Compliance & Regulation

The chief medical officer (CMO) of Macmillan Cancer Support has criticised protection insurers for an “extraordinary” lack of consistency in the way they verify cancer claims. Professor Richard Simcock told Health &...

Baroness Nicky Morgan has told Health & Protection she is considering resuming her quest to secure an inquiry on women’s financial resilience in the House of Lords following an unsuccessful attempt last...

Legal & General group chief risk officer (CRO) Chris Knight will join the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as director of insurance in July. Knight will be taking on the position formerly held...

A key trend emanating from the pandemic was the emergence of the digital nomad reflecting that in the third decade of the 21st century, talent is increasingly globally mobile. And in order...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is casting its regulatory eye on commissions in its Pure Protection Market Study. While that work does not extend to private medical insurance (PMI), advisers operating in...

Striking out on your own as an adviser can prove daunting - most will not know where to start and in an era of increased remote working leaving colleagues to go it...

Complex issues involving multiple regulators and critical stress tests are being simplified by artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies, the World of America Convention has heard. Regulation is an ever-present subject for...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will look into claims experiences and incentives for consumers to switch products as part of its pure protection market study. The regulator has already confirmed it will further...

Three adviser groups will be represented at the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pure protection market study stakeholder workshop. The workshop will bring together adviser, insurer and consumer representatives, primarily through seven trade...

Myriad reasons are to blame for a year-on-year increase in complaints about income protection (IP) products, advisers have told Health & Protection. These include an over scrutiny of claims from providers, long...