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  • FCA and PRA lay out reforms to streamline SM&CR regime

    22 April 2026

    Insurers have voiced supported for the package of reforms

  • The Sam Woods "exit interview": Solvency II, sustainability risks and the secondary objective

    22 January 2026

    In his final appearance before the UK's Treasury Committee, the CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority reflected on his decade in the role and the future direction for regulation. Joshua Geer reports

  • Only two insurers seek Solvency UK matching adjustment flexibilities, PRA reveals

    29 April 2025

    Sam Woods answers MPs' questions on impact of Solvency II reforms

  • Judging the impact of the UK regulators' competitiveness objective

    28 January 2025

    Are the UK's financial regulators fulfilling their secondary objective to encourage growth and international competitiveness? Eight months into a parliamentary inquiry, Joshua Geer rounds up the evidence so far

  • Gareth Truran appointed UK's executive director for insurance supervision

    07 May 2024

    Succeeds Charlotte Gerken who has switched to another role at the Bank of England

  • Insurers happy with UK's Solvency II plans, but capital savings remain uncertain

    28 April 2022

    The government has grabbed positive headlines with its proposals to reform Solvency II, but the industry is cautious about the how they will pan out. Cintia Cheong reports