What insurers should know about the FCA’s anti-greenwashing rule
Alexandra Nurse, a partner at Kennedys, explains how the Financial Conduct Authority’s new anti-greenwashing rule will, in the long term, mitigate the risk of claims brought in the insurance sector so long as providers review their communications.
The Financial Conduct Authority has been taking an increasingly proactive approach to environmental, social and governance issues and, in particular, the risk that authorised entities may not be
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