HFW Insurance Bulletin 12 Nov. 2015

Welcome to HFW’s Insurance Bulletin, which is a summary of the key insurance and reinsurance regulatory announcements, market developments, court cases and legislative changes of the week.

In this week’s bulletin:

1. Regulation and legislation

• UK: Game of drones: challenges for insurers, by Simon Banner, Associate.
• UK: The countdown to the implementation of Solvency II – Bank of England update, by William Reddie, Associate.

2. Market developments

• UK: BIBA and ABI to develop a joint code for managing the insurance renewals of potentially vulnerable customers, by William Reddie, Associate.

3. HFW publications and events

• EU: Taxing times: the European Commission gets tough on preferential tax rulings, by Anthony Woolich, Partner and Jeremy Kelly, Associate.
• Great Britain/Nigeria: HFW attends Opportunity Nigeria seminar and Made in Nigeria showcase.
• UK/China: HFW present at Willis seminar on the impact of the Tianjin Port explosions on the global insurance market and policyholders.
• Bermuda: HFW attending ILS Bermuda Convergence 2015.

Should you require any further information or assistance on any of the issues dealt with here, please do not hesitate to contact any of the contributors to this bulletin, or your usual contact at HFW.