Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,375,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Association of British Insurers (ABI)
EU Transparency Register
730137075-36 First registered on 26 Jun 2008
Goals / Remit
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is the leading trade association for insurers and providers of long term savings. Our members include most household names and specialist providers who contribute £12bn in taxes and manage investments of £1.8trillion. Through the ABI their voice is heard in Government and in public debate on insurance, savings, and investment matters. And through the ABI they come together to improve customers' experience of the industry, to raise standards of corporate governance in British business and to protect the public against crime.
Main EU files targeted
Solvency II, Insurance Distribution Directive, Packaged Retail Insurance based Investment Products (PRIIPs), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ESA review, Long-term investment, IFRS, Recovery and resolution non-banks, Capital Markets Union (CMU), Motor insurance directive, collective redress, Brexit, climate change.
Address
Head Office
One America Square
17 Crosswall
London EC3N 2LB
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 Apr 2020
Name Start date End Date Ms Carol Hall 31 Mar 2016 24 Mar 2017 Ms Julie Shah 31 Mar 2016 24 Mar 2017 Ms Julie Shah 08 Apr 2015 31 Mar 2016 Ms Carol Hall 15 Nov 2014 13 Nov 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
The ABI is a member of:
Insurance Europe - http://www.insuranceeurope.eu
Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA) - http://www.gfiainsurance.org/en/Member organisations
A list of ABI member companies can be found on the ABI website https://www.abi.org.uk/About/ABI-members
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,375,000€
Other financial info
Foreign currency exchange calculated as 1.12.
The above amount includes the relevant amount of the ABI's membership fee to Insurance Europe (of €970,000). -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Consultation responses.
Meetings with European Commission officials involved in key initiatives.
Meeting with MEPs and MEP offices as appropriate.
Use of/informing media as appropriate.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 13 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Capital Markets Union Action Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Solvency 2; Motor Insurance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 May 2015 Location London Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 14 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Policy - Priorities 2015 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Matthew Baldwin (Cabinet member)