Archive

  • FCA targets general insurance pricing practices

    31 October 2018

    UK watchdog warns that market intervention could be the outcome

  • Eiopa "lacking imagination" on solving Brexit contract conundrum - ABI [UPDATED]

    31 January 2018

    EU authority should come forward with pledge of regulatory cooperation

  • IAIS gives ground in roadmap for global capital standards

    02 November 2017

    IAIS published plan to create "common language" for group solvency from Malaysian meeting

  • ICS version 1.0 inspires little faith in IAIS timetable

    15 August 2017

    Despite the IAIS heralding the launch of insurance capital standard version 1.0, insurers say it has achieved a lot less than originally promised. Is it time to scale back ambitions for version 2.0? Callum Tanner reports

  • 50 insurers to test global capital standard

    21 July 2017

    Version 1.0 of ICS released for extended field test

  • European insurers hold out hope on UK market access

    13 April 2017

    With article 50 triggered, insurers in the UK and EEA wait with bated breath for news on what will replace passporting. Although the EU looks set to take a tough line on access to the single market for the UK, pressure is mounting on the UK government to avoid retaliation. Callum Tanner reports

  • Risky firms may have to contribute more to FSCS

    14 December 2016

    FCA to collect data on product sales to identify riskiest insurers

  • IAIS chair hints at less prescriptive matching adjustment for ICS

    23 November 2016

    Trade-off between requirements and benefit being discussed

  • Brexit shifts debate on Solvency II reforms

    13 October 2016

    Many see Solvency II rules as a largely British export to Europe, but once the UK leaves the EU, the remaining member states are likely to take the directive in a new direction. Callum Tanner reports

  • UK insurers ponder response to Solvency II probe

    13 September 2016

    MPs ask if insurance rules should be reformed after Brexit