RWA Newsletter September 2013 | Page 9

FOS Income Declaration July 2013 Section J is the once-a-year return all insurance brokers make to declare income so that regulatory fees can be calculated. In the past the amounts have been based on: • FCA – All income from regulated activities • FOS – All income from consumer business, micro enterprises, a charity which has an annual income of less than £1M at the time of the complaint and a trustee of a trust which has a net asset value of less than £1M at the time the complaint was made. Micro enterprises are defined as businesses with less than €2M turnover and less than 10 employees • FSCS - All income from consumers and businesses with a turnover of less than £1M. Plus, you need to add to this the income received for statutory classes (Employers Liability and Road Traffic Act/Motor third party) However, the FCA have now published some help texts on the website: http://www.fca.org.uk/firms/systems-reporting/gabriel/ help/rma/helptexts UPDATE FCA Application Processing Times In a previous newsletter, it was good to be able to report that processing times were coming down, from 22 weeks to 18 weeks. We have now had an update from the regulator detailing the current position. The good news is that average turnaround times for new General Insurance applications is now a ???????)Q???????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????? ???????????????????????????)????????????????????????)!????????????????????????Y?????????)A????????????????????Y=@?????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????)??????)Q????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????Y=@)???????????)Q???????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????()???????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????? ??????????????????????????)????????????????????L??????????????L??????????!??????????????I]???????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????M??????(?????????????? ??????????(+?a??????????????????????????5%AIT?????????????????e?)?????????????d)I????????????????????????????????????????)?????????? ???????)Q???????????????????????????????????????????) I%0????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????%???????????????)?????????????a????????d????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????)????????)??????????????L????????????????=L??????????) ?????M L??????????????((?((