Intelligence: What will the reviews of Solvency II mean for the UK and beyond?

Brexit

When the Solvency II regulation was conceived in 2001, the term Brexit didn’t even exist. Fast forward 20 years and as well as the UK’s exit from the European Union the general insurance market is facing a pandemic no one foresaw and persistently low interest rates. Post investigates what the two separate reviews of the regulation will mean for the UK and beyond

When the European Union’s Solvency II directive came into effect in 2016, it was understood that the new rules governing insurers would be reviewed by 2021 at the latest. However, due to the political

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