Archive

  • Insurance risk professionals see wages rise 30%

    20 February 2014

    Salary hike driven by shift in regulatory expectations and evolving business strategies

  • FCA dices with actuaries in annuity profits probe

    14 February 2014

    The UK's Financial Conduct Authority wants to make the annuity markets more competitive, but tackling excess profitability and price differentiation may be a bigger challenge than it thinks. Christopher Cundy reports

  • UK annuities market faces competition probe

    10 February 2014

    Move likely to benefit open-market annuity providers

  • Capital standards and regulator relationships key issues for London market

    13 January 2014

    International Underwriting Association identifies four challenges in 2014

  • "A big shift towards insurers focusing on customer outcomes"

    02 January 2014

    PwC's Jonathan Howe recalls the major talking points of 2013 and sets out insurers' challenges for 2014

  • "The year regulatory capital was de-emphasised"

    24 December 2013

    Milliman's Neil Cantle and Elliot Varnell share their thoughts on 2013 and prospects for 2014

  • Section 166s become more frequent, more diverse

    13 November 2013

    UK regulators are making more use of their Section 166 powers to order third-party investigations into insurers and brokers – and broadening their focus. But they are still guaranteed to cause grief for firms, as Jamie Bullen reports

  • Five insurers received section 166s in Q2

    04 November 2013

    FCA and PRA demanded a total of 19 skilled persons reviews

  • FCA outlines early warning procedures

    15 October 2013

    The Financial Conduct Authority can now name companies and individuals facing potential enforcement action

  • Why HR should be in your risk culture club

    20 September 2013

    Who are the custodians of an organisation's risk culture and how can meaningful change be embedded? BaxterBruce's Jon Linturn explains.