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  • UK announces review of Solvency II

    23 June 2020

    Rishi Sunak plans post-Brexit amendments to financial services rules

  • COMMENT: How much capital do pensions require?

    22 June 2020

    The UK's proposed regime for pensions superfunds has reopened the debate around capital requirements for long-term products, argues Christopher Cundy

  • "Wrong tone" casts insurers as Covid-19 villains

    22 June 2020

    Insurance and communication experts debated the reputation of insurance after the Covid-19 pandemic in InsuranceERM's latest webinar. Many achievements were highlighted, but a lack of empathy was a key criticism. Ronan McCaughey explains

  • UK insurers fight for tougher rules for pension superfunds

    18 June 2020

    DB consolidation vehicles given greenlight to operate

  • Is a Pandemic Re the answer in a post-Covid-19 world?

    15 June 2020

    Experts have debated the need for a pandemic insurance risk backstop, what it should cover and how it should be funded. Ronan McCaughey reports from the latest of InsuranceERM's Covid-19 webinar series

  • UK insurers see more genetic testing, but comply with code

    10 June 2020

    Association of British Insurers discloses details of policies written in 2018

  • How Covid-19 is changing the UK's prudential supervision

    01 June 2020

    At a recent webinar organised by the Association of British Insurers, experts discussed what Covid-19 and Brexit might mean for the future direction of UK prudential regulation. Cintia Cheong reports

  • ABI chair and former MP join UK's pandemic risk pool initiative

    01 June 2020

    Pandemic Re Steering Committee forms six working groups

  • Conduct risk in an outcomes-based environment

    19 May 2020

    The UK's conduct regulator has signalled a new approach to overseeing the insurance industry - and with Brexit has the potential to make bolder moves. Paul Walsh reports from an Association of British Insurers event on the hopes and fears for future of conduct regulation

  • UK insurance industry to raise £100m to fight Covid-19

    18 May 2020

    Supporters include Lloyd's of London and Aviva