News
ESG Perspectives
09 May 2022
What does ESG really mean for corporates in 2022? We have teamed up with leading ESG advisors at Cardano, Georgeson and Kekst CNC to draw together our insights in a guide that...
Publications
News
HM Treasury and the PRA start the consultation process on reforms to the UK’s Solvency II regime
29 April 2022
Yesterday (28 April 2022), HM Treasury published its much-anticipated consultation paper on its proposals to reform aspects of the UK’s Solvency II regime. At the same time, the ...
Insights
A buoyant pension de-risking market creates opportunities for specialty as well as life insurers
Registered Content
08 April 2022
While life (re)insurers are the primary beneficiaries of the large market insuring the liabilities of UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, there may be an unexploited business...
News
UK Government proposes Companies House reform and greater transparency of corporate entities
11 March 2022
On 28 February 2022, the Government published its final position on Companies House reforms ahead of introducing legislation that will change the Registrar’s statutory role from being ...
Insights
Keeping track of insurance legal and regulatory developments in 2022
Registered Content
13 January 2022
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) wrote to insurers on 12 January 2022 setting out its priorities for 2022 and its expectations of insurers going forward. Being able to...
Insights
Prudential/Rothesay Part VII transfer approved: normal service resumed?
Registered Content
13 December 2021
The Court’s sanction of the transfer of a portfolio of annuity and pension buy-out policies (originally around 400,000 policies with liabilities close to £12.9 billion) from...
News
UK government plans to introduce a re-domiciliation regime
02 November 2021
On 27 October 2021, HM Treasury, BEIS and HMRC published a consultation paper seeking views on proposals for a UK re-domiciliation regime under which foreign-incorporated companies could...
Insights
ESG: A Global Issue for the Insurance Industry
Registered Content
14 September 2021
Environmental, Social, and Governance issues are – in different ways – on the agendas of national governments, regulators and the boards of insurers and reinsurers across the...
News
FCA updates its supervisory strategy for life insurers
31 August 2021
In December 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote to the boards of life insurance companies setting out the FCA’s view of the key risks of harm life insurance companies...
