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A Tailored Regime: PRA And FCA Consult On UK Insurance Captives

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority have unveiled Stage 1 of a new tailored regulatory framework for insurance captives, designed to be proportionate, competitive, and reflective of captives' lower risk profiles. With consultations closing in October 2026 and implementation targeted for mid-2027, the regime promises streamlined authorisation, bespoke capital requirements, and simplified supervision—but will it be enough to compete with established offshore jurisdic

United Kingdom Insurance

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Holman Fenwick Willan

Secondary Perils, Record Losses And A Widening Protection Gap: What The Data Means For Insurers In 2026

The latest natural catastrophe data from 2025 should prompt insurers to ask an uncomfortable question: are current underwriting frameworks, modelling tools and coverage structures fit for a risk environment that looks materially different from the one they were designed for?

United Kingdom Insurance

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Browne Jacobson

Inside Lloyd’s: Navigating Its Structure, Regulation And M&A Dynamics (Podcast)

“The Practice Manual,” host Rob Chaplin is joined by colleagues George Gray, Theo Charalambous and Usman Sawar to explore the world of Lloyd’s of London, the one-of-a-kind insurance and reinsurance marketplace and market regulator that has the capability to write insurance in over 200 territories around the world.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

”Event” Aggregation Wording Considered In Reinsurance Claim

The High Court examined whether reinsurance losses from Covid-19 conference cancellations could be aggregated by jurisdiction under multi-line excess of loss treaties.

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

PRA Publishes Consultation Paper On New UK Captives Regime

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Double Trouble? Contribution Claims Of “contingent” Insurers Struck Out

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

"Hesitation Is Paralysis”: The Evolving Role Of Insurance In Building Global Resilience

United Kingdom Finance

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Guernsey Finance

The Pensions Brief: May 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

PRA Proposes Funded Reinsurance Reform

United Kingdom Insurance

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Funded Reinsurance: The PRA’s Proposed Changes To Capital Treatment – The Final Landing Place?

United Kingdom Insurance

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Mayer Brown

Insolvency At Sea (Again)—Court Of Appeal Upholds 'Pay First' Clauses In Marine Insurance Policy (MS Amlin v King Trader)

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

UK Regulator Sets Out Insurance Supervision Priorities For 2026

United Kingdom Insurance

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Mayer Brown

UK Insurance Regulation: Looking Ahead To 2026

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

MS Amlin Court Win Sets Major Precedent: Marine Insurers Entitled To Rely On Pay-first Clauses

United Kingdom Insurance

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Browne Jacobson

Inside Lloyd’s: Navigating Its Structure, Regulation And M&A Dynamics (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

The EU AI Act’s Transparency Rules Are Now Live: What Organisations Need To Do

United Kingdom Technology

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Kingsley Napley

AI-generated Grievances: What Every Employer Needs To Know (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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A&O Shearman

Pharma M&A Is Back - H1 2026 Update

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The CATO Regime: Bringing Competition To Electricity Transmission (Podcast)

United Kingdom Energy

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Jones Day

PRA Update On Approach To FundedRe

In its priorities for 2025, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) signalled that it would remain focused on the bulk purchase annuity (BPA) market.

United Kingdom Insurance

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Mayer Brown

'Silent AI': The Risk Of Unintended Consequences For MGAs

In the age of AI, insurers are encouraged to anticipate AI risks and ensure their wordings are explicit as to the cover they give (or not, as the case may be).

United Kingdom Insurance

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Browne Jacobson

The PRA's Letter To Chief Risk Officers On Solvency-Triggered Termination Rights

The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has issued a letter, dated 4 July 2025, to Chief Risk Officers of life insurers active in the bulk purchase annuity ("BPA") market.

United Kingdom Insurance

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Mayer Brown

RUBYMAR. Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clauses, The Hague Convention And Parallel Proceedings - Guy Blackwood KC And Robert Ward

Berytus Insurance & Reinsurance v. Golden Adventure Shipping [2025] EWHC 664 (Comm), The Rubymar.

United Kingdom Insurance

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Quadrant Chambers

Airline Insurance Market Renewal Outlook: Q1 2025

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

English Court Rules On Conflicting Jurisdiction And Arbitration Clauses

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

What's Going On In The Longevity Swap Market?

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

BPA Market: A Key PRA Priority For 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Mayer Brown

A Far From Ordinary Year: Downstream Energy Market Update The Risk Circuit: Season 1 – Episode 2

United Kingdom Energy

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WTW

U.K. Insurance Special Purpose Vehicles Proposed Changes By The PRA

United Kingdom Insurance

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A&O Shearman

The Softening Accelerates: Upstream Energy Market Update (Podcast)

United Kingdom Energy

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WTW

United Kingdom Transport

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Quadrant Chambers

Insurance & Professional Risks Annual Review 2025 Published

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

European Insurance Market Update – Property

European Union Insurance

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WTW

The Softening Accelerates: Upstream Energy Market Update (Podcast)

In this episode of The Risk Circuit, join host Marie Reiter and speakers Richard Burge, George Richardson and Jamie Lee as they discuss the latest global trends in the upstream energy insurance market.

United Kingdom Energy

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WTW

The judgment of Mrs Justice Dias in MOK Petro Energy v. Argo (No. 604) Limited (The "F1") [2024] EWHC 1935 (Comm) contains an important analysis of the requirement of physical "damage" in a particular average claim.

United Kingdom Transport

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Quadrant Chambers

Insurance & Professional Risks Annual Review 2025 Published

This comprehensive annual review examines the most significant insurance and professional risks cases and regulatory developments from the past year, offering critical insights for policyholders and market...

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

European Insurance Market Update – Property

The property insurance market is growing after years of hardening, with insurers adopting strategic selectivity, seeking new business, focusing on desirable risks, and prioritizing retention.

European Union Insurance

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WTW

Global Marketplace Insights – Marine Q3 2024

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

Downstream Energy: Light At The End Of The Tunnel

In this article from the 2024 Energy Market Review we analyze the global downstream energy market of 2023 and forecast what to expect in 2024.

United Kingdom Energy

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WTW

Credit And Political Risk Insurance Capacity Survey And Market Update 2024

The 2024 CPRI survey looks at current market trends, as well as a detailed view of notional maximum line sizes and tenors available per transaction across the principal CPRI products.

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

European Insurance Market Update Q4 2023

In this update we analyse the current European commercial lines insurance market based on the experiences of our WTW clients.

European Union Insurance

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WTW

ESG Special: Planning And Implementing An Effective ESG Strategy (Podcast)

As regulatory pressures and scrutiny from stakeholders continues to grow, having an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy in place has become more and more important.

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

Anti-Suit Injunctions: High Court Considers Proper Approach Where Facts Relevant To Jurisdiction Disputed

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Smooth Sailing Through A Solvent Exit: Diving Into CP2/24

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

FundedRe - Too Much Of A Good Thing?

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

Airline Insurance Market Renewal Outlook: Q1 2024

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

Insurance & Professional Risks Annual Review 2023 Published

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What Happened In The Longevity Swap Market In 2023?

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

De-Risking Report 2024

United Kingdom Employment

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WTW

UK Pension Schemes Should Pay Attention To Reinsurers' ESG Policies

United Kingdom Employment

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WTW

Bulk Annuity Market In Focus: Are Insurers Reporting ESG Improvements?

United Kingdom Commercial

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WTW

Portfolio Optimization In The Commercial Lines Market: Underwriting Implementation (Podcast)

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

Energy Market Review Update 2023

United Kingdom Energy

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WTW

International Energy Liability Update 2023

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

PRA Releases Consultation Paper On Funded Reinsurance

United Kingdom Insurance

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Macfarlanes LLP

Property: Lack Of Competitive Pressures Continues To Drive Hard Market Conditions

United Kingdom Insurance

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WTW

Airline Insurance Market Renewal Outlook: Q4 2023

Worldwide Insurance

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WTW

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