The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement
The Standard Formula Podcast | Dissecting the Solvency Capital Requirement
The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Technical Provisions
The Standard Formula Podcast | Investment Rules for Insurers and Reinsurers
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding the UK’s Matching Adjustment Regime
The Standard Formula Podcast | Group Supervision Under Solvency II
The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Third Country Branches and Cross-Border Provision of Services
Standard Formula Podcast | Reinsurance and Risk Transfer: Risk Mitigation Under the Solvency II Regime
The Standard Formula Podcast | Back to Basics: Exploring the Many Facets of the Solvency II Regime
A snapshot of key market and regulatory developments expected to impact the UK insurance sector over the next few months. Coming up in May and June. MONTH DATE DETAILS MAY 31 ESG: all authorised firms need to comply with the...more
Group supervision regulates the impact that members of a Solvency II group may have on a UK Solvency II insurer. The rules governing Solvency II groups are contained in the PRA Rulebook (Group Supervision), the Solvency 2...more
A snapshot of key market and regulatory developments expected to impact the UK insurance sector over the next few months....more
Welcome to the third edition of our Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the private funds and investment management...more
The U.K.’s newest Financial Services and Markets Act of 2023 (“FSM Act”) received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. Certain parts came into force on its passing, others will come into effect two months after that, and the...more
A snapshot of key market and regulatory developments expected to impact the UK insurance sector over the next couple of months....more
The timetable sets out three tranches of extensive regulatory changes to UK and EU law in 2023 and 2024. The “Edinburgh Reforms”, a series of announcements made on 9 December 2022 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set...more
Following the UK’s departure from the European Union (Brexit) on December 31, 2020, the UK is now exercising its freedom to move away from key EU insurance prudential regulatory standards. These moves include liberalization...more
Welcome to Hogan Lovells UK pension team’s July 2022 newsletter. An unusual case in the Employment Tribunal has raised the potential for claims for age discrimination in respect of service before 1 December 2006 (when age...more
Flood insurance: UK government response to independent review Following the publication in November 2020 of a report on the independent review of flood insurance in Doncaster, the government has published a policy...more
Solvency II review: PRA QIS material and related Dear CEO letter on data gathering The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has updated its Solvency II Review Quantitative Impact Study (QIS) webpage with the QIS materials,...more
COVID-19 BI insurance test case: FCA updates webpage The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated the webpage on its business interruption (BI) insurance test case. The FCA has published the Supreme Court order varying...more
UK Solvency II regime review: HM Treasury response to call for evidence HM Treasury has published a response to its October 2020 call for evidence on the review of the UK Solvency II prudential regime for insurers....more
GBP transition to SONIA under Solvency II regime: PRA PS12/21 - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS12/21, on deep, liquid and transparent (DLT) assessments and GBP transition to...more
PRA supervision of annuity providers: BoE speech - The Bank of England (BoE) has published a speech (and accompanying appendix), given by Charlotte Gerken, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Executive Director, Insurance...more
Solvency II: PRA supervisory disclosures - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published Solvency II: Supervisory disclosures, PRA’s supervisory approach and insurance regulations applicable in the UK year-end...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to most financial institutions, including updates from the UK government, PRA, FCA, JMLG and the European Commission. See also our sector specific updates in the Related Materials...more
UK Solvency II: PRA PS2/21 on expectations for work of external auditors on matching adjustment - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS2/21, setting out its expectations for the...more
COVID-19: FCA update on BI insurance test case - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on its business interruption (BI) insurance test case....more
Solvency II: PRA CP1/21 on deep, liquid and transparent assessments, and GBP transition to SONIA - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper, CP1/21, on deep, liquid and transparent (DLT)...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to insurers and their intermediaries. Among other things, includes UK FCA updates on preparing for the end of the UK-EU transition period. ...more
COVID-19: FCA update on business interruption insurance test case - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on its business interruption insurance test case. Among other things, the FCA has...more
COVID-19: FCA update on business interruption insurance test case - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on its business interruption insurance test case to confirm that an appeal of the case...more
Brexit: PRA and FCA Dear CEO letter on final preparations for end of transition period - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have published a joint Dear CEO letter that they...more
COVID-19: FCA updates webpage on BI insurance test case - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on its business interruption (BI) insurance test case, publishing a draft transcript of the...more