Blogs
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The Power of predictive genetic testing
18/11/2022
As predictive genetic testing improves and becomes more readily available to customers, this session debates the impact on the insurance industry. Join us as we debate the power of predictive genetic testing and question whether it is a driver for positive change.
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Why the ICO’s new data security incidents dashboard matters to cyber insurers
17/11/2022
The UK’s cyber insurance market is one of the most innovative and rapidly growing areas of general insurance. Our Head of General Insurance Policy, Mark Shepherd, explains more in his latest blog.
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Reading between the lines on Insurance Premium Tax - and why it shouldn’t be in the news this month
16/11/2022
Raising the rate of IPT again is the wrong measure in a cost-of-living crisis.
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No need to rush ahead on global tax reforms
15/11/2022
Mervyn Skeet, Head of Taxation at the ABI , sets out why there is no need for the government to rush ahead on implementing global tax reforms.
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Have you lost contact with £9,500? With the number of lost pots on the rise, now is the time to pay your forgotten pension pot some attention
02/11/2022
Following the publication of the Pension Policy Institute’s study on lost pension pots, Hetty Hughes, ABI Manager, Long Term Savings Policy, reflects on why this means we all need to pay our pension some attention.
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How can you engage younger workers to start saving for a pension?
01/11/2022
Pensions are not usually at the forefront of a young worker’s mind. As a 19-year-old I have certainly never thought about my own. So why should young workers start saving into a pension, and why now?
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Brits are not retirement ready
31/10/2022
Ten years on from the introduction of automatic enrolment, Director General of the ABI Hannah Gurga reflects on the significant impact that it’s had and the challenges that remain.
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Some suggestions for using the free National Pension Tracing Day employer toolkit
24/10/2022
It's been estimated there could be 1.6 million lost or forgotten pension pots out there and as many as 1 in 30 could have a lost or forgotten pension. National Pension Tracing Day is on Sunday 30 October and invites people to search for lost and forgotten pensions. Employers can help with the hunt by using their internal communications channels to help employees find lost pensions. Find out more about the Employer Toolkit.
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The UK Fraud Strategy – a whole system response
20/10/2022
The UK Fraud Strategy looks to tackle fraud through a partnership approach which harnesses the capabilities, resources and experience of the public and private sectors to restore public faith. Mark Allen, our Chief Fraud and Financial Crime Officer explains how the ABI is playing its part.
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Grand Designs - How can tax policy and regulation be part of the grand design for UK competitiveness
19/10/2022
The Global pandemic, an energy crisis, the great resignation. To say the last few years have been far from business as usual would be an understatement. Tax policy and regulatory reform have increasingly become tools used to meet short-to-medium term government objectives, but what has been and will be the resulting effect of these changes when we consider UK competitiveness? This annual conference breakout session will explore the current outlook of UK competitiveness which our esteemed panellists will agree, has tax and regulation at its heart.