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What is a proportionate approach to Operational Resilience?

One of the many questions we are asked by clients is “what is a proportionate approach to operational resilience?"  This blog will provide some useful direction to help firms answer this question.

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Operational Resilience - Are you ready for March 2022?

In March 2021, UK regulators set out their requirements and guidance to strengthen operational resilience in the financial services sector and we are now only 2 months away from the first important ...

Topics: Insurance Sector

January 13, 2022
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FCA introduces new Consumer Duty to drive a fundamental shift in Financial Service industry

Topics: Insurance Sector

December 9, 2021
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Insight Deck | Mapping Important Business Services and Vulnerabilities

In our recent Insight Deck, FourthLine discussed phase 1 of implementing a compliant Operational Resilience framework - defining "intolerable harm" and selecting or de-selecting your Important ...

Topics: Insurance Sector

December 7, 2021
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New PRA consultation on operational resilience and continuity in resolution to holding companies

On 25 November 2021, the PRA published Consultation Paper 21/21: Operational Resilience and Operational Continuity in Resolution: CRR firms, Solvency II firms, and Financial Holding Companies (for ...

Topics: Insurance Sector

December 1, 2021
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Operational Resilience - The criticality of setting appropriate Impact Tolerances

Last week, around 500 Tesla owners were unable to connect and unlock their vehicles, causing lost hours for many users. Were people left outside in the cold, others unable to go to work or even worse ...

Topics: Insurance Sector

November 24, 2021
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How to Resource against your Operational Resilience Programme

With the recent publication of the PRA’s supervisory statement on Operational Resilience, firms are now in the process of building and delivering their response. At FourthLine, we are supporting ...

Topics: Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

November 23, 2021
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New Insight Deck | Defining Important Business Services (IBS)

Most in-scope financial services firms are on their way to implementing the regulatory requirements for Operational Resilience, in readiness for the March 2022 deadline.

Topics: Insurance Sector

November 10, 2021
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The importance of collating all Business Units into your Operational Resilience plan

With the PRA and FCA's Operational Resilience compliance deadline now less than 5 months away, most in-scope firms are well on the way to building their own Operational Resilience resources and ...

Topics: Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

November 9, 2021
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