Insurance UK

  • March 14, 2024

    FCA Warns Firms To Give Fair Value Under Consumer Duty

    The Financial Conduct Authority warned firms on Thursday that it will act on significant concerns about failure to deliver fair value for savers under the Consumer Duty regime.

  • March 14, 2024

    Clara Takes Debenhams Pension Scheme In Landmark Deal

    All 10,400 members of the retirement savings plan of collapsed retailer Debenhams will have their promised pension benefits restored after Clara-Pensions announced Thursday it would take on the scheme in the U.K.'s second-ever superfund transaction.

  • March 14, 2024

    Insurers Launch Fire Safety Project In Response To Grenfell

    McGill and Partners Ltd. has established a fire safety program, designed to expand insurance capacity for buildings with combustible cladding, in response to the deadly 2017 fire at the Grenfell Tower flats in West London.

  • March 14, 2024

    EU Renews US Insurance Market Equivalence For 10 Years

    The European Union will continue recognizing U.S. insurance regulations as equivalent to its own for another 10 years, the European Commission said Thursday.

  • March 14, 2024

    Advisers Want Tax Reduction For Pensions, Aegon Says

    Many British financial advisers want the government to reduce taxes as part of pension reforms following the next general election, insurance firm Aegon UK said Thursday.

  • March 21, 2024

    DWF Hires Clyde & Co. Pro David Wynn As New Partner

    DWF LLP has bolstered its global insurance practice by hiring David Wynn as a new partner from Clyde & Co. LLP, where he headed the global legacy solutions practice for the past 10 years.

  • March 14, 2024

    Insurer Completes Full Construction Co. Pension Scheme Deal

    Insurer Just Group said on Thursday that it has completed a £37 million ($47.3 million) buy-out of a pension scheme sponsored by a leading engineering and construction company, finishing the process that it started in 2013.

  • March 14, 2024

    CMS Leads Rothesay £6B Buy Of Scottish Widows Portfolio

    Pension insurer Rothesay Life said Thursday that it will buy Scottish Widows' £6 billion ($7.7 billion) portfolio of bulk annuities from Lloyds Banking Group PLC, in a transaction guided by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.

  • March 13, 2024

    Pensions Watchdog Workers Call Off Strike, Agree To Pay Deal

    Some 400 workers at The Pensions Regulator suspended their strike action after agreeing to a pay increase aligned with guidelines set for government employees, the watchdog said Wednesday.

  • March 13, 2024

    Norton Pension Scam Victims Receive Initial £9.4M Redress

    Former employees of Norton Motorcycles received £9.4 million ($12 million) into their pension schemes from the Fraud Compensation Fund this week, an independent trustee told a group of senior MPs on Wednesday.

  • March 13, 2024

    Gordons, Pinsent Masons Steer Academy Buy Of Allianz Unit

    Academy Insurance Services has agreed to acquire the Premierline commercial insurance arm of insurance giant Allianz in the U.K. for an undisclosed amount in a deal guided by Pinsent Masons LLP and Gordons LLP.

  • March 13, 2024

    'Significant' Gaps Remain In UK Pension Provision, FCA Says

    Automatic enrollment should be recognized as a success, but gaps around the retirement saving provision remain, the Financial Conduct Authority's chief executive said Wednesday, raising questions about Britain's current and future pension landscape.

  • March 13, 2024

    Bond Market Seeks Mix Of FCA Proposals On Trade Reporting

    U.K. and European trade bodies jointly laid out their preferences on Wednesday for a U.K. regulatory framework for publishing bond trading data based on elements of two potential models proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority.

  • March 13, 2024

    Insurer Direct Line Snubs £3.2B Improved Ageas Bid

    British insurer Direct Line on Wednesday said it had rejected an improved £3.2 billion ($4.1 billion) offer from Belgian rival Ageas because it still "significantly undervalues" the group.

  • March 12, 2024

    Civil Servants Appeal For 2nd Shot At Age Bias Challenge

    Twenty civil servants argued Tuesday that they were not given a fair shot at their claim that a redundancy compensation scheme was unjustifiably biased against older staff.

  • March 12, 2024

    Staffer Who Sent Sex Doll To Boss Unfairly Axed By Tech Biz

    A tech company unfairly fired an employee who sent their manager a sex doll, an employment tribunal ruled, although it also rejected the staffer's bid for £16 million ($20.6 million) in damages and their request to be reinstated.

  • March 12, 2024

    £100B Of UK Pension Surplus Could Be Returned To Sponsors

    An estimated £100 billion ($128 billion) could boost British businesses and workers over the next decade if retirement savings plans continue to run on after the point at which they're fully funded, a consultancy said Tuesday.

  • March 12, 2024

    UK Pension Deals Hit Record-Breaking £50B In 2023

    The total value of pension transfer deals in the U.K. hit a record-breaking £50 billion ($64 billion) in 2023, Hymans Robertson said Tuesday, with the number of transactions also eclipsing previous highs.

  • March 12, 2024

    Gov't To Give Banks More Time To Investigate Payment Fraud

    HM Treasury on Tuesday published draft legislation giving banks more time to investigate suspected fraud on payments, giving them a better chance of stopping thieves.

  • March 12, 2024

    AI Attacks Pose Critical Threat To Businesses, Lloyd's Says

    Artificial intelligence will empower cybercriminals and potentially increase the frequency and sophistication of digital attacks, Lloyd's of London warned in a report published Tuesday.

  • March 12, 2024

    FCA's New Greenwashing Rules Lack Clarity, City Firms Warn

    City firms are pressing the Financial Conduct Authority to revise the draft guidance for its new anti-greenwashing rules to clear up critical ambiguities as they seek greater clarity on how broadly it will be applied.

  • March 11, 2024

    Insurers Sued For €403M Over Nord Stream Pipeline Damage

    The operator of two Baltic Sea gas pipelines hit by explosions has sued its insurers for more than €403 million ($440 million) to cover damage intended to "sabotage a politically significant pipeline" supplying natural gas from Russia to Western Europe.

  • March 11, 2024

    New Treasury Review Of AML Rules To Cast Wide Net

    The U.K. Treasury said Monday that a new review on the effectiveness of anti-money laundering regulations will have a broad scope, encompassing more than 100,000 businesses, including law firms.

  • March 11, 2024

    MPs To Hear From Administrators In Norton Pension Scandal

    A parliamentary committee said Monday that it will weigh whether victims of pension fraud can receive compensation faster as the first part of its probe into the retirement savings scandal at Norton Motorcycle Co.  

  • March 11, 2024

    Global Standards-Setter Sets Deposit Insurance Review

    The International Association of Deposit Insurers said Monday that it will focus its 2024 efforts on updating the rules for deposit insurance, including studying how it works, collecting more data on it and helping members improve their systems.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    EU Class Action Policy Guided By Wrong Measure Of Success

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    The political agreement obtained last month on the first European Union-wide rules on collective redress illustrates the fact that the main goal of the authorities is to increase the number of class action claims rather than focus on the application of standard civil liability principles, says Sylvie Gallage-Alwis at Signature Litigation.

  • An Attractive Regime For Governing Jurisdiction Post-Brexit

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    As indicated by the U.K.'s recent application to join the Lugano Convention, this is an "oven-ready" option for the U.K. for governing questions of jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments with European Union countries after Brexit — but not without important differences from the current regime, say attorneys at Latham.

  • Reinsurance Implications Of COVID-19 Biz Interruption Laws

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    In light of legislative and public pressure in the U.S. and U.K. on insurers to cover business interruption losses related to COVID-19, reinsurers will face new questions regarding their obligation to cover claim payments, say Robin Dusek at Saul Ewing and Susie Wakefield at Shoosmiths.

  • UK Appellate Rulings Clarify Arbitral Choice Of Law

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    Two recent U.K. Court of Appeal decisions have changed the operation of the choice-of-law test for arbitration — a resolution as significant as changing the test itself because it affects the implied choices of the contracting parties, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • Post-Pandemic Litigation To Expect In England And Wales

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    Globally, we are already starting to see insolvency-related claims and a number of insurance, breach of ‎contract, employment and securities class actions across numerous sectors. These and other claims will likely increase for U.K. businesses, say Tracey Dovaston and Fiona Huntriss at Boies Schiller.

  • UK Lawyers Can Adapt Due Diligence To Screen New Clients

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    As COVID-19-related fraud gains pace, U.K.-based practitioners should help combat money laundering by using alternative methods to verify that new clients are who they say they are, says Christopher Convey, a barrister at 33 Chancery Lane and chair of the Bar Council's Money Laundering Working Group.

  • A UK Business View Of COVID-19's Economic Fallout

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    Covington attorneys Alex Leitch and Harry Denlegh-Maxwell provide a bird's-eye view of how U.K. businesses will navigate the legal and economic aftermath of the pandemic, including discussion of where litigation funding, class actions, insurance disputes and force majeure fit it.

  • Remote Depositions Bring Ethics Considerations For Lawyers

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    Utilizing virtual litigation technologies and participating in remote depositions require attorneys to beware of inadvertently violating their ethical obligations, including the principal duty to provide competent representation, say attorneys at Troutman Sanders.

  • Time For Presumptive Virtual Mediation In The UK

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    While the COVID-19 outbreak is a real-time test of the U.K. justice system’s adaptability and innovation, it is also an opportunity to deliver alternative dispute resolution through virtual technology — and there are two ways in which this could be achieved, says Suzanne Rab at Serle Court.

  • UK 'Property' Classification Boosts Confidence In Bitcoin

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    In AA v. Persons Unknown, the English High Court classified bitcoins as property that can be the subject of proprietary injunctions, indicating the slow but growing acceptance of virtual currencies within the U.K., say Steven De Lara and Colin Grech at Signature Litigation.

  • 3 EU And UK Data Protection Tips During COVID-19

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    Though EU and U.K. data protection laws should not impede the fight against COVID-19, companies must continue to protect individuals' data, and the challenges of managing a remote workforce and the desire for information about the virus’s impact have significant implications for that responsibility, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Novolex Case Brings Lessons On R&W Insurance

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    A New York state court dispute between Novolex and a few of its insurers concerning coverage under a representations and warranties policy for a $267 million loss offers a rare glimpse into how a court might interpret acquisition agreements and insurance policy provisions, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • How Proposed EU Class Action Directive Could Affect Insurers

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    Insurers should beware the explosive potential of the EU's proposed directive providing for cross-border class actions and third-party funding for such actions, although it also bears strict requirements that will limit the number of cases, say Emmanuèle Lutfalla and Simon Fitzpatrick at Signature Litigation.

  • COVID-19 Insurance Considerations For UK Cos.

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    Though a new U.K. regulation recently made it easier for businesses to claim losses related to COVID-19, potential points of contention when seeking insurance coverage include whether the government ordered the business to close and whether an outbreak occurred at the premises, say attorneys at Covington.

  • UK Group Data Breach Claims Pose Big Financial Risks

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    Recent English court decisions appear to make it easier for data breach victims to bring collective actions, and consequently companies may find they are liable for huge sums in addition to fines under the General Data Protection Regulation, say attorneys at Morrison & Foerster.

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