Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Insurance Industry, Competition

FCA Premium Finance Study: Concerns Raised but No Regulatory Changes Proposed

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/4/2025

- What is new: Preliminary findings from the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) market study of premium finance, which focuses on motor and home insurance, highlight concerns about affordability, value and transparency,...more

A Deep Dive Into Intermediary Remuneration as the UK Supreme Court Considers Its Legality

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/22/2025

Is payment to an intermediary, not by its client but by the financial service provider, an illegal inducement or a legitimate distribution cost? In Hopcraft, the UK Supreme Court will consider this perennial question. The...more

Top UK finance litigation and contract law developments from 2020

A&O Shearman on 2/15/2021

This is a round-up of the most interesting finance litigation and contractual developments in 2020. The selection is necessarily subjective and draws from a wide range of cases and developments that are of direct relevance to...more

UK Launches Antitrust Review of the Wholesale Insurance Broker Market

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

The Situation: The UK Financial Conduct Authority has launched a market study into whether competition works well in the insurance broker market. The Impact: The FCA has begun a fact-finding review into the role of...more

UK: FCA General Insurance and Protection Sector Views 2017

Hogan Lovells on 4/28/2017

The FCA has outlined the current trends, risks and its overall assessment of the General Insurance sector in its 2017 Sector Views, published last week. ...more

Will the UK's Scrutiny of Insurers' Use of Big Data Impact U.S. Regulators?

Carlton Fields on 12/3/2015

On November 24, the United Kingdom's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), issued a "Call for Inputs" regarding insurers' use of Big Data. The FCA asked for views, supported by examples and evidence, of...more