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FCA SETS OUT POOLING AND LOWER COMMISSION IN FLATS INSURANCE REVIEW
"The Financial Conduct Authority has delivered its recommendations and potential remedies to reform the multi-occupancy buildings insurance market including a cross industry pool and lowering commissions.
In January Michael Gove, then the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, called on the FCA to review the insurance market for multiple-occupancy residential buildings."
(Insurance Age - September 2022)
SCARCITY OF BUILDING MATERIALS AFFECTS INSURANCE COSTS
"An insurance brokerage is offering a reminder to all business owners that the national shortage of building materials has a knock-on effect on their insurance costs.
H&H Insurance Brokers is warning that the UK is undergoing a huge shortage in building materials – mainly due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and partly because of Brexit. The shortage has led to the prices of timber and steel rising rapidly month-over-month. The broker also pointed out that in September 2021, the price of timber surged by 23% – and it is currently 64% higher than its price in July 2020."
(Insurance Business UK - November 2021)