Insurance glossary

Short answer. The Apex Insurance Wiki is a UK insurance reference covering professional indemnity terminology, policy mechanics, regulator requirements and insurance case law. Entries are written for UK readers and use UK regulatory framing — FCA rules, ICOBS, the SRA Minimum Terms, RICS and ARB requirements — rather than US market terms. Entries define the term, explain how it operates in a policy, and link to related entries.

A working glossary of 1115 terms used in UK insurance, professional indemnity and financial-services regulation — written and reviewed by practising brokers at Apex Insurance Brokers Limited, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 724952.

Each entry defines the term, explains where it applies, and links to the relevant statute, FCA rule or professional-body requirement where one exists.

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