Treasury tells insurers to take advantage of Brexit bonfire
Insurers must make the most of the Conservative government ripping up the Solvency II rules and replacing it with Solvency UK requirements, according to Bim Afolami, economic secretary to HM Treasury.
Kicking off the Association of British Insurers annual conference today (27 February), Afolami urged providers to “take advantage” of the fact the European Union’s Solvency II reforms were being
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