All UK Solvency II firms must comply with Article 275 of the Solvency II Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 in respect of their remuneration policies. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) asks UK Solvency II firms to complete a Remuneration Policy Statement to document remuneration policies and procedures. On 8 May 2019 the PRA published an updated Remuneration Policy Statement template for category 1 and 2 firms. A Solvency II staff table has also been updated. Completion…

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published a report on the use of Big Data Analytics in motor and health insurance. The report reveals a trend for increasingly data-driven business models throughout the insurance value chain in both health and motor insurance.…

On 10 April 2010, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a press release in respect of work undertaken to ensure that customers of general insurance (GI) products are getting value for money. The FCA will continue to undertake diagnostic work on product value in GI distribution chains and will expect firms to meet its expectations for product value. The press release is published alongside the report on the thematic review recently undertaken on general insurance…

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Carphone Warehouse (CPW) £29,107,600m for failings that led to its customers buying Geek Squad (a mobile phone insurance and technical support product offered by CPW) when it was not suitable.…

The European Commission has adopted amendments (in the form of a regulation) to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 (the Solvency II Delegated Regulation) which implements various technical requirements of the Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EC).  The amending regulation has been introduced as part of the proposals for the Capital Markets Union (CMU).…

On 5 March 2019, the Bank of England (in the form of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) announced that they had agreed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in respect of supervisory co-operation and information-sharing arrangements for UK and EU/EEA insurance firms.…

On 20 February 2019, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published a framework to identify the drivers of conduct risk so that EIOPA and European National Competent Authorities (NCAs) can focus on minimising these risks to consumers.…