Chapter 7: Regulatory processes, systems and controls Flashcards
Regulators of the UK market
Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority
Who do members receive regulation updates from (3 main associations)
Lloyd’s have own department for government relations for information gathering/sharing
LMA, IUA, LIIBA all send information to members
Data evidence for regulators
- Regulators require data evidence to show compliance
Solvency
Balance between assets and liabilities
Solvency II
EU’s europe-wide solvency rules
- Since leaving EU, UK agreed to recognise each others standards
Who can a government sanction
Governments can ban all parties (govs, business, individuals) from trading with other parties
Fundamental reasons sanctions are imposed
Political pressure
Enforce concept of respect for democracy
Enforce the concept of respect for human rights
Maintain/restore peace in country/region
Types of financial sanctions
- Prohibiting the transfer of funds to a sanctioned country
- Freezing assets of a company/individual
- Freezing assets of a whole gov
Office of financial sanctions implementation (OFSI)
- Responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in the uk
Lifted regimes
- Countries who have had their sanctions lifted
- Libya, Haiti and angola
US Government sanctions
Due to close links between LM and US we must abide by their sanctions
Cuban sanctions
All US citizens/permanent residents where they are located, all people and organisations physically in the US as well as subsidiaries of US companies outside the US (any LM insurer with US parent) cannot trade
Office of Foreign asset Control (OFAC)
Manages US sanctions
How do insurers find out about sanctions
HM treasury
US Department of the Treasury
OFAC
Lloyd’s crystal
Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)
- Coincided with GDPR (General data protection regulation) and LED (law enforcement directive)
- Modernised UK data protection