Reference Case Number: FOI11199
Freedom of Information: Right to know request:
I would like the FCA to provide me with a tally of the number of male and female SMF holders for all current approved UK insurance entities ;as per this table: List of UK Insurers - June 2022 (bankofengland.co.uk).
Please provide the following:
- Number of male and female SMF1 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF3 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF4 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF5 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF20 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF23 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF24 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF16 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF17 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF9 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF10 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF11 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF12 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF13 role holders
- Number of male and female SMF14 role holders
FCA response:
You are seeking information about the salutations of all SMF roles for UK-approved insurance entities.
We can provide the requested information, as below. Please note that individuals may use a salutation that is different to their gender self-identification. Further, there are several salutations that are gender-neutral, for example, Doctor, Captain etc., and in some instances the salutation field has been left blank.
We have excluded one individual with an SMF3(AR) involvement against one of the requested firms. This is because the individual is not an SMF at the requested firm but is an SMF at an Appointed Representative of the requested firm.
Please note the Society of Lloyd’s has two unique SMF designations which you did not request, and so they have been excluded from the data in the tables. The functions are SMF23a Underwriting Risk Oversight (Lloyd's) and SMF23b Conduct Risk Oversight (Lloyd's). Information about the role holder for these functions is publicly available on the Financial Services Register, if you require it.
The data below is accurate as at 12 March 2024.
| SMF Function | Mr | Miss, Mrs, Ms, Ms. | Baroness, Dame, Lady etc. | Doctor | Sir, Lord, Earl | Blanks | Captain & The Honourab | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF 1 | 213 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| SMF 2 | 187 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| SMF 3 | 380 | 114 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| SMF 4 | 149 | 59 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| SMF 5 | 104 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| SMF 7 | 250 | 70 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||
| SMF 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 9 | 211 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| SMF 10 | 115 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| SMF 11 | 127 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| SMF 12 | 64 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| SMF 13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| SMF 14 | 50 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| SMF 15 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 16 | 237 | 150 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| SMF 17 | 125 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| SMF 18 | 171 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| SMF 19 | 98 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| SMF 20 | 197 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| SMF 20a | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 23 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| SMF 24 | 170 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| SMF 25 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SMF 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||