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Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—7 November 2024

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Published on: 07 November 2024

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Table of contents

Types of insurance
Property
Marine
Intermediaries and market practice
Brokers
Motor finance ruling could spread to insurance, RBC warns
UK Regulation
FCA reopens DP24/1 on regulation of commercial and bespoke insurance business
Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings (Prudential Requirements) (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2024
EU Regulation

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Article summary

This week's edition of Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights includes: Insurers braced for major losses on Spain floods; Spain resumes application to enforce €855m award on insurers; Marsh launches insurance for carbon credit fraud; Council of the EU adopts amendments to Solvency II and new IRRD rules; FCA reopens DP24/1 on regulation of commercial and bespoke insurance business; cases and decisions; key dates for your diary; and other news highlights reported over the past week.

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