BETAThis is a new independent transparency project, not an official government website. The data is sourced from public registers and may contain errors, so always verify against the official source. If you find a problem, please report it here.
FSCS is the United Kingdom’s statutory fund of last resort for customers of financial services firms and this market sounding is specific to general insurance, FSCS may pay compensation where it is satisfied that an eligible claimant has a protected indemnity claim against an authorised insurer who is in default.
In the event of an insurer failure, primary responsibility for claims handling rests with the court appointed Insolvency Practitioner. Often the period required to resolve the failed insurer’s insurance liabilities extends beyond the conclusion of any insolvency proceedings, at which point the Insolvency Practitioner is no longer appointed. This is particularly the case with ‘long-tail’ liabilities. In these circumstances, FSCS takes on responsibility for managing the claims run-off.
Long-tail liabilities commonly reference chronic industrial diseases and illnesses (e.g., noise induced hearing loss, asbestosis, and mesothelioma) caused by an employee’s exposure to a hazardous working environment. Industrial disease and illness claims are technically complex to manage and present significant service, reputational and financial risks for FSCS should errors occur in the claims handling process.
FSCS currently manages claims for a number of closed insurance estates. Due to the presence of asbestos related claims these insurance estates are expected to continue in run-off for the next c.20 years (based on data published by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK Asbestos Working Party update, September 2019).
There is also the potential for FSCS to directly manage the run-off of other claims types including complex structural building defect claims and 3rd party motor injury claims.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/VYBUYWV847
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2). The buyer wants to talk to suppliers before designing the procurement. Taking part is how to shape it.
Bids are submitted through the buyer’s own portal, not on this site. Read the full notice on Find a Tender before relying on any date here.
No supplier information available.
This procurement was divided into 1 lots, each awarded separately.
| Lot | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lot FSCS537 Apr 2027 – Apr 2032 | - | planning |