Continental Europe

Continental Europe primed to adopt Consumer Duty type rules as ‘alignment between regulators’ gains prominence

2025-12-10T14:00:00+00:00By

French industry leader believes the UK’s ‘regulatory focus’ for general insurance oversight is set to ‘become the new norm in Continental Europe’

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Briefing: Firms should treat Consumer Duty as reflection of values – not just a compliance requirement

2025-11-13T11:00:00+00:00By

’If the tone from the top prioritises cost over care, even the most detailed frameworks will fail,’ says Scott

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UKGI is ‘a long way off having regulation as an enabler’ for growth – Biba’s David Sparkes

2025-11-24T07:00:00+00:00By

The FCA is collaborating more with brokers and has ‘started that journey’ to streamline rules in order to facilitate economic growth, says regulation director

Lee Anderson, SRG

Briefing: The Europe opportunity – why is it so hard to crack?

2025-12-03T11:00:00+00:00By

Although many UK brokers are looking to expand into Europe, it is a mistake to treat this jurisdiction as the UK’s mirror image. It is partnerships, not just acquisitions, that will unlock European potential

James Dowling Negotient

Briefing: Reeves treads water following Autumn Budget, cranking tax in response ‘to events out of her control’

2025-11-28T09:00:00+00:00By James Dowling

James Dowling, founding partner at Negotient, unpicks chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget speech – for him, the Labour politician is not quite in the clear yet