Law360: Insurance UK /insurance-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Insurance UK Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:12:48 +0000 Solicitor Hit With £30K Court Bill Over Fake Car Claims /insurance-uk/articles/2357360?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2357360 A solicitor has been handed an eight-month suspended sentence and a £30,874 ($40,871) bill for filing false claims that city potholes in Stoke-on-Trent were damaging cars, following an investigation that uncovered anomalies in his invoices. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:52:48 +0000 EU Watchdog Pushes To Expand Digital Asset Program /insurance-uk/articles/2357308?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2357308 The European Union's market watchdog advised lawmakers Wednesday to make a pilot scheme for tokenizing securities on digital ledger technology more flexible for investors and permanent. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:46:32 +0000 EU Insurers Push For Simplified Cybersecurity Regulation /insurance-uk/articles/2357258?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2357258 A trade body for European insurers urged the European Commission on Tuesday to streamline the bloc's potentially counter-productive rule book on cybersecurity and digital resilience to help reduce duplication as the compliance burdens on the sector increase. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:23:00 +0000 Insurance Reforms Offer No Benefit, Irish Cos. Claim /insurance-uk/articles/2357169?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2357169 Almost all businesses in Ireland claim they have not benefited from sweeping insurance reforms introduced by the country's government in recent years, campaigners said Wednesday. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:19:03 +0000 Adviser Wren Sterling Expands In Scotland With Acquisition /insurance-uk/articles/2357273?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2357273 Financial and pensions advisory business Wren Sterling said Wednesday that it has acquired City Financial (Aberdeen) Ltd., expanding its presence in Scotland. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:29:09 +0000 Geopolitical Instability Tops Aviation Insurers' Concerns /insurance-uk/articles/2357177?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2357177 The threat of further geopolitical instability is the biggest headache that aviation insurers anticipate over the next five years, according to a survey published Wednesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:32:32 +0000 UK Insurers Back Gov't Plan For Long-Term Growth /insurance-uk/articles/2356626?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356626 The Association of British Insurers has publicly backed the government's decade-long industrial strategy designed to promote business investment and growth in the U.K. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:58:56 +0000 Groups Urge EU To Trim Sustainable Finance Reporting Rules /insurance-uk/articles/2356674?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356674 Top global financial services industry trade bodies have urged European lawmakers in its review of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to cut duplication with other sustainability reporting rules and reflect derivatives more clearly. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:43:52 +0000 Gateley Denies Housing Developer's Negligence Claim /insurance-uk/articles/2354196?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2354196 Gateley PLC has denied that a law firm it acquired gave negligent advice to a housing developer during the purchase of two sites in southeast England and said that alleged legal restrictions on the land have not rendered the plots unprofitable. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:22:46 +0000 Insurers Hike Marine Premiums Due To Iran-Israel War /insurance-uk/articles/2356619?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356619 Insurers have hiked premiums for ships traveling in the waters around the Middle East amid the risk of insurance industry losses stemming from the Iran-Israel war, according to an analyst's report published Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:15:54 +0000 Pension Schemes Bill's Most Notable, Controversial Measures /insurance-uk/articles/2355687?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2355687 The long-awaited Pension Schemes Bill recently introduced to Parliament creates a framework for harnessing money saved in U.K. workplace pension funds to grow the country’s economy, but provisions relating to local government pension scheme investment, and scale and asset allocation, are controversial, says Claire Dimmock at Squire Patton. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:47:38 +0000 Treasury Official Tapped As Interim Pensions Regulator Chair /insurance-uk/articles/2356618?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356618 The government has revealed Civil Service veteran Kirstin Baker as the next interim chair of Britain's retirement savings watchdog. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:52:39 +0000 Danish Pensions Fintech Biz Expands Into UK Market /insurance-uk/articles/2356625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356625 Festina Finance, a Danish financial technology company, said it has begun fully operating its retirement savings platform for administrators of British pension plans. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:41:14 +0000 EU Fund Managers Could See Simplified Data Reporting /insurance-uk/articles/2356201?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356201 The European Union's financial watchdog on Monday released proposals to simplify how asset managers report data to regulators. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:52:06 +0000 Campaigners Agree Cost Cap In State Pension Redress Row /insurance-uk/articles/2356074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356074 Campaigners said Monday they have agreed to cap legal costs with the Department for Work and Pensions in their fight against the government's decision not to pay compensation for historic failures around women's state pensions. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:31:00 +0000 LCP Hits Milestone With Pensions Dashboard Connection /insurance-uk/articles/2356060?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356060 Consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock LLP has connected its first pensions administration manager to the government's private sector pensions dashboard, providing savers with access to their financial retirement information. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:36:15 +0000 Aviva Pushes Investment In Nature-Based Flood Solutions /insurance-uk/articles/2356058?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356058 Insurance giant Aviva said on Monday its backing of a low-cost project to increase resilience to flooding in Norfolk is paying off, with impact analysis showing homes have been protected effectively. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:50:01 +0000 Squire Patton Steers Just's £67M Pension Deal For 2 Plans /insurance-uk/articles/2356049?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2356049 Pension insurer Just Group said Monday it has penned a £67 million ($90 million) retirement savings deal for two plans, guided by law firm Squire Patton Boggs LLP. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:16:06 +0000 UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London /insurance-uk/articles/2355585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2355585 This past week in London has seen Pogust Goodhead face legal action from mining giant BHP Group, Trainline bring a procurement claim against the Department for Transport, Sworders auction house sue Conservative peer Patricia Rawlings, and Nokia hit with a patents claim by Hisense. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:00:30 +0000 FCA's Crypto Ban Reversal Unleashes Consumer Harm Risk /insurance-uk/articles/2355736?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /insurance-uk/articles/2355736 The Financial Conduct Authority's proposed reversal of its ban on crypto exchange-traded notes for retail investors has paved the way for immeasurable consumer harm, U.K. and U.S. lawyers have warned.