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← The regulatory atlasCOUNTRY PERSPECTIVE / United Kingdom

Central bank + separate conduct authority

United KingdomPRA & FCA

Resilience and fair value, under two distinct supervisors.

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01 / The institution

Prudential Regulation Authority & Financial Conduct Authority

The UK combines the PRA's oversight of insurers' financial resilience with the FCA's supervision of how firms treat customers. Follow both authorities to understand this market.

How it is structured

The PRA operates within the Bank of England. The FCA is a separate authority. They work together, with the PRA focused on firms' resilience and the FCA on fair treatment of customers.

Institutional source ↗

What it oversees

The PRA sets capital and risk-control requirements and supervises insurers' safety and soundness, including their ability to protect policyholders.

Mandate source ↗

The legal foundations

Mandate, written into law.

Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.

01

Founding framework

Financial Services Act 2012, section 6 ↗

Replaced the regulator provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 with the PRA/FCA framework. These authorities were established through financial-services legislation, rather than a standalone Insurance Act.

03

Insurance prudential framework

Solvency UK / PRA Rulebook ↗

The insurance prudential rules are distinct from the founding legislation. Solvency UK reporting applies to reporting reference dates from 31 December 2024.

02 / Market signals

The numbers, with context.

Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.

Insurance penetration. The reviewed regulator releases do not establish a comparable premiums-to-GDP penetration rate. Prudential reporting totals should not be treated as domestic insurance penetration.

03 / The report notebook

A dated view of the market.

What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.

ReviewedNOTE 01

January–December 2025 · Published

FCA General insurance value measures data 2025 ↗

Latest annual value-measures release located and read. Data snapshot: 5 May 2026.

Motor pricing eased

Motor premiums fell 7% in 2025 while average policies in force rose 4%. Claims costs reached 59% of premiums, versus 54% in 2024.

Other metrics of note · Motor insurance ↗

Read value measures in context

These are historical retail-product indicators, subject to reporting thresholds. The FCA flags inconsistent home claims-acceptance reporting and cautions against selecting insurance from these measures alone.

Factors to consider; Data quality; What the data includes ↗
Read the original publication ↗
ReviewedNOTE 02

Quarter ended 31 March 2026 · Published

PRA Insurance aggregate data quarterly report — Q1 2026 ↗

Latest quarterly release listed; official HTML methodology and CSV read. Q2 is scheduled for 30 September 2026.

A dated view of capital

Life and non-life coverage stood at 189.1% and 183.4%. Reporting exemptions use carried-forward returns; published aggregates remain subject to revision.

Chart 1.1; Annex — reporting exemptions ↗
Read the original publication ↗
ReviewedNOTE 03

1 March 2025–28 February 2026 · Published

PRA Annual Report 2025/26 ↗

Latest institutional annual report listed by the PRA; forewords and insurance-relevant passages reviewed.

confidence in the resilience of the UK financial system is a prerequisite for sustainable growth and innovation.

PRA Annual Report 2025/26Andrew Bailey, Foreword by the Chair, paragraph 2 · Country illustration

Resilience remains central

The PRA highlights life-insurance stress testing, bulk-purchase annuity and funded-reinsurance risks, alongside operational resilience. The quoted statement concerns the financial system, not a guarantee of any insurer.

Forewords by the Chair and Chief Executive ↗
Read the original publication ↗

04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 9 September 2026.

PRA firm telephone
+44 20 3461 7000Source ↗
PRA postal address
PRA Enquiries Team (MG2-SE), 20 Moorgate, London EC2R 6DASource ↗
FCA consumer helpline (UK)
0800 111 6768Source ↗
FCA regulated-firm helpline (UK)
0300 500 0597Source ↗
FCA international / switchboard
+44 20 7066 1000Source ↗
FCA postal address
12 Endeavour Square, London E20 1JNSource ↗

Research trail

Sources you can follow.

Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.

  1. Bank of England — Prudential regulation ↗Checked
  2. Bank of England — What is the PRA? ↗Checked
  3. Bank of England — PRA contacts ↗Checked
  4. Bank of England — Regulated firms ↗Checked
  5. About the Financial Conduct Authority ↗Checked
  6. FCA — Contact us ↗Checked
  7. Financial Services Act 2012, section 6 ↗Checked
  8. Bank of England — Prudential Regulation Committee replaces PRA Board ↗Checked
  9. Bank of England — Insurance regulatory reporting ↗Checked
  10. PRA — Insurance aggregate data quarterly report ↗Checked
  11. PRA — Quarterly aggregate data CSV ↗Checked
  12. Bank of England — Insurance release schedule ↗Checked
  13. FCA — General insurance value measures data 2025 ↗Checked
  14. PRA — Annual Report 2025/26 ↗Checked

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