sales of petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030, Jane Pocock, MD of Copart, the UK’s biggest salvage and used car auction company, said: “We welcome […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Bans Three Individuals From Financial Services Work

The Financial Conduct Authority has prohibited Russell David Jameson, Mark Horsey, and Frank Cochran from working in the financial services industry following findings that they are not fit and proper. Each of them had been […]

Motor Insurance

Should Telematics Be Mandatory For Young Drivers?

More than a third (38 per cent) of UK motorists think learner drivers should have a compulsory extended learning period, according to new research. An independent survey undertaken by Young Driver with 1,000 British motorists […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Bans Two IFAs Over SIPP Rules Breaches

The FCA has banned Peter Howson and John Butterfield from performing any regulated activity because of their roles in the submission of false and misleading information about customers’ high net worth status.  Mr Howson and […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Memo To Insurers; EV Leasing/Sharing Could Steal Your Market. Seriously.

Straight talking from the Editor’s keyboard; Newsflash; WeShare, Volkswagen and ŠKODA’s free-floating car sharing service, is to expand into seven further cities in Germany and other European countries in 2020. WeShare will be offering an […]

Insurance Brokers

Classic Car Market 2019 & Beyond: Are Values in Decline?

Insurance Edge spotted this classic car market round-up piece in our press release inbox recently. Experts from Hagerty Insurance take a look back at the year that is rapidly vanishing, and the year ahead. Will […]