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Our industry leading team are on top of accounting, tax and regulatory issues affecting your business. We share our knowledge through our quarterly in-person Broking Breakfasts, webinars to watch at your convenience, guides on current topics and a regular publication for the insurance intermediary community.
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Broking Business: Winter 2021
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Welcome to our latest issue of Broking Business. In recent years, many insurance intermediaries have needed to consider their international operating structures as a result of Brexit. But that’s by no means the end of the story.
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On demand webinar: Broking Breakfast
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our first face-to-face Broking Breakfast in 18 months – Helping insurance intermediaries navigate the FCA Business Plan – taking place in the heart of the City…
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PKF contributes to Insurance Age Top 100
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PKF has provided analysis for Insurance Age’s flagship annual ‘Top 100 Brokers’ survey. John Needham and Will Lanyon examined the health of the commercial broker sector over the past 12 months. The authors conclude that: “The commercial broker market as a whole appears to have survived the pandemic. Firms have changed their working practices to…
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PKF Corporate simplification for insurance intermediary groups
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Large or complex Group structures can often be costly, inefficient and place a disproportionate burden on management resources. Maintaining too many corporate entities may also result in unnecessary duplication, onerous compliance and present additional risks in a constantly changing regulatory environment.
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PKF contributes to new Insurance Age report
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PKF’s Financial Services team has once again provided expert analysis for Insurance Age’s annual ‘Top 50 Personal Lines Brokers’ supplement. The report reveals that participating brokers reported a record collective gross written premium (GWP) of £6.6 billion this year, with the largest three brokers representing almost £3 billion GWP alone. On average, the total GWP…
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Post Brexit dispatches – A taxing time for brokers
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In the second of a series of regular articles for Insurance Age, our Tax team looks at the impact of Brexit on UK insurance brokers. This time, we look at the challenge of locating senior employees in branches in the EU. The initial strategy for many broking firms post Brexit was to locate these branches…
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Broking Business: Summer 2021
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While 2020 for many could be seen as a year of survival, 2021 and beyond will prove even more challenging.
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Broking Business Summer 2021: Green light for off-payroll working changes
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Any hopes for a further delay to the introduction of off-payroll working (known as IR35) rules were dashed in the March budget. They will come into effect for medium and large private sector organisations on 6 April 2021.
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Broking Business Summer 2021: How should you calculate renewal rates?
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Building strong relationships with existing clients and making sure you retain them, not only makes perfect sense, but can also boost your profits and grow your business.
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Broking Business Summer 2021: Broking groups could be facing a heavier tax compliance load
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Since HMRC clamped down on tax avoidance with increased emphasis on transfer pricing by multi-national companies, they’ve now turned their attention on international brokers. We take a look at making sense of it.
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Broking Business Summer 2021: Financial resilience in the time of coronavirus
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PKF Partner Paul Goldwin reviews how brokers maintain financial stability and survive through turbulent times.
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On demand webinar: Broking Briefing webinar: Financial resilience
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Many insurance firms have coped well with the effects of the pandemic, particularly those with a well- diversified book of business, but as the fallout continues, what should their focus be?
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Post Brexit dispatches – What have we learnt so far?
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In the first of a series of regular articles for Insurance Age, our Tax team look at the impact of Brexit on UK insurance. This time, some four months after the end of the Brexit transition period, we take stock of how the UK insurance community has responded to our departure from the EU. Read…
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On demand webinar: Broking Briefing Webinar: Brexit – three months on
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Our webinar on how Brexit has affected UK intermediaries operating in Europe from a structural and employment perspective.
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Budget 2021: The ‘honest’ Budget – the implications for insurance intermediaries
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An analysis of Budget 2021 from the perspective of insurance brokers from our Head of Tax, Chris RileyIn recent years, the annual Budget has been defined by the phrases employed by the Chancellor in his speech. Twelve months ago, the phrase “we’re getting it done” was repeated throughout the speech in summarising specific measures that…
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Broking Business: Winter 2020/21
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Welcome to our latest issue of Broking Business. None of us could have imagined a year ago where we would be today as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Broking Business Winter 2020/2021: Brokers need a crystal ball
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It’s been impossible to avoid media coverage on potential increases to capital gains tax. The rumours follow the big change that cut availability of…
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Broking Business Winter 2020/2021: Resilience versus wind-down in 2021
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2020 was a year of survival for many firms, buoyed up by several factors. The rate increases across the markets, combined with their ability to reduce expenses…
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Broking Business Winter 2020/2021: Tax issues: stay on top
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What should brokers and MGAs be looking out for from the tax world? Here’s our digest.
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Broking Business Winter 2020/2021: Dear CEO: reading between the lines
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The FCA had concerns about the handling of client money. So last September it issued a “Dear CEO” letter to insurance intermediaries that addressed the subject
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On demand webinar: Broking Briefing: People mobility after Brexit
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Our webinar will help you to understand more about company reporting obligations, tax and potentially changing social security arrangements for mobile employees following the UK’s exit from the EU.
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