News

Mini Budget 22: Is The UK Finance Sector Over Regulated?

The UK’s overly complex regulatory environment has suffocated the ability of financial services firms from gaining a competitive edge, according to Parliament Street, the Westminster think tank. In a stinging attack on the failures of the […]

Legal

ADR Mediation: Reaction to Govt. Dispute Resolution Proposals

Some reaction to the recent announcement on compulsory mediation on claims and disputes under £10,000. Matthew Maxwell Scott, executive director of ACSO, commented: “We’ve long argued that every model of dispute resolution needs to be explored […]

Global insurance trends

Athora Holding Appoints New CEO & Deputy CEO

Athora Holding Ltd. (“Athora” or “the Group”), a leading European retirement services group with €79 billion assets under administration, has announced the appointment of Mike Wells as Group Chief Executive Officer, subject to regulatory approvals, […]

Technology

Automation Works Well, But Don’t Forget The Customer

According to new research from Intelligent Automation company ABBYY, 99% of UK IT decision makers have implemented a form of automation technology in the last two years, while pre-pandemic 1 in 6 (15%) UK businesses had no […]

Insurance Brokers

Pukka Goes Live on CDL’s Cloud-Based Admin Service

Pukka Services, part of the Freedom Group, has become the first MGA to go live on a new cloud-based policy administration platform for insurers and managing general agents, launched by CDL to provide an efficient […]

News

Royal London Comments on Ending The LV Love-In

Some comment has been issued by Royal London after the end of formal talks with LV=, which is quite spicy. Does Liverpool Victoria have a future as a standalone with-profits insurance entity? It’s worth considering […]