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Insurance Law360 UK provides breaking news and analysis on the insurance industry. Coverage includes U.K. and European Union regulation, legislation, enforcement, and litigation involving insurance companies, underwriters, reinsurers, and brokers.
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Latest News in Insurance UK
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November 17, 2025
UK Lifeboat Fund To Boost Deposit Protection To £120K
The Bank of England said Tuesday that the Financial Services Compensation Scheme will increase the limit for reimbursement on deposits held by customers of failed banks to £120,000 ($158,000) from December.
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November 17, 2025
UK Life Insurers Show Resilience In 2025 Stress Tests
The Bank of England said Monday that it has found in a stress test that major life insurers can withstand large market shocks — but some are unprepared for risky outcomes from transferring responsibility for pension payouts through funded reinsurance.
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November 17, 2025
Insurance Body Sets Out Plan To Close Global Protection Gap
Governments, policymakers and regulators should take steps to close the gap between insured and uninsured losses from natural catastrophes across the world, as more than $180 billion in losses go uninsured every year, a public-private partnership has said.
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November 17, 2025
CMS, Freshfields Steer £600M Aviva, Wolseley Pension Deal
Wolseley Group, the U.K.'s largest specialist merchant for plumbing, heating, cooling and infrastructure products, has offloaded pension liabilities worth £600 million ($790 million) to insurance giant Aviva in a deal guided by Freshfields and CMS, the insurer said Monday.
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November 17, 2025
Fraudulent Insurance Claims Continue To Top £1B A Year
Fraudulent claims in the U.K. general insurance sector rose again in 2024, with those linked to motor cover driving much of the increase, the Association of British Insurers warned on Monday.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Litigation involving insurance companies or executives
- Disputes over commercial, directors and officers, management, and professional liability insurance policies
- Lawsuits over coverage for business interruption losses, natural disasters, and environmental contamination claims
- Appellate rulings on insurance coverage disputes
- Mass actions over deceptive and unfair trade practices, modal premium rates, and vanishing premiums
- Financial List cases involving insurance products
- Cases in Bermuda or other Commonwealth jurisdiction courts that affect U.K. companies
- Reinsurance arbitration
- AGENCIES
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Bank of England
- Prudential Regulation Authority
- European Commission
- European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
- European Securities and Markets Authority
- European Banking Authority
- POLICY & REGULATION
- U.K. and EU insurance regulation, policy proposals and studies
- U.K. and EU Parliament hearings involving the insurance industry
- Insurance legislation and amendments in the U.K. Parliament and EU Parliament
- Insurance Act
- Solvency II and the Insurance Distribution Directive
- Treaty of Lisbon
- International insurance regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Fraud investigations and actions involving insurance companies
- Kickback, bribery, and corruption cases involving insurance companies or executives
- PROFILES
- Interviews with high-profile attorneys and regulatory officials
- Personnel moves
- Judicial appointments
Readership
- Insurance barristers and solicitors
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at top British companies
- Executives and attorneys at insurance companies and corporate policyholders
- International insurance attorneys
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at U.K. and EU agencies
- Judges and court staff
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals