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New PRA and FCA regimes for approved persons

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • October 11 2012

The FSA has published a consultation paper on the PRA and FCA regimes for approved persons (CP 1226

Supreme Court confirms extended warranties can be regulated insurance products

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 18 2013

The Supreme Court has confirmed that extended warranties on consumer goods can be "contracts of insurance" falling under the regulation of the

The FCA’s thematic review of insurance claims processes

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 20 2013

In a speech on the growth of UK insurance entitled "Meeting the growth challenge", Martin Wheatley, Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct

The burden of proof and competing theories on causation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 20 2013

The Court of Appeal recently handed down judgment in the case of Nulty v Milton Keynes Borough Council 2013 EWCA Civ 15. The case concerned an

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Solvency II an object lesson in how not to make law?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 28 2013

Andrew Tyrie MP (Chairman of the Treasury Committee) recently described Solvency II as "an object lesson in how not to make law". In similar vein

No apportionment of liability for mesothelioma claim under employers' liability policy

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 27 2013

In International Energy Group Limited v Zurich Insurance PLC UK 2013 EWCA Civ 39, the Court of Appeal found that an insurer under an employers'

Highlights from Part 1 of the FSA's consultation paper on implementation of the AIFMD

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 6 2012

As many readers will be aware, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is due to be implemented by Member States at a national level by 22 July 2013

Can a Drop Down clause in a master policy provide excess layer coverage?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 2 2009

Drop Down clauses in a master policy are designed to provide coverage at the primary level on the terms of the primary policy in circumstances in which primary limits have been exhausted by prior claims

Market abuse update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 17 2011

Since our last update in April, there have been some significant milestones in the FSA's fight against market abuse