FCA fines JLT Specialty $9.7M for financial crime control lapses
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Jeff Dale2022-06-22T20:41:00
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority fined a unit of insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group 7.9 million pounds (U.S. $9.7 million) for failing to control financial crime within its South and Central American subsidiaries.
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