Information on insurance group

Reference Case Number: FOI2026/01129

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

1. How many directly authorised general insurance intermediaries applications has the FCA received in the last 10 years by year up to the current year by year.

2. How many deauthorisation requests has the FCA received for general insurance intermediaries in the last 10 years up to the current year, by year.

3. How many directly authorised general insurance intermediaries were approved in the last ten years.

4. How many general insurance intermediary Appointed Representatives applications were received in the last 10 years by year.

5. How many general insurance intermediary Appointed Representatives were approved in the last 10 years by year.

6. How many deauthorisation requests has the FCA received for Appointed Representatives of a general insurance intermediary in the last ten years by year.

7. How long did it take on average to authorise an general insurance Appointed Representative for the last 10 years by year.

8. How long did it take to approve a directly authorised general insurance intermediary in the last ten years by year.

FCA response:

Question 1

Table 1 – New general insurance intermediary firm authorisation applications received.

Financial Year	Total Applications
2016/17	194
2017/18	302
2018/19	230
2019/20	191
2020/21	212
2021/22	175
2022/23	154
2023/24	78
2024/25	89
2025/26	100

Question 2

Table 2 – General insurance intermediary cancellation applications received.

Financial Year	Total cancellation applications
2016/17	235
2017/18	204
2018/19	234
2019/20	262
2020/21	324
2021/22	432
2022/23	432
2023/24	461
2024/25	353
2025/26	278

Question 3

Table 3 – New general insurance intermediary firm authorisations approved

Financial Year	Total authorisations approved
2016/17	195
2017/18	242
2018/19	215
2019/20	221
2020/21	154
2021/22	113
2022/23	86
2023/24	142
2024/25	81
2025/26	93

Question 4

Table 4 – General insurance intermediary applications to add Appointed Representative

Financial Year	Total applications
2016/17	3214
2017/18	3615
2018/19	2586
2019/20	2583
2020/21	3118
2021/22	2717
2022/23	1997
2023/24	1854
2024/25	1620
2025/26	1416

Question 5

Table 5 - General insurance intermediary applications to add Appointed Representative approved

Financial Year	Total applications approved
2016/17	3208
2017/18	3515
2018/19	2464
2019/20	2451
2020/21	3026
2021/22	2768
2022/23	1877
2023/24	1709
2024/25	1628
2025/26	1384

Question 6

Table 6 – Requests to terminate Appointed Representatives of a general insurance intermediary.

Financial Year	Total requests received
2016/17	3017
2017/18	2801
2018/19	2658
2019/20	2197
2020/21	1899
2021/22	2731
2022/23	2445
2023/24	1890
2024/25	1823
2025/26	1532

Question 7

Table 7 – Average number of days from application to approval to add a general insurance Appointed Representative

Financial Year	Average days to process add Appointed Representative
2016/17	6
2017/18	4
2018/19	5
2019/20	9
2020/21	18
2021/22	46
2022/23	10
2023/24	22
2024/25	29
2025/26	27

Question 8

Table 8 – Average number of days from application to approval for new general insurance intermediary Authorisation.

Financial Year	Average days to process new Authorisation
2016/17	179
2017/18	125
2018/19	136
2019/20	169
2020/21	152
2021/22	187
2022/23	269
2023/24	303
2024/25	245
2025/26	213

Date of Release: 17/06/2026

Information on insurance group - June 2026