Blogs

  • Inclusive Excellence – Guest Blog – Katherine Wilson, Carers UK

    21/11/2024

    In this edition, we are thrilled to feature insights from Katherine Wilson, Head of Employment and Specialist Delivery at Carers UK. Katherine recently joined the ABI DEI Network to discuss the latest facts about the growing cohort of workers with caring responsibilities, their new rights under the Carer’s Leave Act 2023, and practical insights from employers on supporting carers at work. A few months on, she shares further thoughts on identifying staff with caring responsibilities and how forward-looking employers are supporting them.

  • Insurance Sector Fraud Charter

    20/11/2024

    Since publication of UK Fraud Strategy, we have been working hard with the government to develop an Insurance Sector Fraud Charter that was published last week. The Charter contains a number of insurance and public sector commitments that will make the UK even more resilient to insurance fraud. The key commitments focus on bolstering consumer awareness and victim support, tackling professional enablers and illegal insurance intermediaries and improving data & information sharing.

  • Motor Insurance Taskforce FCA Market Study

    30/10/2024

    What are they, who is involved and what is happening?   What is the taskforce?  On Wednesday 16th October, the Department for Transport (DfT) and His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT…

  • Value for Money: Getting the right metrics matters

    24/10/2024

    This blog first appeared in Citywire. Getting the value for money (VFM) framework right could be transformational for savers and our industry. Getting it wrong would be disruptive and potentially…

  • Improving population health: The role of insurers as investors

    22/10/2024

    In this blog we will unpick the role of insurers, both as protectors and investors, in influencing population health. It also sets out the steps that ShareAction has identified for insurers to take to harness their powers as investors to address health-related risks across society.

  • Guest Blog: Tools of the trade

    11/10/2024

    Insurers have a number of ways to combat the rising cost of claims: green parts, use of technology and more engagement with both service providers and customers are just a few. Getting ahead of costs now will assist in dealing with added future expenses from electrification and technological advancement.

  • Inclusive Excellence - Guest Blog - Aneeka Neehaul, Rethink Mental Illness

    10/10/2024

    Aneeka Neehaul from Rethink Mental Illness discusses the importance of mental health in the workplace, highlighting its impact on team dynamics and productivity. She offers practical steps for employers to create an inclusive environment, such as normalising mental health conversations, providing accessible resources, implementing flexible work arrangements, fostering inclusion, and continuously improving mental health strategies.

  • Bridging the gap between FCA’s Deloitte Guest Blog: Duty expectations and reality

    07/10/2024

    The Consumer Duty marks a significant shift in regulation, and this new approach comes with higher expectations for firms. In this blog, Deloitte directors Matt Papasavva, Kareline Daguer and partner, Laura Scarpa outline three key strategies—strengthening data frameworks, holistic metric analysis, and enhancing data sharing—to help insurers bridge the gap and meet evolving regulatory demands.

  • Change? How the new government can show it’s serious about tackling fraud

    27/09/2024

    Jonathan Purvis, Senior Policy Adviser in our general insurance team explains how the new government can show it’s serious about fraud and what it needs to do to ensure its counter fraud strategy is comprehensive and responsive to changing threats.

  • Consistency in pensions is key to good customer outcomes

    17/09/2024

    Inconsistencies between contract-based and trust-based pension schemes create significant challenges for savers. The forthcoming Pension Schemes Bill, expected in 2025, introduces a Duty for trust-based schemes to offer retirement income solutions and Targeted Support (TS) for FCA-authorised schemes.