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On 14 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a new consultation paper (CP25/12) setting out its proposals to simplify the sections of the FCA’s Handbook which apply to insurance firms.

The consultation paper comments on the feedback it received in relation to its previous discussion paper on the Regulation of Commercial

Solvent Exit Planning: Implications of the PRA proposals in CP2/24

On January 23, 2024, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a consultation paper (CP) (CP2/24) outlining its proposals for PRA-regulated insurers to prepare for an orderly ‘solvent exit’ as part of business-as-usual (BAU) activities, and to be able to execute such a solvent

On November 16, 2023, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published consultation paper CP24/23: Funded reinsurance, setting out its proposed expectations in respect of life firms entering into or holding funded reinsurance arrangements as cedants.

The PRA recognises that such reinsurance arrangements are an important part of risk management. However, the PRA sets out its