Blogs
13th August 2025
In regulated industries like insurance and financial services, expanding your network starts with one critical question: How do you find the right trading partner – one who aligns with your values, regulatory requirements, and strategic goals? Many teams face this challenge daily, juggling fragmented information while trying to make confident decisions.
Imagine you need to onboard a new broker or MGA partner. Where do you begin?
Regulatory requirements, commercial goals, and internal expectations stack up and the manual process just doesn’t scale. You need speed, clarity, and confidence… but how do you get there?
Enter REG’s new game-changing duo:
Business Profile offers regulated businesses a free, centralised digital storefront, complete with their company overview, key people, products, and regulatory credentials. It brings compliance context and business intelligence together into one trusted profile. You’re not just seeing whether a firm is compliant, you’re seeing who they are as partners.
Smart Search, on the other hand, is the intelligence layer. It lets you filter and discover firms across the REG Network based on criteria like business activity, specialisation, regulatory status, location, credit signals, and more, without tedious back-and-forths. Want to find “an MGA with property expertise in the Midlands with 0 sanctions”? Just a couple of clicks and you’ve got your answer.
Redefining trade partner discovery, REG’s platform shifts you from chasing fragmentary data to confidently identifying, vetting, and connecting with the right businesses, efficiently and securely.
1. Visibility That Counts
Rather than relying on manual discovery, you get a complete, consistent, and up-to-date view of potential partners. A Business Profile lets you tell your story and discover others in a structured and searchable way.
2. Trust Signals Built In
Profiles are enriched with regulatory and compliance data, helping you understand whether a firm is legitimate, licensed, or authorised. This built-in transparency speeds decision-making and helps you avoid surprise compliance gaps.
3. Speed in Partner Discovery
Smart Search gives you immediate results based on multi-dimensional filters. Whether assessing counterparties, onboarding suppliers, or evaluating brokers, you can find and compare firms in just a few clicks, without the manual bottlenecks.
4. Efficiency That Scales
By combining compliance and business intelligence, you reduce time spent chasing due diligence and increase time spent building productive relationships. It’s compliance and growth, powered together.
5. Market Intelligence at Your Fingertips
Whether you’re exploring new markets or carrying out due diligence checks, you can filter by geography, specialisation, regulatory data and other key criteria to get a curated view of suitable partners.
Beyond individual searches, REG’s tools evolve the broader business narrative:
Think of it as transforming a static directory into a dynamic, trusted marketplace of regulated businesses, where clarity sparks opportunity.
The best part? Both Business Profile and Smart Search are free to use for REG members. Just log in, build your profile, and unlock powerful partner discovery tools instantly.
For teams seeking to reduce friction, mitigate third-party risk, and scale their network with confidence, REG provides the tools to not just comply, but to compete smarter.
In a world where “who you trade with” matters as much as “what you trade,” REG’s Business Profile and Smart Search unlock agility, transparency, and strategic reach. No siloed spreadsheets, no fragmented risk checks—just a smarter, safer way to grow.
If you’re ready to get started, simply register with REG Network for free today and start being seen and discovering partners to grow with confidence
At REG, we are on a mission to build the largest and most trusted B2B network in the insurance industry. We understand that businesses need to connect quickly and confidently when forging new relationships, without the burden of regulatory obligations slowing them down. That’s why we created REG Verified — The Trusted Status for Businesses...
In an industry where success hinges on strong relationships, insurance and financial services companies must prioritise integrity, trust, and diligence when forging new business relationships. However, navigating the intricacies of regulatory and statutory obligations often creates obstacles for these relationships from the start. The complexities of regulatory adherence have been cited to impede regulated firms’ abilities to effectively initiate new partnerships; hindering growth and stifling innovation. Now, with the growing emergence of RegTech, businesses can streamline compliance processes and accelerate trade partner onboarding, ultimately setting them up for sustained success...
With constant economic uncertainties and a fluctuating political landscape, MGAs (Managing General Agents) are now faced with bigger regulatory and compliance burdens than ever before. Clyde & Co reports that 50% view the increase in compliance obligations as an obstacle to entering the market. These burdens significantly hinder MGAs' capacity to start new business relationships with potential trading partners, halting growth and slowing innovation. 66% of insurance and financial services firms believe that regulatory and statutory obligations inhibit starting new business relationships, which in turn affects profitability. This is why it is imperative for MGAs to leverage new innovative technology that reduces regulatory challenges and facilitates streamlined onboarding of partners...
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