Web Directory

» A Simpler Way to Better Pensions
   The "Pickering Report", produced for the Department of Work and Pensions and published on 11 July 2002. Full text of the committee's conclusions and recommendations.
   http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/2002/pickering/report.pdf

» EU Insurance Regulations
   Links to EU information on all aspects of the insurance business, including regulation.
   http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/insurance/index_en.htm

» Faculty and Institute of Actuaries
   The Faculty of Actuaries in Edinburgh and the Institute of Actuaries in London and Oxford are the two professional bodies for actuaries in the United Kingdom.
   http://www.actuaries.org.uk/

» Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
   Full text of the Act that currently governs UK financial market regulation.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/ukpga_20000008_en_1

» House of Lords Judgment - Equitable Life Assurance Society and Hyman
   The directors "shall apportion the amount of such declared surplus by way of bonus among the holders of the participating policies on such principles, and by such methods, as they may from time to time determine." But what does that mean?
   http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldjudgmt/jd000720/equite-1.htm

» Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
   A professional accountancy body, operating under a Royal Charter. Career information, news, articles on issues involving accounting.
   http://www.icaew.com

» Insurance Companies (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996
   Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 944. Now incorporated into FSA Handbook.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960944_en_1.htm

» Insurance Companies (Amendment) Regulations 1995
   Amends the Insurance Companies Regulations 1994. Now incorporated into FSA Handbook.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19953248_en_1.htm

» Insurance Companies (Amendment) Regulations 1996
   Further amending the Insurance Companies Regulations 1994. Now incorporated into FSA Handbook.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960942_en_1.htm

» Insurance Companies Regulations 1994
   Includes parts IV (Margins of Solvency) and IX (Determination of Liabilities). Now incorporated into FSA Handbook.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19941516_en_1.htm

» Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997
   Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 1612, para 77, about actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of Local Government Pension Schemes.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1997/71612--j.htm#77

» Myners Report - Institutional Investment in the UK
   Commissioned by Her Majesty's Treasury, it criticised the incentives and behaviour of pension fund trustees, investment consulting firms and fund managers.
   http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/press/2001/press_myners_01.cfm

» Pensions Act 1995
   Official text of the Act of Parliament which created the Minimum Funding Requirement and equalised the retirement ages of men and women. Full text (in HTML) divided by Sections and Subsections, as well as details of the bound copy including online purchas
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950026_en_1.htm

» Pensions Regulator
   Supervises the pension industry and employers who administer pension schemes.
   http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/

» The Minimum Funding Requirement: The Next Stage of Reform
   A September 2001 publication of the Department of Work and Pensions, outlining the Department's proposals for a future UK pensions regulatory regime. Full text in pdf format (36 pages).
   http://www.dwp.gov.uk/consultations/consult/2001/mfr_next/mfr.pdf

» The Occupational Pension Schemes (Deficiency on Winding Up) Regulations 1996
   Full text of the regulations governing the winding up of UK pension schemes under the 1995 Pensions Act in the case of a deficiency of assets over liabilities.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19963128_en_1.htm

» The Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 1996
   Full text of the regulations restricting investments by pension schemes in the sponsoring company under the 1995 Pensions Act.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19963127_en_1.htm

» The Occupational Pension Schemes (Minimum Funding Requirement and Actuarial Valuations) Regulations 1996
   Full text of the regulations governing the Minimum Funding Requirement under the 1995 Pensions Act.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961536_en_1.htm

» The Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) Regulations 1996
   Full text of the regulations governing the winding up of UK pension schemes under the 1995 Pensions Act.
   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19963126_en_1.htm