New legislation laid out in the King's Speech on Wednesday included the government's plans for a bill to strengthen trading ties with the European Union alongside an Enhancing Financial Services Bill in the next 12 months, but lawyers warn that the scope remains limited with potential unexpected consequences.
New powers that put companies on the chopping block for crimes committed by their executives dramatically expand corporate liability to include a wider array of offenses, which businesses already struggling with "compliance fatigue" have barely begun to grapple with, lawyers say.
A ruling by Britain's highest court that allows insurers to cut payouts for claims based on COVID-19 furlough payments could affect how other types of government financial support will work in the future, lawyers say.
An approaching deadline for new claims for COVID-19 business interruption has prompted a series of last-minute court filings, but lawyers say that any fresh disputes will be narrow and likely to focus on complex questions not resolved by earlier test cases.
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New legislation laid out in the King's Speech on Wednesday included the government's plans for a bill to strengthen trading ties with the European Union alongside an Enhancing Financial Services Bill in the next 12 months, but lawyers warn that the scope remains limited with potential unexpected consequences.
New powers that put companies on the chopping block for crimes committed by their executives dramatically expand corporate liability to include a wider array of offenses, which businesses already struggling with "compliance fatigue" have barely begun to grapple with, lawyers say.
A ruling by Britain's highest court that allows insurers to cut payouts for claims based on COVID-19 furlough payments could affect how other types of government financial support will work in the future, lawyers say.
An approaching deadline for new claims for COVID-19 business interruption has prompted a series of last-minute court filings, but lawyers say that any fresh disputes will be narrow and likely to focus on complex questions not resolved by earlier test cases.
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June 11, 2026
A global standard setter has urged financial institutions to manage artificial intelligence risks linked to third-parties and incorporate human oversight into the use of AI effectively, in a new consultation that looks at the responsible adoption of the technology.
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June 11, 2026
TransUnion has successfully struck out an employee's age and disability discrimination claim after a tribunal found its health insurance policy clearly ended payments at retirement age.
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June 11, 2026
The insurance market suffers from a lack of coordination in responding to business interruption cyber claims, a trade body has warned.
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June 11, 2026
The U.K.'s largest companies spent more than twice as much on defined contribution pensions as on traditional final salary, or defined benefit, schemes in 2025, according to a report published on Thursday.
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June 11, 2026
The government's plan to allow trustees to tap into pension surpluses includes rules that clear the way for schemes to more easily pay out lump sum benefits to scheme members, experts said.
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June 11, 2026
The U.K.'s accounting watchdog opened an investigation on Thursday into the conduct of individuals and firms involved in auditing the books of failed mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions, whose collapse has sparked allegations of a £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) fraud.
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June 10, 2026
Intense competition between insurance companies is helping U.K.-based defined benefit pension plans achieve "unprecedented" retirement deal pricing, Lane Clark & Peacock has said.
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June 10, 2026
The government's plan to strip back controversial pension scam rules will solve some of the biggest issues faced by Britons when transferring long-term savings, lawyers have said.
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June 10, 2026
Howden has accused its former head of power of colluding with rival BMS Group to poach the bulk of his client book after relations with a key broker soured over the insurer's expansion into the U.S. retail market.
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June 10, 2026
The government announced long-awaited rules on Wednesday governing how billions of pounds in pension surpluses can be extracted from well-funded retirement schemes.
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June 10, 2026
The government has launched a group to help strengthen trust in artificial intelligence as part of its broader bid to encourage wider adoption of the new technology.
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June 09, 2026
A London judge on Tuesday ordered a Texas conglomerate whose brands include the Golden Nugget hotel and casino chain and the Rainforest Cafe to end litigation in Louisiana in a long-running and bitter dispute with a Chubb unit over coverage for losses that occurred during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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June 09, 2026
Britain's retirement savings watchdog must turn the vision set out in its refreshed corporate strategy for the next five years into "measurable expectations" for the pensions sector, a think tank has said.
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June 09, 2026
The government floated new plans on Tuesday to block workers from transferring long-term savings to bogus pension plans, in a new bid to crack down on retirement scams.
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June 09, 2026
JMG Group has bought Langton London Insurance Brokers, adding to its specialist commercial insurance business.
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June 09, 2026
U.K. managing general agent NBS Underwriting said Tuesday that it has expanded its professional indemnity insurance capacity by joining up with AmTrust, allowing brokers to access up to £10 million ($13.4 million) of coverage through a single placement.
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June 09, 2026
Policymakers should allow British savers under 40 to draw down a year's worth of their state pension now in exchange for postponing the point at which they start receiving state retirement benefits, a think tank said Tuesday.
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June 08, 2026
Plans by the U.K. government to ensure trustees provide savers with a so-called guided retirement in later life could play a "critical role" in improving how Britons navigate pension decisions, a think tank said Monday, but such plans must be gradually developed to meet competing needs.
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June 08, 2026
Two men have been sentenced to a total of more than nine years in prison for their roles in a £275,500 ($368,000) fraud involving fake collision claims linked to a vehicle repair business, the City of London Police said Monday.
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June 08, 2026
Insurance giant Aviva PLC said Monday that artificial intelligence is driving an increase in fraud, after it recorded £233 million ($311 million) in suspicious claims last year.
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June 08, 2026
Lawmakers have called for sweeping reforms to the way that businesses seek investment from banks, pension funds and the capital markets in order to raise an additional £200 billion ($267 billion) each year to match the performance of the strongest economies.
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June 08, 2026
The government must tighten rules that allow trustees to block pension transfers if they suspect members are being scammed, a long-term savings provider warned Monday.
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June 08, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority warned consumers on Monday about paid promotions from claims management companies and law firms that encourage people to sign up for motor finance claims, saying some are disguised as independent advice.
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June 08, 2026
Italy's largest lender, Intesa Sanpaolo, said Monday that it is making a €30.6 billion ($35.2 billion) takeover offer for Monte dei Paschi di Siena — a day after rival Banco BPM called on MPS to open talks on a "merger of equals."
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June 05, 2026
The past week in London has seen the U.K.'s oldest Indian restaurant launch an appeal against King Charles III's property company in an effort to stop its eviction, trustees of a bankrupt former EY tax partner file a claim against his wife, and 37 leading insurers bring a lawsuit against agrichemical company Syngenta over an insurance dispute. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.