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FCA issues Final Report in the Wholesale Insurance Broker Market Study
Today, the FCA released its Final Report in its Wholesale Insurance Broker Market Study. The study, which was launched in 2017, considered competition, transparency and conflicts concerns arising from changes in the market, including an increased use of broker facilities.
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Matthew Griffith and Neil Brown explore Lloyd's SPAs as an alternative for new market entrants to standalone syndicate formations and M&A
Read moreSigned, sealed, delivered
Matthew Griffith shares some strategies for delivering successful (re)insurance M&A – before and after the ink has dried
Read moreImpact of the EU’s distribution regime remains unclear
Intermediary market heading for change with Insurance Distribution Directive’s introduction
Read morePart VII transfers: Court protects policyholder interests by modifying guarantees
High Court uses its powers to ensure third party guarantees continue to apply in the same way following Part VII transfer
Read moreSolvency II: concerns raised by UK Treasury and Bank of England
In only its second month after implementation, the effects of Solvency II have already been called into question by the UK Treasury and the Bank of England, due to its potential impact on long-term investment and the competitiveness of the EEA insurers.
Read moreSelling, buying or investing: five practical tips for insurance broker M&A
People who are well prepared and able to act quickly tend to do better in a buoyant M&A market and, with some sizeable recent transactions, continued interest from private equity, ongoing consolidation and some of the larger broking groups remaining interested at least in strategic plays, insurance broker M&A is likely to be just such a market in 2016.
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