GRC Report Staff

The FCA has released its fourth annual general insurance value measures dataset (January to December 2025). It shows persistently high claims complaint rates and low acceptance rates in home insurance, plus sharply rising travel claims costs. The FCA will use the data to focus supervision, so firms with significant or recurring outlier indicators should expect greater scrutiny under PROD 4 and the Consumer Duty.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has listed "RUDIMENTAL24 INVESTITION" on its warning list, referencing a warning first issued by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Compliance teams should treat the entity as a high-risk, likely unauthorized or fraudulent actor and update screening and customer-protection controls accordingly.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about the website swissborg.com-accesprive.app, which the French AMF blacklisted as an impersonation (usurpation) of the SwissBorg brand. Compliance teams should treat the domain as a likely fraud vector and add it to blocklists and customer-warning processes. The action also shows how European regulators share warnings across borders.

The Norway Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has published a warning about valcreditance.com, relaying an alert issued by France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) that lists the site on its crypto-currency blacklist. Compliance teams should treat the entity as a suspected unauthorized or fraudulent operator and update screening and consumer-protection controls accordingly.

At the IIF-CBA Canada Forum 2026, OSFI Deputy Superintendent Angie Radiskovic described a sustained modernization agenda. It includes an indefinite pause on key Basel III elements, a lower Domestic Stability Buffer, reduced risk weights for SME and construction exposures, and a more tailored supervisory approach. Compliance teams should treat these remarks as signals of OSFI's calibration priorities and update capital planning, supervisory engagement, and regulatory change monitoring accordingly.

The ECB has raised interest rates for the second time this year, to 2.5%, citing persistent energy-driven inflation and stronger-than-expected economic resilience. Its forecast shows euro area inflation reaching 3% this year before easing to 2.1% in 2028, with significant scenario-based uncertainty. Compliance and risk teams should reassess interest rate, credit, and conduct risk exposures ahead of the next meeting on October 28 and 29, 2026.

The Bank of England's August 2026 Inflation Attitudes Survey, the first conducted by Savanta in place of Ipsos, shows median one-year inflation expectations falling to 3.2% from 4.0% in May. A parallel run shows that part of the decline reflects the provider change rather than a true shift in sentiment. Compliance and risk teams should treat quarter-on-quarter comparisons with caution when using this data in models, stress scenarios, or customer-facing materials.