This week, the UK Chancellor's Autumn Statement included a further hike in Insurance Premium Tax, and was criticised across the market.

You could have joked earlier this year that you foresaw a nightmare scenario for an implausible triple whammy of unexpected disruptive events

This week, regulatory issues were to the fore.

The language of the political debate around Brexit has suddenly become more nuanced, maybe pointing towards a softer Brexit, even retaining some access to the single market.

It is getting increasingly difficult to look past the barrage of strident (and often ill-informed) newspaper headlines about the UK’s progress towards the European Union exit door.

This week, major European insurers published financials for the nine months and third quarter