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REG Reviews – December 2023

Last month, the FCA urged companies to ensure Consumer Duty reports are a priority, the UK made headway following the publication of the world's first global guidelines for the secure development of AI technology, the UK government pushed regulators to prioritise economic growth and REG hosted its much anticipated Mind Matters panel event, focused on how we can work together to ensure mens mental health at work is supported...

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Death by Spreadsheet: Are Spreadsheets Killing Your Business?

For the last 40 years, spreadsheets have been an essential tool for managing and analysing critical information. However, their seemingly innocent simplicity can lead to a slew of problems that might be silently eroding your company's efficiency and competitiveness. In this blog post, we'll delve into the perils of over-reliance on spreadsheets and explore how RegTech can provide a lifeline for businesses drowning in data.

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Men’s Mental Health at Work: Breaking the Silence

In a world that often revolves around expectations of strength, resilience, and endurance, we often overlook the hidden crisis that is steadily engulfing the lives of men. Men's mental health issues are a growing epidemic, and it's crucial we shed light on this critical topic, raise awareness and acknowledge the importance of addressing the unique challenges men face regarding their mental wellbeing...

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REG Reviews – November 2023

Last month, BIBA introduced a fair value assessment framework, leaseholders have been prioritised under the FCA's buildings insurance reforms, Lloyd's of London warned on climate related losses and humanoid robots are driving workplace efficiency...

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Focus on ESG: What is Sustainability Reporting?

Sustainability has emerged as a paramount concern for insurance and financial services companies. Beyond mere corporate responsibility, sustainability now holds the key to mitigating risks and satisfying the ever-heightening expectations of stakeholders. At the heart of this commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles lies the practice of sustainability reporting—an essential tool for modern businesses seeking to make their mark in a responsible, ethical, and transparent manner...

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Where It All Started: Lloyd’s Reopens To Face To Face Trading, But Where Did It All Begin?

The Lloyd's market is one of the most iconic and influential institutions in the global insurance and reinsurance industry. Its history is a fascinating tale of innovation, resilience, and adaptability over its near 335-year reign. From humble beginnings to now the world’s leading market for specialist insurance, where did it all start?

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REG Reviews – October 2023

Last month, the Government announced modernised reforms to insolvency regulation, the Vesttoo scandal underscored the importance of enhanced due diligence among MGAs, asset managers sparked concerns of ‘green hushing’ and AI implementation saw revolutionary transformations to air traffic control and coral reef restoration!

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Navigating PEPs and Sanctions Risks: How RegTech Revolutionises Enhanced Due Diligence

In today's dynamic financial landscape, regulatory compliance is a necessity for regulated institutions worldwide. Among the myriad compliance challenges, managing risks associated with Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and sanctioned individuals demands rigorous scrutiny...

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Unravelling RegTech: Simplifying Regulatory Technology and Its Role in Financial Services

In the complex world of regulatory compliance, ever-changing regulations pose significant challenges for financial services firms. Traditional manual processes are struggling to keep pace with evolving regulations, leading to the rise of RegTech, which uses sophisticated data analytics to streamline compliance, automate processes and enhance regulatory management for financial institutions...

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REG Reviews – September 2023

Last month, the FCA launched an investigation into rules around banks and political exposed persons, the UK government accelerated the fight against carbon emission reduction through AI investment, the nightlife sector appealed to insurers for support amid capacity crisis and REG released our enhanced Declarations feature.

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Embracing Customer-Centricity: The Key to Successful SaaS Product Design

The growth of B2B SaaS products over the past decade has been nothing short of remarkable. With the advent of cloud computing, businesses have witnessed a transformative shift in how they procure and utilise software solutions. This shift has been fuelled by the undeniable advantages that B2B SaaS offers: scalability, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility, just to name a few...

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Enhancing Transparency: The Significance of UBOs, Directors & Officers Declarations

In an era where regulated businesses are increasingly seeking transparency from their trading partners to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and AML obligations, challenges in identifying Ultimate Beneficial Owners, Directors and Officers are leading to a lack of oversight and governance. Now, with the advent of RegTech, these processes have been streamlined and enhanced, underscoring the critical importance of transparency in today's corporate world...

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Tackling Money Laundering: Safeguarding the Financial Services Market

Money laundering is a pervasive financial crime that poses significant threats to the integrity and stability of the global financial system. Criminals use money laundering to disguise the illicit origins of funds obtained through illegal activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, and terrorism. As a result, stringent AML regulations have been developed to protect the financial services market from being exploited by these criminals...

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How Compliance Software Can Alleviate Regulatory Burden

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, regulatory compliance has become a significant challenge for financial institutions and other regulated industries. The ever-changing and complex regulatory requirements place a heavy burden on organisations, leading to increased costs, resource allocation, and operational inefficiencies. However, a silver lining appears through the rise of compliance software, which serves as an innovative solution to manage the abundance of regulatory requirements...

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REG Reviews – August 2023

Last month, MGAs were revealed to be paving the way for tech adoption, the FCA launched a review into asset managers' liquidity management, brokers were urged to address climate change risks and Geneva hosted the world’s first ever human-robot conference...

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REG Reviews – July 2023

Last month, the FCA cracked down on Principal Firms, brokers were seen to be leading the way with Consumer Duty preparation, and with the annual MGAA conference only a few days away, REG sat down with CEO, Michael Keating, to discuss all things MGAA and how the Association is transforming the market for its members. Read these articles and many more, as we bring you all the important news and views from the insurance and financial services world…

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Spotlight on MGAA Annual Conference with CEO, Michael Keating…

With the biggest event in the MGAA calendar only a week away, and REG being the official 2023 App Sponsor, we sat down with Michael Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agent’s Association (MGAA) to discuss all things MGAA and how the Association is evolving the insurance landscape and shaping the market for its members...

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Paul Tasker: The Future of REG

With REG's impressive growth over the last few years and recent expansion into new markets, we asked CEO, Paul Tasker, what the company's biggest achievements have been since his appointment, the goals for next year and what the future holds for REG...

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The Importance of Human Touch – Why B2B Businesses Must Prioritise Relationship Building in the Digital Age

In an age where we are leaning more and more towards technology and AI, have we lost the essential human touch needed for business relationships and what can we do to maintain them?

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MGAA Webinar: How MGAs Can Supercharge The Agency Experience

It’s nearly 20 years since statutory regulation of general insurance placed the acronym TOBA into everyday insurance talk. Agency application processes have developed little in that time, with brokers still reporting that their onboarding journeys with suppliers are slow, repetitive and leave business opportunities missed. Many MGAs limit the number of brokers they trade with, simply because of the drama associated with opening an agency! With online bank account opening, mobile onboarding, e-signatures, and pre-filled forms we ask…How can MGAs use tech to rapidly find, engage, sign and trade with new producers in an on demand, global, digital marketplace?

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REG Reviews – June 2023

Last month, FCA's commission crackdown turned the spotlight on binders, BIBA released 'Brokers Guide to ESG', 'ghost broking' incidents are worryingly rising and CEO, Paul Tasker, sat down with Insurance Age to talk all things RegTech and how regulation technology is transforming the insurance sphere...

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REG Reviews – May 2023

Last month, regulatory focus extended to crypto and AI sectors, the FCA partner with influencers to battle financial scams, REG automated German licensing data and cybercriminals scare the nation with new founded AI voice cloning scams...

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Pushing Positive Change: Women in Insurance Panel Event

Panel discussion addressing the challenges facing women in the market around representation, gender pay gap, discrimination and unconscious bias and how we can promote positive change to action fairer and equal opportunities for women in insurance.

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REG Reviews – April 2023

Last month, heightened insurance premiums rocked society amidst cost-of-living crisis, a robot made history through performing surgery, the market prepares for SMCR reforms and an enhanced focus on D&I has materialised...

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Contracts, TOBAs & Consumer Duty

With thousands of businesses reissuing TOBAs to cater for new Consumer Duty obligations, we take a look at the importance of written agreements in B2B relationships and how firms can manage their obligations efficiently...

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Women in Insurance: Pushing Positive Change

Amidst a time where underrepresentation and inequality are rife within the workplace, how does the insurance sector not only champion inclusivity, but also succeed in female retention?

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REG Reviews – March 2023

Last month, reinsurers' policy inflations began to destabilise the market, the treasury forecasts the introduction of the digital pound,and the FCA have urged financial services to commit to consumer duty, whilst calling out the whole insurance market to action allegiance to ESG commitments...

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Managing Corruption Risks for Financial Services Firms

The FCA and US Authorities are committed to enforcing anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws and regulations to protect the integrity of the financial system and to prevent financial crime. In this article we look at the risks and the controls financial services firms should consider...

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REG Reviews – February 2023

Last month, concerns around brokers' naivety of Consumer Duty were brought to light, a robot prepares to become a defence lawyer and OpenAI's ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm with its revolutionary imprint on the AI landscape...

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REG Reviews – January 2023

Last month, the FCA revealed the next steps for FSCS , reports suggest there will be increases in cyber budgets and the the first UK space launch is granted its licenses...

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REG Reviews – December 2022

Last month the FCA released the long awaited Personal Lines data, we saw updates on the Solvency II Reforms and the CII issued apologies after experiencing their latest cyber attack...

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The Future of Technology Panel Event

Panel discussion on the insurance industry's reluctant adoption of digitisation, what the sector needs to address, the barriers to accelerating digitisation in the insurance market, and as we look to the future, how can technology providers show the importance of tech solution adoption in the market.

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Regulating the Funeral Plans Sector

On July 29th 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) brought the funeral plan sector within its scope of regulation. This means that businesses providing funeral plans will now be expected to meet and adhere to industry standards as outlined by the FCA...

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Thank You and Good Luck to Our Marketing Interns!

The time has come to say goodbye to this year's Marketing Interns; Ellie Moeran and Julia Palos. We'd like to thank them for their commitment and contribution to REG's marketing activities throughout the year and wish them well as they head back to University to complete their final year of studies! Read all all about their experiences from a year in industry...

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The Risk of Hackers and How You Can Protect Yourself From Cyber Attacks

Nowadays, cyber scams are not uncommon. In fact, every single day, con artists are searching for their next victim. Worse yet, even if you think you're not worth being targeted by online predators, you need to think again...

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Adverse Media Screening

The insurance industry and the regulatory requirements around counterparty risk is always evolving, and so the obligations to minimise the risk and safeguard customers is becoming much more challenging for insurance companies. In the wake of COVID-19, financial crime continues to increase and whilst not all of these can be stopped, it is crucial they are recognised.

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Young People in Insurance and the Barriers they Face Entering the Market

In today's challenging job market, still in the midst of the Great Resignation, every industry is facing recruitment challenges and struggling to attract young talent. But for the insurance sector, these challenges are more acute than most, and they're nothing new. But why are the younger generations not being attracted to the insurance sector? There are a number of reasons for this...

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REGTALKS: Distributed Working and The Hope for the Future

Join Zoë Parsons, Bradford Bines and Victoria Slade, as they reflect on their experiences of working from home, discuss how the insurance industry's perception of RegTech has changed throughout the pandemic, and as we look towards the future and restrictions begin to ease, find out how they think the market will return.

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REGTALKS: The Insurance Industry’s Knowledge & Understanding of RegTech

Join Zoë Parsons, Ady Hall, Ellie Davison and Sacha Skerton, as they delve into the insurance industry's awareness and perception of RegTech, discuss the key benefits of the software that stand out to prospects and debate whether distributed working has shifted the sector's views on the need for regulatory management tools.

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REGTALKS: Customer Challenges

Join Zoë Parsons, Nathan Banfield and Sandra Jerinic, as they provide insight on the biggest challenges facing customers before adopting a Regtech solution, the main benefits of the software which drive their onboarding decision, and the impact distributed working has had on customers' abilities to stay on top of their regulatory obligations.

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