Compliance & Regulation
Coleman named permanent FOS chairman
Liam Coleman has been appointed chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) after holding the position on an interim basis for the past year. His three-year term has been confirmed by the...
Read moreFCA resists AI-specific rules in favour of becoming an agentic regulator
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to take up a number of recommendations from the Mills Review including becoming more of an agentic regulator and scaling up innovation services, all while resisting...
Read moreFCA rejects Fairer Finance’s view of market study as ‘massive missed opportunity’
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it does not recognise consumer group Fairer Finance’s assessment of its pure protection market study as a ‘massive missed opportunity’. This is according to David...
Read moreCI sales exceed 480k as one in six IP completions not advised – FCA
Critical illness (CI) sales exceeded 480,000 in 2025 with standalone CI policies accounting for more than one in four, according to data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The regulator’s official product...
Read moreAdvisers may need to justify why trust or beneficiary nomination not used – Wheatcroft
Advisers may be required to justify why a beneficiary nomination or trust has not been used when taking out a life insurance policy, according to Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager at Swiss Re....
Read morePM commits to turning triple lock into double lock to fund new national care service
Prime minister Andy Burnham is to turn the government’s triple lock pensions commitment into a double lock to pay for a new national care service. Triple lock change Addressing the Labour Party...
Read moreIPAW: AI can turn risk into opportunity, but advisers must be mindful – Mehta
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be a useful tool to turn risk into opportunity, but requires advisers to be mindful of those risks and guardrails about the technology. This is according to Setul...
Read moreMarket study ‘massive missed opportunity’ to drive sector wide improvements – Daley
The potential to address claims data, consumer understanding of critical illness and loaded premiums have been rejected in deference of secondary growth objective, says Fairer Finance managing director James Daley. When...
Read moreKeep Britain Working exploring risk pooling lessons from Europe for Workplace Health System
The Keep Britain Working review is seeking to learn lessons from Europe to explore the possibility of creating insurance schemes that pool risk to enable SMEs to access health and wellbeing benefits...
Read moreTimpson: Don’t wait for FCA to force lasting powers of attorney
Advisers should not wait until the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) forces them to place policies in trust or set up wills and powers of attorney. This is according to Johnny Timpson a...
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