Pensions Regulator - Supervises the pension industry and employers who administer pension schemes. - http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/
EU Insurance Regulations - Links to EU information on all aspects of the insurance business, including regulation. - http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/insurance/index_en.htm
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 1996 - Full text of the regulations restricting investments by pension schemes in the sponsoring company under the 1995 Pensions Act. - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19963127_en_1.htm
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 - Full text of the Act that currently governs UK financial market regulation. - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000008.htm
Insurance Companies (Amendment) Regulations 1996 - Further amending the Insurance Companies Regulations 1994. Now incorporated into FSA Handbook. - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960942_en_1.htm
Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997 - Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 1612, para 77, about actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of Local Government Pension Schemes. - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1997/71612--j.htm#77
Insurance Companies Regulations 1994 - Includes parts IV (Margins of Solvency) and IX (Determination of Liabilities). Now incorporated into FSA Handbook. - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19941516_en_1.htm
Insurance Companies (Amendment) Regulations 1995 - Amends the Insurance Companies Regulations 1994. Now incorporated into FSA Handbook. - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19953248_en_1.htm
Pensions Act 1995 - Official text of the Act of Parliament which created the Minimum Funding Requirement and equalised the retirement ages of men and women. Full text (in HTML) divided by Sections and Subsections, as well as details of the bound copy including online purchas - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950026_en_1.htm
The Sandler Review - A review of medium- and long-term retail savings in the UK, commissioned by the Treasury and published on 9 July, 2002. Full text (via links to sections) and links to relevant press notices. - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Documents/Financial_Services/Savings/fin_sav_sand.cfm
A Simpler Way to Better Pensions - The "Pickering Report", produced for the Department of Work and Pensions and published on 11 July 2002. Full text of the committee's conclusions and recommendations. - http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/2002/pickering/report.pdf
Faculty and Institute of Actuaries - The Faculty of Actuaries in Edinburgh and the Institute of Actuaries in London and Oxford are the two professional bodies for actuaries in the United Kingdom. - http://www.actuaries.org.uk/
Minimum Funding Requirement Consultation - Consultation document from Her Majesty's Treasury seeking views on the Minimum Funding Requirement applicable to most private sector defined benefit occupational pension schemes. - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/consultations_and_legislation/security_for_occupational_pensions_consultation/consult_sop_index.cfm
Accounting Standards Board - Issue accounting standards, and recognised for that purpose under the Companies Act 1985. Formerly the Accounting Standards Committee. - http://www.asb.org.uk/
House of Lords Judgment - Equitable Life Assurance Society and Hyman - The directors "shall apportion the amount of such declared surplus by way of bonus among the holders of the participating policies on such principles, and by such methods, as they may from time to time determine." But what does that mean? - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldjudgmt/jd000720/equite-1.htm
Her Majesty's Treasury - Voluntary Code for Pension Fund Investment. Revised set of principles of investment for pension funds, and the official MHT response to the Myners review of institutional investment, giving some updates on how the recommendations of the review are being t - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Newsroom_and_Speeches/Press/2001/press_104_01.cfm
Association of British Insurers - Trade association for the UK's insurance industry, representing around 400 companies. Includes a section on Life and Pensions. - http://www.insurance.org.uk/
Myners Report - Institutional Investment in the UK - Commissioned by Her Majesty's Treasury, it criticised the incentives and behaviour of pension fund trustees, investment consulting firms and fund managers. - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/press/2001/press_myners_01.cfm
The Minimum Funding Requirement: The Next Stage of Reform - A September 2001 publication of the Department of Work and Pensions, outlining the Department's proposals for a future UK pensions regulatory regime. Full text in pdf format (36 pages). - http://www.dwp.gov.uk/consultations/consult/2001/mfr_next/mfr.pdf