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The Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA’s) director of insurance supervision, Shoib Khan, recently clarified the PRA’s approach to the UK (re)insurance market, including in the following key areas...more
The PRA published Policy Statement 13/24 (PS13/24) on 26 July 2024 providing feedback on the PRA’s Consultation Paper 24/23 (CP24/23) on Funded Reinsurance (FundedRe). PS13/24 is published alongside the PRA’s final policy in...more
The PRA has released an important statement on its approach to funded reinsurance. Our view is that the statement endorses the conceptual principle that funded reinsurance (particularly to offshore counterparties) should best...more
As discussed in our previous updates, in June 2020 the UK government announced a wide-ranging review of the Solvency II framework in the UK, aimed at reforming the insurance regulatory framework inherited from the EU given...more
The post-Brexit Solvency II reform aims for a more competitive and dynamic insurance sector in the UK. The UK government’s proposals to adapt the Solvency II regime more appropriately to the national insurance market have...more
This edition of The Standard Formula looks at the updated proposals set out in the consultation paper published by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) on July 28, 2023, which relate to the BMA’s plan to enhance the...more
UK regulator continues to raise concerns that current market practices could lead to systemic risk. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued another communication, the latest of a series related to...more
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has reiterated its concerns regarding the UK bulk purchase annuity market. This contributes to a broader international theme of regulators expressing concern regarding the rapid...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) laid out its priorities for insurance supervision this year in a 10 January 2023 Priorities Letter. In this newsletter, we summarise the broad themes emerging from the Priorities...more
COVID-19: PRA statement on decision by insurance companies to pause dividends - On 8 April 2020, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a statement welcoming the prudent decision of some insurance firms to...more
The Hogan Lovells’ Corporate Insurance Newsletter for February has been published. This provides a round-up of UK, EU and international regulatory developments relevant to UK based insurance market participants. ...more
The FCA and PRA announced changes to enforcement process with the aim of strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of enforcement decision-making processes. Some of the changes have already come into force, the rest...more
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority has published: - a brief Policy Statement: “Solvency II: external audit of the public disclosure requirement – PS24/16“; - a short Supervisory Statement: “SS11/16: Solvency...more
Under the PRA’s Solvency II-implementing rules, (re)insurers are required (*) to publish an annual Solvency & Financial Condition Report (SFCR), which describes: - the (re)insurer’s business and performance; - the...more
Between 1 April 2013 and 15 February 2016, the PRA published a series of Solvency II Directors’ letters, Executive Directors’ letters, and Feedback Statements, so that everyone knew what its expectations were, as it developed...more
The PRA has published a letter from Chris Moulder, its general insurance director, to the CEOs of the 26 general insurers and Lloyd’s syndicates that participated in its 2015 General Insurance Stress Testing exercise. The...more