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Regulation

Still no clarity from UK to assess financial market access, says EU

With less than two months before Britain’s full access to the EU ends under post-Brexit transition arrangements on Dec. 31, London’s giant financial hub faces being largely cut off from its biggest customer.

Britain’s finance minister, Rishi Sunak, said on Monday he would not wait for Brussels to decide on UK access and would instead unilaterally allow EU financial firms to offer selected services to UK customers from January.

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Much at stake as Supreme Court weighs future of ‘Obamacare’

What’s at stake has real-world consequences for just about every American, as well as the health care industry, a major source of jobs and tax revenues. Whether the Affordable Care Act stays, goes, or is significantly changed, will affect the way life is lived in the US
The argument against the law from the Trump administration and conservative states is that the 10-year-old statute was rendered unconstitutional in its entirety when Congress dialled down to zero a penalty on those remaining uninsured.
President-elect Joe Biden would build on the ACA by improving it and adding a new public health insurance option. But party liberals want a government-run system for all Americans, including the 160 million covered through employer plans.

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Singapore’s Dy PM launches Global Asia Insurance Partnership,to incubate new risk financing solutions for emerging risks in Asia

“Through GAIP, we aim to produce actionable research insights, develop policy recommendations, There are many structural protection gaps facing Asia, but pandemic risk and climate risk are two critical areas that demand our immediate and collective attention,.” Heng Swee Keat Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies and Minister for Finance,Singapore, said adding that GAIP is expected to commence work in January next year.

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CCI approves merger of Bharti AXA General Insurance into ICICI Lombard General insurance

The merger of Bharti Axa General Insurance with ICICI Lombard General Insurance, India’s largest non-life company had got formalised in an all-stock deal, valued at €521 million(approximately Rs 4,200 crore).AXA, with 49 per cent of stake and Bharti, with 51 per cent of stake, to combine their non-life operations in India into ICICI Lombard, in exchange of shares

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