Compliance & Regulation

Paradigm Protect has added access to Defaqto’s critical illness cover (CIC) comparison software as part of a new switching compliance audit service. The firm has introduced two options for its switching compliance...

Advisers have welcomed confirmation from the government that it will not be imposing VAT on private healthcare in November's Budget. This morning, health secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC "it's not happening"...

Health secretary Wes Streeting has guaranteed the exemption of VAT on private healthcare will not be removed in the upcoming Budget. Streeting told the BBC "it's not happening" and repeated that answer...

Keith Richards, CEO of the Consumer Duty Alliance, has revealed that he once signed off on a 75 page suitability report. But he added that Consumer Duty holds the key to cutting...

More conversations about income protection are taking place, but they're not necessarily better quality, according to Martin O'Connell, founder of The Protection Revolution. Speaking to Income Protection Task Force MD Jo Miller...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its pure protection market overview revealing more than 22 million in-force policies across all individual product types. The market overview sets out a factual overview...

Sir Charlie Mayfield who is leading the government’s Keep Britain Working Review expects Britain can ‘radically’ transform its labour inactivity crisis within a period of five to 10 years. But advisers Health...

Sir Charlie Mayfield who is leading the government's Keep Britain Working Review has highlighted that private medical insurance (PMI) and group income protection (GIP) have a role to play in tackling the...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has launched a national-level service showing how private hospital admissions, length of stay and safety incidents vary by patient characteristics, such as age, gender, ethnicity and...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the Budget will take place on Wednesday 26 November, with NHS and healthcare set to be a key priority. Amid speculation that the chancellor will need to...