Insurance Regulation

IFoA Has Concerns About New Govt Auditing Regulator

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) supports the proposed overall structure for UK actuarial regulation set out in the UK Government’s White Paper, but has significant concerns about how this will work in practice. This […]

Household Insurance

Can 95% LTV Mortgages Revive First Time Buyer Market?

Rishi Sunak has promised to turn ‘generation rent into generation buy’ in his latest budget announcement with a return to 95% mortgages, previously phased out after the 2008 financial crash. ‘Generation rent’ refers to those […]

Opinion

Four Alternatives to The Recovery Loan Scheme

Applications for CBILS have now closed, and the UK government has launched the recovery loan scheme. These alternatives don’t require assets as security. The COVID-19 pandemic has been hugely disruptive for businesses across the UK, […]

Travel Insurance

Call For Insurer-State Partnership on Pandemic Risks

COVID-19 has illustrated that pandemic-related business interruption is directly linked to the decisions of governments to implement lockdown measures, making it impossible for insurers to model and price such a risk. Furthermore, it is systemic […]

Travel Insurance

Latest Lockdown Will Dampen Demand For Travel Insurance

It looks like tough times ahead for travel insurers and brokers, as the UK continues with its lockdown policy whilst the two vaccines are rolled out. Although many celebrities, footballers and Instagram influencers have all […]

News

Crossword Cybersecurity Wins UK Govt Grant

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc (AIM:CCS, “Crossword”, the “Company” or the “Group”), the technology commercialisation company focused  on cyber security and risk management, is pleased to announce that it has won an Innovate UK  grant for £157,612 to investigate the […]

Insurance Regulation

ABI Response to UK Govt Spending Review

The UK government published a spending review today and the ABI has offered this response; On the development of a National Infrastructure Bank, Huw Evans, ABI’s Director General, said: “We welcome the new National Infrastructure […]