LAM01180 - Life insurance overview: abbreviations

The most common abbreviations are listed below:

Abbreviation Definition
BLAGAB Basic life assurance and general annuity business
CTA Corporation Tax Act 2009
CTFB Child Trust Fund Business
EEA European Economic Area
EU/EC European Union / European Community
FCA Financial Conduct Authority
FSMA Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
ICTA (1988) Income & Corporation Taxes Act 1988
INSPRU
Life assurance/ insurance Interchangeable commercial description (See also tax definition)
PHI Permanent health insurance business
PRA Prudential Regulation Authority
RAO
SII Solvency II
ICOBS

Further definitions are available on the regulators’’ websites and in Part 2 of FA12/S136–141.