Regulation
Analysis: On the trail of e-scooter trials
Policymakers, retailers and environmentalists hope that e-scooters will be a green saviour. Trials to ascertain the risks are ongoing, as the insurance industry watches on with a wary eye.
Insurers wary of CMC influx following whiplash reforms
Insurers are concerned that the implementation of whiplash reforms will result in an increase of personal injury claims management companies if fee caps are not introduced.
CMC fee caps: Are proposed tariffs too generous or will they drive a choice exodus?
Insurers have argued that proposed fee caps for claims management companies may be too generous, while the claims sector has cautioned measures could reduce choice and service quality.
Cyber insurers hit back at suggested ransomware claims ban
Cyber insurers have hit back at former UK cybersecurity chief Ciaran Martin’s suggestion that ransomware claims payouts are fuelling organised crime and that a ban on such payments should be considered.
Gibraltar-based Prometheus Insurance enters administration
Gibraltar-based Prometheus Insurance Company, formerly trading as Tradewise Insurance Company, has entered administration.
Worsening outlook for UK non-life insurers, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings has a worsening outlook for the UK non-life company sector, Graham Coutts, senior director, head of EMEA reinsurance has confirmed with market combined ratios for motor and home likely to be above 100% in 2021.
Trade Voice: Bill Batchelor on the place of insurance in EU-UK trade after Brexit
Bill Batchelor, partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and British Insurance Law Association member, casts his eye over the implications of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, signed on 30 December, for the insurance sector and considers…
Debenhams and Weddingplan insurer ‘considering’ impact of Supreme Court ruling on wedding claims
The businesses behind Weddingplan and Debenhams wedding insurance are “considering” the impact of the Supreme Court judgment and what it means for policyholders who did not get lockdown payouts for cancelled weddings, Post has learned.
Curious case of the PPI huckster filing accounts from beyond the grave
Exclusive: The former boss of disgraced Bury-based claims firm Harringtons Advisory, Ibrar Akbar, passed away in 2019 – but his name continues to be used on accounts paperwork for another of his companies.
Committee calls for government PI scheme for fire risk assessors
The government faces calls to act as an insurer of last resort for fire safety engineers’ professional indemnity insurance.
LV’s Heather Smith on crucial brand value
As the industry responds to the Financial Conduct Authority’s pricing shake-up and tackles the ongoing challenges of the coronavirus pandemic Heather Smith, managing director of the LV General Insurance retail business, addresses why having a trusted…
FCA will use ‘full range’ of regulatory tools and powers to ensure insurers meet expectations after BI ruling
The Financial Conduct Authority has set out the next steps it expects insurers to take after the Supreme Court judgment on the Covid-19 business interruption claims test case last Friday.
Software house witnesses fortyfold increase in BI claims
There was a fortyfold increase in business interruption claims put through software house Acturis in the week of the Supreme Court Covid-19 business interruption judgment, Post can reveal.
FCA proposes to cap CMC fees saving consumers £9.6m a year
The Financial Conduct Authority has published proposals to cap the fees claims management companies can charge their customers.
Loss adjusters report 'significant' rise in BI claims volume
The number of business interruption claims being submitted after the Supreme Court judgment has increased significantly with more anticipated over the coming weeks, loss adjusting firms have told Post.
Q&A: Jennette Newman, Forum of Insurance Lawyers
Jennette Newman, partner at Clyde & Co, was appointed as president of Forum of Insurance Lawyers in November last year, replacing Anthony Baker. She spoke to Post about her hopes for 2021.
Ex-ABI leader Hugh Savill joins Sicsic Advisory
Hugh Savill, the Association of British Insurer’s director of regulation for 17 years, has joined boutique financial services risk and regulation consultancy Sicsic Advisory as a senior advisor, Post can reveal.
Be Wiser’s David Russell on the FCA’s pricing review
David Russell, chief compliance officer at Be Wiser Insurance, was part of the Financial Services Authority team that brought in the Insurance Mediation Directive and statutory regulation of brokers. Here he looks at the implications of the Financial…
Briefing: BI ruling a self-made catastrophe for insurers
Insurers have been found hugely wanting by a business interruption judgment that is a victory for common sense. But the struggle is not over yet, for them or their customers.
Supreme Court ruling to have 'very significant' impact for years to come, says FCA lawyer
The Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of the Financial Conduct Authority on behalf of policyholders in the cases versus insurers over Covid-19 business interruption claims will have long-term ramifications for causation and trends clauses, according to…
Live: Supreme Court rules largely in favour of policyholders in FCA's BI test case battle
Free content: Access market and insurance reactions to the Supreme Court ruling that dismissed appeals against a High Court judgment on insurers paying out in Covid-related disruption on business interruption insurance policies and overturned the Orient…
Blog: Should we return to a standard BI policy wording?
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a split between what policyholders expect from business interruption cover and what insurers say it offers. Damian Glynn, Sedgwick International UK head of financial risks, asks whether customers are ensnared in a…
Supreme Court to hand down BI verdict on Friday
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its judgment in the business interruption test case appeal on Friday 15 January, the Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed.
FCA fines more than halve to £192.6m in 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority imposed fines of £192,570,018 in 2020, the third lowest total on record since the watchdog was formed in 2013.