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March 06, 2024
Pensions Watchdog Outlines New Funding Strategy Reporting
The pensions watchdog has laid out new requirements for trustees when they report on their funding plans, as analysts warned of the growing regulatory burden on the sector.
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March 05, 2024
Hiscox Rolls Out 1st Tranche Of $150M Buyback Program
Insurer Hiscox Ltd. on Tuesday started the first part of its share repurchase scheme worth up to a total $150 million, as it posted a record pretax profit.
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March 05, 2024
Spending Watchdog Warns BoE As Compliance Breaches Rise
The U.K. public spending watchdog has urged the Bank of England to examine its controls after it found a significant increase in breaches of staff policies at the central bank.
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March 05, 2024
More Insurers Sued For $44M Over Plane Stranded In Russia
An Irish aircraft operating company has added 24 reinsurers to its lawsuit that aims to claw back $44 million to cover the loss of a plane leased to a Russian airline and held there after the country's invasion of Ukraine.
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March 05, 2024
FCA Warns Firms To Remedy Failings In AML Controls
The Financial Conduct Authority has fired off a warning to the chief executives of 1,000 firms it regulates for money laundering purposes, telling them on Tuesday to tackle failings in their controls.
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March 05, 2024
FCA Begins Crackdown On Poor-Value Insurance Products
The move by the Financial Conduct Authority to restrict sales of guaranteed asset protection insurance is a sign of a faster approach to market intervention, and could lead the regulator to scrutinize other underperforming products, consultants say.
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March 05, 2024
FCA Orders Total Pause On Asset Protection Insurance Sales
The Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday it has struck a deal with the remaining providers of guaranteed asset protection insurance to pause all sales as it examines whether the additional safeguard for policyholders offers value for money.
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March 04, 2024
5th Circ. Says Hurricane Coverage Battle Must Be Arbitrated
A Louisiana property owner and its eight domestic insurers must arbitrate the owner's claims that they mishandled and delayed paying its Hurricane Laura property damage claim in bad faith, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday, reversing a district court's decision that found an arbitration provision at issue unenforceable.
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March 04, 2024
McLaren Ups Claim Against Spanish Racing Driver To $31M
McLaren Racing Ltd. has hiked its claim against Álex Palou, alleging that it lost an estimated $31 million when the Spanish driver walked away from their Formula 1 deal and signed with a competitor.
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March 04, 2024
Most UK Pension Schemes Offering Below-Inflation Increases
Most defined benefit pension schemes are offering their members increases below inflation levels, prompting calls for discretionary payment boosts in light of funding improvements, pensions consultancy Broadstone said on Monday.
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March 04, 2024
FCA Warns Asset Managers To Follow Sustainability Rules
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned chief executives of asset management companies that it will focus on their compliance with rules on sustainability disclosure that come into force this year.
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March 04, 2024
5 Questions For Peter Carter On Insider Dealing Prosecutions
The Financial Conduct Authority's successful prosecution of a former Goldman Sachs analyst for insider dealing provides new insights into what a determined criminal will do to get around compliance procedures and break the law. Here Peter Carter KC at Doughty Street Chambers, who led the prosecution for the FCA, talks to Law360 about the intricacies of tackling these kinds of cases.
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March 04, 2024
Gov't To Require Pensions To Disclose UK Investments
The U.K. government said it will require pension schemes to disclose how much they invest in U.K. businesses, as part of a wider effort to tap into the sector for economic growth.
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March 04, 2024
RPC Advises Aviva's Return To Lloyd's With £242M Deal
British insurer Aviva PLC said Monday that it plans to return to the Lloyd's of London market after two decades through its £242 million ($307 million) acquisition of Probitas, an insurance group.
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March 01, 2024
Business Owners Fail To Prove COVID Impact, Insurer Says
A pub landlord and seven other business owners have failed to prove that a case of COVID-19 occurred at each of their premises and caused its closure, therefore justifying insurance cover, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE has said.
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March 01, 2024
Broker Marsh Expands Ukraine War Insurance Facility
Insurance broker Marsh McLennan said on Friday that it is extending its Ukraine war risk insurance to cover ships carrying all non-military cargo, including containerized shipping, in support of the country's wider maritime industry.
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March 01, 2024
Greenwashing Risk Warning As EU Plans Benchmark Change
European asset managers warned on Friday that expected revisions to the rules on benchmarks would remove transparency, hindering the explanations about sustainability that they need to give investors to fight against greenwashing.
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March 01, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen a legal battle between confectionary heavyweight Mars Wrigley UK and a frozen food manufacturer, a trademark infringement claim by Abbott Diabetes Care over glucose monitoring meters, Mercedes-Benz Group hit with two commercial fraud disputes, and the Mediterranean Shipping Company tackle a cargo claim by an insurance company. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 01, 2024
FCA Says Grenfell Reinsurance Scheme Will Cut Premiums
A new reinsurance scheme will reduce the cost of insurance for leaseholders in flats, the Financial Conduct Authority has said, as it seeks to bring down premiums that have risen steeply since the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago.
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March 01, 2024
EU Watchdog Probes Low Natural Disaster Insurance Take-Up
Europe's insurance regulator has found that reluctance among consumers to invest in natural catastrophe insurance is influenced by concerns about costs, a lack of clarity about policy terms and negative past experiences.
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February 29, 2024
Police Federation Liable For 9,500 Pension Payouts
The Police Federation of England and Wales is on the hook to compensate thousands of its members after a group won its legal battle over a pension scheme that gave young officers worse benefits than older colleagues, a tribunal has ruled.
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February 29, 2024
FCA Plan To Name Suspect Firms Early Alarms Finance Sector
Plans put forward by the Financial Conduct Authority to name companies under investigation early might unfairly cause "catastrophic" damage to reputations, even if the regulator later drops the case, according to lawyers.
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February 29, 2024
MPs Quiz Watchdog On Chaos At Local Gov't Pension Fund
A group of senior MPs has asked the pensions watchdog about the steps it has taken to tackle disruption at a local government retirement fund where thousands of savers have faced delays in receiving their benefits.
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February 29, 2024
UK Pension 'Surplus Extraction' Changes Could Unlock £340B
Government proposals to use the surplus held in defined benefit pension schemes could unlock £340 billion ($430 billion) for investment in U.K. businesses or payments for members, according to PwC.
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February 29, 2024
£1.84B Of Gov't-Backed COVID Loans Suspected Fraudulent
Some £1.84 billion ($2.32 billion) of U.K. government-backed COVID-19 loans granted to help businesses through the pandemic are suspected to be fraudulent, the Department for Business and Trade said Thursday.
Expert Analysis
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Autonomous Vehicles And UK Product Liability Law: Part 2
With autonomous vehicles expected to hit the streets of the United Kingdom soon, manufacturers, insurers and their legal counsel face the challenge of determining how the U.K.'s product liability laws will be applied to questions of negligence, evidence and contracts raised by self-driving vehicles, says Michaela Herron of Bristows LLP.
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Autonomous Vehicles And UK Product Liability Law: Part 1
Autonomous vehicles present a number of challenges to the United Kingdom's product liability legal framework, especially with regard to the vehicles' heavy reliance on software, consumers' expectations of safety and the need for compliance with varying local traffic rules, says Michaela Herron of Bristows LLP.
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A Victory For Legal Privilege In Cross-Border Investigations
The U.K. Court of Appeal's recent decision in Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources is a substantial step toward confirming the application of legal privilege in internal investigations, and has significantly reduced the divergence in U.K. and U.S. privilege law, say attorneys with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP.
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UK And EU Crawl Toward Virtual Currency Regulation
The lack of a harmonized approach to regulation of initial coin offerings in the EU is leading to a piecemeal approach across member states that will hamper blockchain developments, say Jacqui Hatfield and Rebecca Kellner of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
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Is Equifax Data Breach Penalty A Sign Of Fines To Come?
Recently, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office fined Equifax £500,000 for falling victim to a cyberattack — the highest penalty available. Some speculate that this decision is a sign that the ICO is already assuming a tougher stance following the commencement of the General Data Protection Regulation, say James Castro-Edwards and Eaven Prenter of Wedlake Bell LLP.
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Ensure That Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Are Brexit-Proof
With only five months remaining for the U.K. to make a deal with the EU and the possibility of a "no-deal" Brexit looking increasingly plausible, now is the time to take proactive steps to protect your clients’ positions and to make sure that their contracts are effective and enforceable, say Claire Stockford and Caitlin McLean of Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP.
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5 Cyber Insurance Pitfalls To Avoid In The UK
Faced with the opportunity to purchase cyber risk insurance to mitigate the damage caused by cyber events, prospective policyholder companies need all the help they can get in order to navigate this increasingly complex part of the U.K. insurance market, says Richard Mattick of Covington & Burling LLP.
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UK Unexplained Wealth Orders: More Bark Than Bite So Far
This month, the U.K. National Crime Agency successfully resisted a challenge to its first unexplained wealth orders. This is a victory, but the agency has some way to go to show that UWOs will be a meaningful tool in the U.K.'s anti-money laundering arsenal, says Fred Saugman of WilmerHale.
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GDPR Compliance Questions For Blockchain Firms
The General Data Protection Regulation applies to blockchain networks that directly store personal information. However, blockchain technology can make compliance challenging, and also raises questions regarding who bears responsibility for compliance, say attorneys at Covington & Burling LLP.
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Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
As technology evolves, law firms are increasingly looking for ways to improve communication, transparency and service for their clients. Firms should put knowledge management at the core of their value proposition to create a competitive advantage, says Rob MacAdam at HighQ.
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Uncertainty Concerning The UK's Proper Purpose Rule?
The U.K. Supreme Court's judgment in Eclairs v. JKX seemingly opened the door for a broad interpretation of the proper purpose rule, but despite the confusion, the rule will continue to operate as a useful legal safeguard for shareholders, say Nick Hoffman and Conal Keane of Harney Westwood & Riegels LLP.
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How Europe's AML Regime Is Tackling Virtual Currencies
The use and provision of virtual currency services have remained largely unregulated in the European Union, but its newest anti-money laundering directive could be the first step to tougher regulation, say Chris Warren-Smith and Paul Mesquitta of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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UK Ruling Signifies Greater Cross-Border Sharing Of Data
In KBR v. SFO, the U.K. High Court confirmed that the Serious Fraud Office can require foreign companies to produce documents held outside the U.K. as long as there is a sufficient connection between the company and the jurisdiction. This judgment will embolden other agencies with similar compulsory document production powers, says Andrew Smith of Corker Binning.
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Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
Dark web monitoring allows law firms to see what sensitive information may have made its way onto the thriving global underground marketplace where cybercriminals buy and sell exposed data. It can also help lawyers advise clients on a wide range of legal and business matters, say Anju Chopra and Brian Lapidus of Kroll.
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Lessons From UK's Data Backlash
Tesco Bank and British Airways are the latest British icons to find themselves in legal difficulties regarding data breaches, exemplifying the breadth of breach-related risks beyond the established route of the Information Commissioner's Office, says Kim Roberts of King & Spalding LLP.