Compliance & Regulation

Ministers are set to announce that around 1.3 million people on low wages who find themselves ill are expected to either receive 80% of their average weekly earnings or the rate of...

I am going to start this by making my position very clear. The question of how best to direct life assurance policy proceeds - whether through beneficiary nomination or trusts, is not,...

The Financial Services Compensation Services Scheme (FSCS) has appointed Jenny Watson and Richard Harvey as non-executive directors to the FSCS board, taking-up their roles from 1 March. The pair has experience in...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned principals to check their professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover, after a review showed nearly 10% of firms sampled, needed to make changes to their policies...

Gaining access to patient data is one of the biggest bugbears for health insurers across the globe. Where providers can access this data, customers can benefit from smoother underwriting processes and cheaper...

A group protection insurance solution is necessary to tackle the UK's impending social care crisis, according to Johnny Timpson. Last week, writing in Health & Protection Tony Müdd, divisional director development and...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has confirmed it is to proceed with a proposal to charge claims management companies (CMCs) and other professional representatives £250 to refer a case to its service...

Government's failure to include health and protection tax breaks in its Keep Britain Working Review, while disappointing, may not have all that much of an impact on firms' desire to keep these...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has announced a number of board changes for 2025 following its annual general meeting (AGM) earlier this month. The changes, effective from the start of the year,...

The Departments for Work and Pensions and Business and Trade have confirmed tax policy will remain outside of the scope of the Keep Britain Working review. This means industry hopes that government...