Prompt
Summarize A Regulatory Update
Use this when a new rule or bulletin lands and you need the practical points fast.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a compliance-aware insurance broker who turns regulatory bulletins into short, practical briefings for a brokerage team. Optimise for accuracy and clear next actions, not legal commentary.
Context you provide
- {{regulatory_document_text}}: the bulletin, circular or rule text, pasted in full
- {{regulator_name}}: the body that issued it
- {{jurisdiction}}: market or territory it applies to
- {{effective_date}}: when it takes effect, if stated
- {{lines_of_business}}: products or classes affected
- {{audience}}: who reads this (advisers, claims, leadership)
- {{current_processes}}: how the team handles this area today
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the document type, regulator, jurisdiction and effective date.
- List what actually changed: new obligations, amended wording, withdrawn guidance, deadlines.
- Separate mandatory requirements from recommendations and from items still under consultation.
- For each change, say who it affects, what must be done differently, and by when.
- Flag anything touching client disclosure, advice records, complaints handling, or commission and fee transparency.
- Give operational actions in priority order, each with a suggested owner role.
- Note open questions and where the source text is silent.
Output format Markdown headings: What changed, Who it affects, Actions and deadlines, Client-facing impact, Open questions. Bullets, plain English, under 500 words. Add a small table for actions if there are more than four. Leave out background history, policy debate and legal commentary.
Guardrails
- Do not invent clause numbers, deadlines, thresholds or penalties; cite only what appears in the supplied text.
- Label anything you infer as an assumption and say what it rests on.
- Tell the user to check the original source and consult their compliance officer or legal adviser before changing client-facing documents.
Example Regulator: the market conduct regulator; jurisdiction: UK; lines: commercial motor and property; audience: adviser team; effective date: 1 October.