Trade Voice: Bill Batchelor on the place of insurance in EU-UK trade after Brexit

Bill Batchelor

Bill Batchelor, partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and British Insurance Law Association member, casts his eye over the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, signed on 30 December, and asks what it means for the insurance sector, particularly with regards to much-sought future equivalence provisions.

The worst kept Brexit secret was that insurance could expect little from a post-Brexit free trade agreement. A cursory glance at Solvency II showed the only way to secure an European Economic Area

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