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Insurance & Reinsurance monthly highlights—April 2021

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Published on: 30 April 2021

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Table of contents

FCA business interruption test case
Financial Conduct Authority
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Coronavirus (COVID-19)—Insurance & Reinsurance updates
Coronavirus (COVID-19)—cases and decisions
Coronavirus (COVID-19)—international
Brexit
Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Climate change
Cases and decisions

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Article summary

This month’s edition of Insurance & Reinsurance monthly highlights includes updates relating to the FCA test case; coronavirus (COVID-19); Brexit; analyses of the latest cases and decisions, regulatory developments, dates for your diary and other news highlights reported over the past month.

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