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This week at the UK regulators is a weekly alerter providing views on the publications issued by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority during the last week. It provides a quick way to keep up to speed with what is going on in...

I am delighted to present our first Global Insurance Review. This edition focuses on Insurance news over the last few months. Future reviews will be issued on a bi-monthly basis and will highlight key market and regulatory developments across the global insurance...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is proposing to significantly alter the Basel securitisation framework. This briefing provides an overview of the most significant proposals to make you aware of the proposals and help you begin the process of formulating...

Die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) hat am 3. Dezember 2012 eine neue Fassung des Merkblatts zur Kontrolle von Mitgliedern von Verwaltungs- und Aufsichtsorganen gemäß KWG und VAG veröffentlicht. In dieser Fassung hat...

Earlier this year the German Federal Court found that recognition of the Scheme of Arrangement related to insurance matters would be contrary to European legislation on the recognition and enforcement of judgments. As this judgment is limited to insurance matters,...

Seit dem Jahr 2007 beschäftigt die EU-Kommission sich auf Aufforderung des Rates mit Anlageprodukten für Kleinanleger (Packaged Retail Investment Pro-ducts, "PRIPs"). Dazu zählen außer Investmentfonds und strukturierten Wertpapieren...

Since our last client briefing in January 2012, there have been several developments relating to the proposed new Solvency II regime although perhaps not as much progress as we might have expected at that time. Many steps still remain to be taken on the path...

Die Europäischen Kommission veröffentlichte Leitlinien, die es der Versicherungsindustrie erleichtern sollen, auf nationaler Ebene die Vorgaben des Test-Achats-Urteils einzuhalten. Versicherungsunternehmen können nun ihre Vertrags- und Preisgestaltung...

Since our last Solvency II client briefing in July 2011, there have been a number of developments in relation to the implementation of the Solvency II Level 1 Directive. This briefing provides an update on these developments and a discussion of the key outstanding...

Solvency II, the European Commission's new regime for insurance regulation, is likely to trigger a rise in M&A activity in the insurance sector because of the increasing regulatory and compliance burden it will place on insurers. Although there is continuing...