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Internal audit is necessary to review and report on the complex, high-risk areas of an organisation.

Overseeing reputation, governance, finance and compliance with laws and regulations can significantly increase the demands on management time. Mazars’ specialist team can ease the burden and take on all or a part of your internal audit.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) sees internal audit as an integral part of assurance, from managing the risks to establishing an effective internal control framework. The FSA stresses the importance of clear reporting lines, competence and independence from the daily activities of the firm.

In 2004 the FSA made the effectiveness of internal audit in the insurance sector the focus of their ‘thematic’ reviews for insurance companies. Insurance companies, Lloyd’s managing agents and brokers are now putting best practice in place to meet regulator approval.