BIBA webinar - Introducing the FCA’s new Insurance Regulatory Priorities report 2026

The FCA is committed to being a smarter regulator – predictable, purposeful and proportionate. They will present the new Insurance Regulatory Priorities Report, setting out their areas of focus.

Learning objectives:

By the end of this webinar, delegates should be able to:

• Articulate how the FCA’s Regulatory Priority Reports help the regulator to be more predictable, purposeful and proportionate
• Describe the FCA’s priority areas across insurance markets
• Identify what the FCA expects of firms and what it encourages firms to do

Presenters - Andrew Ruddle and Craig Stapley

Andrew is Head of Insurance Market Analysis and Policy at the FCA and is a Fellow of the IFoA. He heads the FCA department that is responsible for identifying and prioritising risks of consumer harm and opportunities to support growth across the insurance markets, for insurance policymaking and for setting the strategy across these markets. He also maintains oversight responsibility for the work of FCA actuaries across the life insurance and funeral plans sectors. Andrew has 12 years of experience working for the regulator and has led or been involved in a number of FCA reviews including those into ‘non-advised annuity sale practices’, the ‘fair treatment of with-profits customers’, and the ‘fair treatment of long-standing customers’. Prior to regulation, Andrew worked for more than 10 years in the life insurance industry in the UK and South Africa.

Craig is the manager of the Analysis, Strategy and Engagement team within the Insurance Market Analysis and Policy Department. He is responsible for overseeing the analysis of the Insurance market including Personal and Commercial Lines insurance, Wholesale insurance, Life insurance and Funeral Plans. He is also responsible for leading the work to develop the insurance strategy and work plans and for the Insurance Regulatory Priorities report – published in February 2026 – and Insurance’s engagement strategy. Craig has worked in various roles across the FCA over the past 11 years and previous to the FCA, worked in a Life insurance firm for 8 years in a risk role.

Delegates participating in the accredited webinar can claim up to 1 CPD hour towards the CII member CPD scheme. A formal completion certificate will be issued for members attending and returning a feedback form.  

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Our webinars are designed to give information and guidance and we aim to make them as accurate as we can at the time of presentation and recording. However, they may sometimes represent individual views and BIBA cannot guarantee, nor do they accept any responsibility or liability for, the accuracy or completeness of the content or for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained within these presentations and recordings.