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April 08, 2024
£54M Claimed From Failed Financial Services Last Year
The U.K.'s lifeboat scheme said Monday it has recovered £54 million ($68 million) in the financial year ended March 31 from the estates of failed financial services companies.
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April 08, 2024
UK Eyes Reforms To Ease Corporate Apologies To Victims
The government opened a new consultation on Monday into potential reforms that would make it easier for companies to apologize to alleged victims of wrongdoing, including in cases where organizations might be vicariously liable for the actions of an employee or a member.
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April 08, 2024
Lloyd's Syndicates Fight Not To Cover US Nightclub Bias Suits
Two insurance underwriting syndicates hit back at a London claim from an international hospitality group that wants to be indemnified for two putative class actions alleging sex discrimination against men and nonbinary people at a California nightclub.
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April 08, 2024
Gowling, Osborne Clarke Steer £60M Tech Co. Pension Deal
Insurer Just Group said Monday it has completed a £60 million ($75.7 million) buy-in of a pension scheme sponsored by technology companies Epson (UK) Ltd. and Epson Europe BV, in a deal guided by Gowling WLG and Osborne Clarke.
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April 08, 2024
Pension Schemes Considering Alternatives For End Goal
Pension plans need to carefully weigh a range of options for their end game strategies, a professional services firm said, as retirement savings scheme funding continues to hover around near record levels.
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April 08, 2024
Consumer Body Calls For FCA Crackdown On Car Insurance
U.K. consumer body Which? has urged the Financial Conduct Authority to take tougher action against insurers that offer minimal payouts after an accident, saying they might be lowballing consumers.
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April 08, 2024
Grant Thornton Fined For Audit Compliance Breaches
The Financial Reporting Council said Monday it has fined accounting firm Grant Thornton £40,000 ($50,500) for failing to comply with audit regulations in its work on a local authority's pension fund.
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April 05, 2024
Allianz Selling Mid-Size, Entertainment Holdings In $1.4B Deal
Allianz Group said Friday that its corporate and specialty insurance unit is selling off its U.S. insurance business for midsize corporations and entertainment businesses for $450 million in cash to Arch Insurance North America.
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April 05, 2024
UK Urges Delay In Claiming Pensions Until Rules Change
The U.K. tax authority has warned people to delay claiming their pensions until after Saturday, when the lifetime allowance is abolished, while the government clarifies technical changes to the legislation.
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April 05, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the BBC sued by former Georgian defense minister David Kezerashvili, Russian businessman Ildar Sharipov file a defamation claim against the publisher of the Liverpool Echo newspaper, MEX Group Worldwide sue Barclays and NatWest, and a climbing gear company hit retailer Next with a claim of copyright infringement. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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April 05, 2024
Rothesay Sees 'Unprecedented' Pipeline For Pension Deals
Pension insurer Rothesay Life said Friday it secured £12.7 billion ($16 billion) in new business premiums across a dozen de-risking retirement savings deals in 2023, with the year ahead marked by an "unprecedented pension risk transfer market pipeline."
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April 05, 2024
Cloud Biz Denies Owing Telecom Execs Over Bad Sale
A cloud technology business has denied owing directors of a telecommunications company £1.5 million ($1.9 million) left unpaid after it bought their business, claiming the money due is offset by the £2 million it lost from the sale.
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April 05, 2024
UK Pension Schemes Maintain Near-Record Surpluses
The aggregate surplus of the U.K.'s defined benefit pension sector remained at near-record levels of around £151 billion ($190.8 billion) in March, a consultancy has said.
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April 05, 2024
Chubb Pulled Into $83.4M Ukrainian Airline Insurance Claim
Chubb European Group has been dragged into an $83.4 million claim in London which alleges that insurers have refused to pay out for aircraft that have been stranded in Ukraine after the Russian invasion, according to an amended High Court claim.
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April 19, 2024
Fieldfisher Expands Pensions Practice With 4 PwC Hires
European law firm Fieldfisher LLP has announced it is bolstering its U.K. pensions practice by hiring a partner, two directors and an associate from PwC UK.
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April 04, 2024
Cargo Ship Owner Sues 2 Firms For $1.9M Over Vessel Fire
A cargo-ship owner has sued two Turkish companies in a London court in an attempt to be reimbursed for costs incurred after an engine room fire caused the vessel to drift toward the Yemeni coast, saying the companies are liable for the costs incurred to save the ship and discharge their cargo.
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April 04, 2024
Insurer Wants Greater Flexibility On State Pension Age
The U.K. government should explore giving Britons more choice over when they can start claiming their state pension amid concerns over increases to the official retirement age, insurer Aegon said Thursday.
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April 04, 2024
Hotel Sues Arch Insurance For £8M Over Spa Fire Damage
Two English hotel companies have sued Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd. for £8 million ($10.1 million) after a roofing company allegedly caused a blaze on their London hotel spa's roof, according to a newly public claim.
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April 04, 2024
Fladgate Sued For $26.5M Over Botched Debt Claim Advice
Fladgate LLP lost an investment fund an estimated $26.5 million after negligently advising it on how to take action to recover money owed under bonds, according to a High Court claim.
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April 04, 2024
UK Joins Global Data Protection Enforcement Program
Britain's data watchdog said Thursday it has signed a new agreement with the Global Cooperation Arrangement for Privacy Enforcement to cooperate on cross-border data protection with the U.S. and eight other Pacific Rim countries.
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April 04, 2024
Financial Ombudsman Braces For Bigger Caseload
The U.K. Financial Ombudsman Service said Thursday that it had upped its estimate of how many complaints it expects to receive in the coming financial year to 210,000 from 181,000 due to increased everyday financial concerns.
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April 04, 2024
EU Regulators Pushed To Reassess 3rd-Country Reinsurers
The European Union's insurance and pensions watchdog on Thursday urged national regulators to reassess the risks stemming from reinsurers of non-EU countries dealing with firms that don't adhere to the same EU regulatory standards.
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April 04, 2024
Insurer Resolution Life To Buy New Zealand Biz For $247M
Resolution Life said on Thursday that its Australasian arm has agreed to buy Asteron Life, an insurer based in New Zealand, for 410 million New Zealand dollars ($247 million), as the global group eyes entry into the country's growing insurance sector.
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April 04, 2024
Standards Setter Warns Of Conflicts Of Interest In Exchanges
A global standards setter for regulators warned Thursday of the risk of conflict of interests in stock exchanges, including in situations where exchanges also run data or technology services.
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April 04, 2024
STM Wins Regulatory Approval For £4.5M Pension Biz Sale
Financial services company STM said on Thursday that the City watchdog has approved the sale of its self-invested personal pensions unit to its chief executive for £4.5 million ($5.7 million), part of a wider sale of the business.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
A Better Gov't Response To Pensions Misselling Is Needed
To finally clamp down on the pensions misselling we have seen emerge of late, such as the recent scandal involving a Qualifying Recognized Overseas Pension Scheme, a robust regulatory regime is needed to put an end to inadequate enforcement and unwise legislative innovation in U.K. pensions law, says Ben Rees at Keller Postman.
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A Review Of The New UK Financial Services And Markets Bill
In revoking retained EU law and replacing it with U.K.-specific legislation, the new Financial Services and Markets Bill should mean a less cumbersome and more accessible regulatory regime than the existing patchwork of requirements, with provisions that address consumers’ concerns that they were not adequately protected, say attorneys at Ashurst.
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How Greenwashing Litigation Is Affecting Financial Services
A rising demand for sustainable investment is likely to lead to an increase in claims of greenwashing, where a company's marketing falsely portrays its output as producing positive environmental outcomes, which carries risks for investors and insurers, says Kirsty Finlayson at Browne Jacobson.
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FCA Consumer Duty Shows Shift In Retail Financial Services
The Financial Conduct Authority’s newly published guidance on consumer duty sets higher expectations of the standard of care that financial firms give retail customers, meaning boards and senior management should expect to be held accountable for embedding a culture in which consumers' needs come first, say Claire Carroll and Sumitra Subramanian at Eversheds Sutherland.
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Pandemic Rent Ruling Is A Blow To Commercial Tenants
The recent U.K. Court of Appeal decision in London Trocadero v. Picturehouse demonstrates that even exceptional COVID-19-related circumstances will not induce courts to interfere with a previously considered allocation of risk between parties or imply terms in a contract, says Gurpreet Sanghera at Simkins.
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Building Inspector Insurance And Its New Relaxed Rules
The U.K. government recently opened up the market for approved building inspector insurance in the aftermath of the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy, but it does not appear to have considered the impact this may have on homeowners and developers, say Alan Stone and Jonathan Carrington at RPC.
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New Corporate Insolvency Data Reveals Unexpected Results
For a variety of reasons there has been a slower than anticipated increase in U.K. corporate insolvency figures in recent months, although there may be a time lag between economic difficulties and sentiment among investors, lenders and business owners, and it is likely that numbers will rise in the autumn, says Jeremy Whiteson at Fladgate.
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How The Latest Trends In Litigation Funding Are Developing
With investors looking for alternative assets that can achieve returns and claimants likely to be cash poor in the current economic downturn, the signs are that the litigation funding market is not only here to stay, but is set to expand, says Simon Thomas at Baker & Partners.
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Pros And Cons Of Regulating Finance Sector's Third Parties
Recent proposals by the U.K. Treasury could lead to regulation of those designated as critical third parties in finance, and legislation will be needed to ensure technology suppliers are not deterred from participating in the financial services markets, say attorneys at Addleshaw Goddard.
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UK Online Safety Bill Delayed, But Firms Should Still Prepare
Despite delays and content providers' concerns regarding the impact on their profitability, it appears certain that the Online Safety Bill will be enacted in one form or another, mirroring proposals in the EU and U.S., so tech firms must prepare for a new regulatory framework that will require them to tackle illegal and harmful content on their services, say attorneys at Dechert.
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A Look At The Solvency II Insurance Sector Proposed Reforms
It is hoped that the proposed reforms of Solvency II will not only ensure policyholder protection and a successful insurance industry, but that released capital will be invested in long-term infrastructure and green projects, yet there are questions and even concerns surrounding potential changes and what their impact might be, says Dónal Clark at Kennedys.
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4 Ways M&A Deals Are Changing
There are signs that the market may be cooling, but recent trends in M&A transactions reflect more than just market strength and indicate that there has been a more general change in deal approach, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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The Digital Markets Act: Key Implementation Issues To Watch
The success of the Digital Markets Act, intended to regulate online services and protect consumers in the digital economy, and the most significant addition to the European Commission's regulatory toolbox in decades, will depend on how it is implemented by the commission, would-be gatekeepers, other market participants and national regulators, say attorneys at Linklaters.
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New FCA Listing Rules May Start Regulatory Shift On Diversity
Listed companies that fail to meet new Financial Conduct Authority rules for minimum executive board diversity currently risk reputational damage mainly through social scrutiny, but should prepare for potential regulatory enforcement actions, say attorneys at King & Spalding.
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Examining UK Commission's Corporate Crime Reform Ideas
The Law Commission of England and Wales' recent recommendation of changes to corporate criminal law is a pragmatic attempt to address the practical shortcomings with the existing identification doctrine, and is likely to be welcomed by both companies and the agencies that would be enforcing it, say Alun Milford and Matthew Burn at Kingsley Napley.