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Insurance intermediaries
News and insights for insurance brokers and MGAs
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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CASS 5 compliance: the FCA advises
If your firm is preparing for a CASS 5 audit, our recent conversation with the Regulator may provide some crucial guidance.
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Buying or selling an intermediary – insights from the front line
Our experts share their insights from their involvement in the buy and sell side of transactions in the insurance intermediary and MGA market, and how to be better prepared for future deals.
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Insurance sector risks and priorities for 2024
Read our guide to understand the risks and priorities that the insurance sector will face in 2024.
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PKF contributes to Insurance Age’s Top 100 Brokers 2023 survey
Our Insurance Intermediary team have once again provided the expert analysis for Insurance Age’s latest Top 100 Brokers survey.
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Transfer pricing considerations in a post-Brexit Europe
Transfer Pricing Director Farhan Azeem explains why UK-based MGAs and brokers operating in the EEA will need to (re)assess their business operating model from a transfer pricing perspective or risk facing tax adjustments and fines.
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Embedding Consumer Duty – Approaching the end of the beginning?
With the first implementation deadline for embedding Consumer Duty in business operations drawing near, we set out a plan of attack to get the job done.
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Budget Bites for Brokers
We summarise the 2023 Spring Budget measures that are relevant to the insurance broking community.
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FRED 82 – The shakeup might have wide reaching commercial impact
Consultation on FRED 82 ended in April. Its proposed changes to FRS 102 are likely to have a significant impact on brokers. Partner Satya Beekarry says that brokers should start planning now.
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Cybersecurity due diligence on acquisitions
Michael Corcione explains why cybersecurity needs to be one of the priority areas for acquiring firms’ transaction due diligence and highlights the key areas for focus.
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Common VAT misconceptions
We take a look at the most prevalent VAT misconceptions that could cause your business to come a cropper.
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Broking Breakfast: FCA Business Plan 2023/24
Watch our on-demand webinar to discover what it means for you
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The challenges of CASS 5: the FCA is watching
The current macro-economic climate, coupled with weak financial resilience caused by the cost of living crisis, may tempt firms to cut corners in their client money compliance.
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Tax accounting – what to think about when closing the year end
When you’re closing the 2022 year end financials, tax for 2023 may not be at the top of your list. But the time of year means changes are not far off. Here are some pointers to consider.
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Our analysis of Insurance Age Top 75 UK Brokers
2021 has been another fascinating year for the UK broker market. We look at some of the main trends – including ownership, M&A activity, market concentration and sector specialism.
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Appointed Representatives regime: FCA’s latest enhancement
The FCA has published a policy statement, Improving the Appointed Representatives (ARs) regime, which sets out its updated rules and requirements for principals and ARs.
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The new Consumer Duty – how to prepare for 2023
In July 2022 the FCA published details of its new Consumer Duty. Here’s a recap of the key points.
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Broking Breakfast – Regulatory updates
In this session, we provide an overview of current regulatory updates and consider what they mean for the insurance intermediary sector.
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A guide to Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR)
We’ve partnered with Aviva to create a guide to give you expert advice on completing your Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR).
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PKF contributes to respected insurance sector survey
John Needham and Will Lanyon from our insurance intermediary team have provided the expert analysis for Insurance Age’s latest Top 75 Brokers survey.








