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Practical guidance, commentary and support on the insurance sector for financial services professionals.

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CPD is changing
  • Hub page
  • 24 Apr 2023
On 1 November 2023, revised continuing professional development (CPD) Regulations were introduced. Find out why ICAEW is changing its CPD requirements, who is affected and what is changing.
Exclusive Assurance challenges in the Context of CSRD
  • Article
  • 20 Mar 2024
  • ICAEW: Financial Services Faculty
Polly Tsang, Senior Financial Services Regulatory Manager considers some of the challenges of assurance over CSRD.
Exclusive Regulatory update April 2024
  • Article
  • 13 May 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from April 2024 affecting UK financial services.
Exclusive Introduction to PCAF – how to account for GHG emissions related to financial activities
  • Webinar
  • 30 Apr 2024
An overview of the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF’s) Standard for measuring and disclosing on the GHG emissions associated with the financial activities of banks, (re)insurers, asset owners and managers.
Exclusive Maintaining stability in the era of stablecoins
  • Article
  • 16 Jan 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
Stablecoins emerge as a prospective form of future money, offering a plausible alternative to traditional fiat paper money and commercial bank deposits.
Exclusive Labour’s plans for financial services: evolution rather than revolution
  • Article
  • 14 Mar 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
As the UK gears up for a general election, the parties have been readying their manifesto positions, including for financial services.

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Insurance Focus

Exclusive Climate based disclosure guidance under IFRS S2 for Insurers
  • 16 May 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
With the release of IFRS S2 Climate-related disclosure in June of 2023, insurers who are considering a voluntary application of the standard in advance of any endorsement by local authorities are looking into what the new requirements mean for them.
Opportunity knocks: catching up with Kamidu Ravindra
  • 04 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Three years after making London his home, insurance specialist Kamidu is continuing to embrace everything the city and the accountancy profession has to offer.
What do changes in the professional indemnity (PI) insurance market mean for members?
  • 28 Mar 2024
  • Marsh Commercial
The insurance industry tends to be cyclical, with a typical cycle spanning several years. The cycles involve periods of soft market conditions and hard market conditions – impacting commercial businesses in different ways. Marsh Commercial explain the opportunities of the soft market, the impact of the hard market and the benefits of access to the exclusive members’ PI insurance scheme.
Exclusive Assurance challenges in the Context of CSRD
  • 20 Mar 2024
  • ICAEW: Financial Services Faculty
Polly Tsang, Senior Financial Services Regulatory Manager considers some of the challenges of assurance over CSRD.
Exclusive Insurance supervisory priorities and risks
  • 23 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The PRA has published a letter setting out its 2024 supervisory priorities for insurers.
What’s driving the UK tax insurance boom?
  • 26 Jan 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Lower prices, deeper expertise and broader risk appetites are just some of the factors behind huge growth in the market.
Exclusive The Sustainability Disclosure Regime and Investment Labels Goes Live in 2024
  • 18 Jan 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
In a world grappling with environmental and social challenges, investors are increasingly drawn to funds that align with sustainability goals.
Exclusive FCA proposals to support diversity and inclusion
  • 24 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
Concerns that financial services organisations are paying lip service to DE&I has prompted proposals that strengthen the regulator’s expectations around non-financial misconduct.
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Regulation

Exclusive Regulatory update April 2024
  • Article
  • 13 May 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from April 2024 affecting UK financial services.
Exclusive Regulatory update February 2024
  • Article
  • 18 Mar 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from February 2024 affecting UK financial services.
Exclusive Insurance supervisory priorities and risks
  • Article
  • 23 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The PRA has published a letter setting out its 2024 supervisory priorities for insurers.
Exclusive Regulatory update November 2023
  • Newsletter
  • 30 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from November 2023 affecting UK financial services.
Exclusive Regulatory Update September 2023
  • Article
  • 23 Oct 2023
  • ICAEW, Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from September 2023 affecting UK financial services.  
Exclusive CASS 5 audits – insights and hot topics
  • Webinar
  • 04 Oct 2023
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The Financial Services Faculty will provide helpful insights and hot topics specifically focused on CASS 5 insurance intermediary firms.
ICAEW REP 085/23 CP response - CP 12 23 Review of Solvency II: Adapting to the UK Insurance Market
  • Representation
  • 05 Sep 2023
  • PDF (197kb)
A representation dated 1 September 2023 to a consultation published by the Prudential Regulation Authority on 29 June 2023.
Exclusive Regulatory Update June 2023
  • Article
  • 07 Aug 2023
  • ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from June 2023 affecting UK financial services.  
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