Blogs
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Working in Regulation: Our Shanaz Said blogs on her role as Policy Assistant in the ABI Prudential Regulation team
22/05/2018
Tell us about your role at the ABI – what do you do and why? I am the policy assistant on the prudential regulation team. I support my team’s lobbying efforts to secure improvements to the UK’s…
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How to protect your greatest asset – your mind. Let’s talk about mental health awareness.
18/05/2018
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, our Assistant Director, Head of Protection & Health Roshani Hewa blogs on how workplaces and the insurance industry can help support those…
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The significance of the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill
02/05/2018
In light of the increasing number of scams and growing culture of nuisance calls, the passing of the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill will mark an important step forward in ensuring…
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Brexit chicken
20/04/2018
In the famous 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause, James Dean and Corey Allen race stolen cars towards a cliff edge in the classic game of chicken, where the loser is the first driver to jump out of the car.
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Four Takeaways from the Green Finance Taskforce report
09/04/2018
It is now over two years since a landmark climate deal was agreed at COP21 in Paris. Since then, much of the public attention has focused on the USA’s attitude to the agreement, but behind the scenes, attention has turned to making the ambition of a low-carbon world a reality.
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Retirement saving and the self-employed: we’re looking for not one answer, but many
19/03/2018
It’s a week to go until a two day tech innovation event, jointly hosted by the ABI, Department for Work and Pensions and HM Treasury, which will explore retirement saving options for the…
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Is digital technology the key to unlocking the self-employed’s pension participation puzzle?
15/03/2018
Pension participation has been revolutionised over the past 6 years. Since the introduction of automatic enrolment in 2012, participation in workplace pensions has hit an all-time high. This is a…
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The State of the Market
19/02/2018
Over the last two years - a wide range of forces have been exerted on the UK insurance and long-term savings market. Long-term savings firms have continued to adjust to a world of auto-enrolment and…
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Future Leaders Q&A with Garry Simmons
16/02/2018
Future Leaders is an executive development programme for up and coming senior insurance industry leaders. The programme was created in consultation with insurers to complement and add to the…
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We need to have honest conversations about LGBT+ inclusion
15/02/2018
To introduce myself, my name is Benjamin Scotter. I’m a Private Clients Underwriter during the day; and I also Co-Chair the Aviva Pride network – our well established LGBT+Allies employee network at…