Category: Group News
Greenway to bow out
Bang! What a way to start. I have been planning to launch a blog commentating on the often troubled relationship between the insurance and retail financial services sectors and our political masters for some time. My idea was to launch...
Posted by David Worsfold on November 21, 2006 1:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Latest All Party Group newsletter now available
The latest newsletter on the activities of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is available on the group's website. You will also find a programme for the current session there....
Posted by David Worsfold on May 12, 2009 5:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
All Party Group has a bright future even if it might look a little different
When meeting people in the industry to talk about the political, policy and regulatory scenes one of the most frequent topics at the moment is the future of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services. There...
Posted by David Worsfold on June 15, 2009 3:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Latest All Party Group newsletter is out
The latest newsletter providing a brief up-date on the activities of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is available.APPG News25.pdfIf you would like to be added to the email mailing list for regular up-dates on the...
Posted by David Worsfold on July 27, 2009 5:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
All Party Group looks at home income plans
It will be an interesting meeting for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services tomorrow (Wednesday 11 November) when it returns to the subject of home income plans, or equity release as it is sometimes still referred...
Posted by David Worsfold on November 10, 2009 8:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
John McFall puts the "too big to fail" issue on the political agenda and John Greenway bows out
Interesting to see that the Treasury Select Committee chairman, Labour MP John McFall, has tabled an Early Day Motion (no 2008) in the House of Commons calling for the big banks - those deemed 'too big to fail' to be...
Posted by David Worsfold on October 14, 2009 4:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
All Party Group autumn programme tackles a wide range of issues
As the political parties' autumn conference season gets underway, we can look forward to plenty of interest in Parliament for the financial services sector in the autumn. The government will press on with its plans to strengthen the tripartite regulatory...
Posted by David Worsfold on September 21, 2009 2:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Latest All Party Group newsletter is out
The latest up-date on the activities of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is now available. It covers the busy first few weeks of the autumn session and can be downloaded here APPG News26.pdfThe second half of...
Posted by David Worsfold on November 18, 2009 5:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
All Party Group on Insurance & Financial Services set for post-election lift off
I lost count of the number of times that I was asked before the election and during the campaign about the future of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services. Commonly, these questions focussed on the need...
Posted by David Worsfold on May 19, 2010 1:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Jonathan Evans takes the helm as chairman of the All Party Group
Image via WikipediaThe All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services elected former trade minister Jonathan Evans as its new chairman at a meeting in the House of Commons tonight.As well as serving as Corporate Affairs Minister (which included...
Posted by David Worsfold on June 9, 2010 9:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)
All Party Group newsletter and membership list now out
Following the election of new officers for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services last week, it has now published its first newsletter of the session and a revised membership list. APPG News27.pdf APPGmembers new.pdf.The group is...
Posted by David Worsfold on June 15, 2010 4:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Lord Lipsey joins the officers of the All Party Group
When Baroness (Muriel) Turner decided to stand down as vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services last month, the group was left without a Labour peer among its officers. This was recitifed today when Lord...
Posted by David Worsfold on June 30, 2010 5:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Liberal Democrat business spokesman joins the All Party Group
Image via WikipediaJohn Thurso, the Liberal Democrats' business spokesman and their representative on the key Treasury Select Committee, has joined the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services.He has the rather strange job of 'shadowing' his Lib Dem...
Posted by David Worsfold on July 6, 2010 9:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
All Party Group newsletter now out as membership grows
The latest newsletter keeping key executives and public affairs professionals up-to-date with the activities of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is now out. APPG News28e.pdfThe group is growing steadily and is looking to put in...
Posted by David Worsfold on July 13, 2010 12:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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