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

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- 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

Cooley LLP

UK Civil Justice Council Publishes Review of Litigation Funding

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The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has published its highly anticipated final report on the regulation and development of litigation funding in England and Wales. This comprehensive report addresses the implications of the UK...more

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

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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

Hogan Lovells

UK PRA Business Plan 2025/26: Priorities evolving towards increasing emphasis on competitiveness and growth

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The PRA has published its Business Plan for 2025/26, setting out the workplan for each of its strategic priorities and strategy to advance its primary and secondary objectives. The PRA comments that, alongside its continual...more

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2024 Insights: Corporate Trends

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Global M&A Activity Endures Headwinds in 2023 and Displays Resilience Going Into 2024 - Despite market headwinds, dealmakers have looked to carveouts, spin-offs, joint ventures and other creative deal structures to engage...more

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Top UK finance litigation and contract law developments from 2020

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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

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Alert: Brexit Readiness: Possible Key Impacts of the Conclusion of the Transition Period on 31 December 2020

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On 31 January 2020, the UK left the European Union and entered a transition period that is due to end at 11:00 pm GMT on 31 December 2020. At this point, it is still uncertain whether a new EU/UK deal will be reached. To...more

Jones Day

UK Launches Antitrust Review of the Wholesale Insurance Broker Market

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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

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UK: FCA General Insurance and Protection Sector Views 2017

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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

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UK Competition Commission Provisionally Finds Anti-Competitive Features in Privately-Funded Health Care

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The UK Competition Commission (the CC) has provisionally found that there are anti-competitive features in the supply or acquisition of privately-funded health care services, which give rise to adverse effects on competition....more

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