The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has introduced the Fair Value Assessment Framework to assist its members in articulating and evidencing the value of their services to meet regulatory requirements. Created by economics and finance consultancy Oxera, the framework is available to members on BIBA's website and aims to align with the Financial Conduct Authority's findings in the multi-occupancy buildings sector. A dedicated webinar will be hosted on 26 October 2023 to offer a detailed overview.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has launched three guides to assist brokers in helping their customers navigate the claim process for home, motor and travel insurance. These guides will be a useful aide memoir for brokers’ clients, highlighting the steps they may need to take and the information they may need to gather in order to submit a claim. The guides are available to members on the BIBA website.

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has launched a new trade credit insurance guide to assist businesses in protecting their cashflow. The guide explains the need for and the benefits of this type of insurance. It is available on the BIBA website to brokers and businesses.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA), in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Centre, the International Underwriting Association and the Association of British Insurers have published new guidance to help businesses’ decision-making around making ransom payments following a cyber-attack.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) in 2024 following their ESG policy in 2023. BIBA‘s chief executive officer, Graeme Trudgill, signed the association‘s ESG policy reinforcing its pledge to ensure that accountability and transparency underpins all its practices and activities. BIBA plans to refresh its ESG policy and disclose it publicly annually.

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has released two new guides: (1) Insurance Brokers' Commissions Guide and (2) Premium Finance Guide. The first guide aims to help consumers and businesses understand the advantages of the insurance brokers' commission model and demystify suggestions that commissions should be removed or capped, and the second guide aims to help members demonstrate fair value in the provision of premium finance. The guides are available to BIBA members only.

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has welcomed the FCA’s post-implementation review of travel insurance signposting. The review confirms that signposting services are delivering good outcomes for consumers, after the requirements in April 2021 were introduced to help consumers with serious pre-existing medical conditions better navigate the travel insurance market. BIBA welcomes this, as it has long advocated total signposting as a solution to help customers find suitable insurance.

Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) has published a new legal guide for people in immigration detention affected by the recent UK–France Agreement which enables the removal of asylum seekers to France. The guide outlines how the agreement works, outlines detainees’ rights, and provides step-by-step guidance on how to respond upon receipt of a Notice of Intent. It provides template letters to challenge detention or removal, information on applying for bail, and contacts for free legal advice. BID is actively supporting affected individuals through its advice line, legal partnerships, and policy monitoring, highlighting risks such as lack of representation and rushed deportations without proper safeguards—issues reminiscent of the abandoned Rwanda scheme. BID urges prompt action to safeguard access to justice under this accelerated removal scheme.

Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) has published its Spring 2026 Legal Advice Survey, which reports that access to legal representation for people held in immigration detention has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded by BID. Based on interviews with people detained across five UK immigration removal centres, the survey identifies systemic barriers to justice which, according to BID, leave most detainees without the legal support needed to understand and exercise their rights, including applying for immigration bail.

Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) has published its Prison Legal Advice Report, finding that 86% of respondents detained under immigration powers in prisons lacked legal representation. Drawing on 23 survey responses from 15 prisons collected between April and December 2025, the report assessed implementation of HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) interim policies introduced following SM v The Lord Chancellor's Department [2021] EWHC 418 (Admin). The policies include provision for: (1) a £5 weekly payment; (2) a list of local legal aid advisers; (3) 30 minutes of free legally aided advice and (4) notification of access to this advice at the outset of immigration detention. BID found that the policies were not being effectively implemented in practice: (1) only 7% of eligible respondents received the £5 weekly payment; (2) just 27% were given information about accessing legal aid; (3) only 40% received a list of advisers and (4) only two respondents received the 30 minutes of free legal advice. Many prison staff demonstrated limited awareness of the interim policy requirements.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Cooley LLP have published a study examining how investment treaty law applies to regulation of the technology sector. The study identifies technology-based investor-state dispute settlement as an emerging area, noting that although relatively few claims have been brought by technology companies to date, this is likely to increase as regulation intensifies in areas such as data protection, artificial intelligence and digital platforms. It also highlights unresolved jurisdictional issues, including whether digital assets such as data constitute protected investments and how territorial nexus requirements apply to companies operating across borders with limited physical presence.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has announced that it will host a human rights in international investment roundtable event. The meeting will take place on 30 September 2024. It will be a closed meeting, open only to members of the BIICL Human Rights Due Diligence Forum and Investment Treaty Forum.