Regulation Analysis
Top law firm gives valuable Brexit advice to MGAs
MGAs with a large amount of EU business would seriously need to consider setting up a subsidiary
How can the industry stamp out the harassment culture
Insurance Times takes a deeper look into what ‘#MeToo’ means for the insurance industry following several accusations made by women on the London market and Lloyd’s survey
Pensions advice scrapped as firms fail to secure PI cover amid rising premium rates
Financial services firms are stripping back services as skyrocketing professional indemnity costs tie advisers’ hands
FCA seeks to level the playing field of dual pricing
The FCA aims to combat dual pricing within the car and home insurance sectors, yet what are the wider market implications of policies such as scrapping auto-renewals? Insurance Times investigates.
Insurtech UK raises IPT concerns for sector
It has urged HMRC to undertake a full assessment of how the proposed changes affect insurtechs
How a no-deal Brexit could affect reinsurers?
Brokers have a key role to play in natural catastrophe and weather events, and reinsurance will not be affected in the same way as insurance
Analysis: Should premium finance-earning brokers worry about the FCA?
Insurance Times investigates what the impact of the FCA’s latest proposed actions on motor commissions might mean for brokers
Briefing: Another Quindell? Why the decline of the equity analyst matters
Regulation has accelerated hard times for equity analysts - but general insurance needs good quality professionals to help prevent harm to investors
UK insolvency warning amid Brexit uncertainty
Global insolvencies are rising for the first time in a decade with the greatest uptick seen in the UK
Briefing: How the FCA could now destroy the personal lines broker
Insurance Times delves deeper into the FCA’s dual pricing report looking at what concerns it could cause the personal lines broker
Briefing: Who will be the winners and losers of the FCA’s pricing crackdown?
Insurtech sector backs FCA call to make insurance more fair and transparent
Insurers between ‘a rock and hard place’ amid dual pricing
Insurers back government sprinkler plans, but after Worcester Park fire do they go far enough?
‘Hands-free phone use as socially unacceptable as drink driving’ - could proposed ban cut claims?
Analysis: Where the squeeze is being felt from HMRC’s record IPT income
Pensions PI cover: Will FCA crackdown reignite insurer interest in difficult line?
The construction cover crisis: what we know so far and what next?
How the rising cost of traditional building materials is impacting claims inflation and premiums
‘Delivering Brexit and uniting the country’: What does Boris Johnson as PM mean for the insurance industry?
CLS: the £350m MGA looking to ‘grow by 40% in two years’ through broker partnerships
Copart outlines potential post-Brexit salvage opportunities
Figures revealed: Insurers guilty of costly Ogden miscalculation
‘Urgent reforms’ needed as construction sector enters insurance crisis
E-scooter accidents spark debate on making insurance compulsory
Regulation News
Former mutual insurer boss faces FCA’s wrath for dodging income tax
FCA seeks to fine Stuart Forsyth £78,318 for avoiding tax responsibilities, dependent on an Upper Tribunal determination
FCA responds to staff misdemeanours amid leaked letter storm
Some believe the way the FCA has been treated in response to the internal leaked letter is unfair
‘Overflowing bins, stealing plants, verbal abuse’: FCA COO ‘ashamed’ in leaked letter
Leaked letter details FCA staff misdemeanours at firm’s Stratford headquarters
PI insurer stops writing business for IFAs
Another PI insurer has stopped writing business for IFAs due to a tough market
