Biba and IIB reach merger agreement

The arrangement between the two major trade bodies will result in IIB chief executive Barbara Bradshaw moving across to the Biba Executive where she has been handed specific responsibility for developing a new group focused on issues that affect smaller firms. Joining Bradshaw, who will now be expected to report to Biba chief executive Eric Galbraith, on the new look board will be former high-profile IIB directors Barry Fehler, deputy chairman of South Essex Insurance Brokers, Bryan Whicher, head of retail professional indemnity at Oamps UK, and Robert Pybus, director of NPA Insurance. ...