FCA
119 whitepapers and resources
FCA
The complex world of scheme compliance
Schemes have the potential to be a fantastic opportunity for brokers, however this outsourced world of insurers and brokers working together has strict regulation and compliance requirements. This article focuses on how brokers and insurers can navigate the complex world of scheme compliance.
General insurance pricing practices: Interim report
The FCA’s interim report sets out concerns about how pricing in the home and motor insurance markets leads to consumers who do not switch or negotiate with their provider paying high prices for their insurance. This report also sets out some potential remedies to tackle concerns about pricing.
Innovation in pricing: The need to adapt
As insurers innovate, those at the core of insurers’ pricing and underwriting strategies face a growing need to adapt. Post held a roundtable, in association with SAS, to examine what is driving innovation in pricing and what challenges those changes present.
Spotlight: The future of pricing - The evolution of pricing
Insurers are coming under increasing pressure to develop new ways of pricing. But, while data and technology hold the key, insurers face some significant challenges. This spotlight looks at the factors insurers need to address in order to achieve pricing improvements.
Spotlight: The future of pricing - Tightening the noose
The dual pricing noose is slowly tightening around the insurance industry’s neck. Its laudable attempts to escape from the regulatory hangman seem increasingly futile as the pressure is mounting on the Financial Conduct Authority to take action. This article focuses on the implications for insurers.
A BIBA brokers' guide to claims inflation trends
The world of insurance claims is constantly evolving, against a backdrop of changing legislation, emerging technologies and social trends. Designed for brokers, this BIBA guide takes an in-depth look at the issue of claims inflation, including the latest claims trends and regulatory developments.
Raising the bar: Operational resilience and shadow IT
Regulators are turning their attention to building the operational resilience of the UK financial system. This whitepaper looks at the likely implications of any future operational resilience regulation on the way an institution manages non-IT supported applications and processes.
The importance of data lineage in the insurance industry
Data lineage plays a big part in helping insurers quickly gather the information they need to rapidly respond when the PRA or FCA come calling. This one page blog briefly outlines why data lineage is a vital component of any effective data architecture and its relevance to insurers.
Blog: Model behaviour for insurance risk prediction - destroying the myth of the magic funnel
In this blog post, Alan O’Loughlin, head of analytics and statistical modelling at Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, highlights how insurers can gain a strategic advantage over their competitors by maximising their data models to create more intelligible insights.
Full year review 2018 by Simon McGinn
In this end of year review, Simon McGinn takes a look back at the past 12 months, considering various hot topics and issues like Brexit, legislative changes and the ongoing matter of broker market consolidation. This feature also looks at 2019 and beyond.