Compliance & Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put forward a proposal requiring firms to provide statements detailing whether they have hit diversity targets, and where targets have been missed to explain why. The...

A Darlington-based mental health hospital has been rated good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and is to exit special measures. The Priory Hospital Middleton St George (pictured) in Darlington had been...

Aon has agreed to pay $1bn in termination fees to Willis Towers Watson (WTW) following the collapse of the merger of the two firms. Last month, Health & Protection reported the US...

Aegon has been formally accredited as a Living Wage employer. The life insurer revealed while it has informally adopted the real Living Wage with its workforce for many years, the official accreditation...

Shepherds Friendly has joined the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) claims charter. The charter incorporates a number of pledges including having a dedicated claims team to handle all telephone-based claims alongside a process...

Health insurers have revealed to Health & Protection whether their workplace schemes will cover Covid-19 testing as employers are urged to look into all options to source lateral flow tests. This follows...

More than 13,000 employers have been warned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for not providing a Covid-19 safe working environment. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed that as...

A Lincolnshire independent healthcare service has implemented a quality improvement plan after it was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following its inspection of Healthlinc House, Welton in April, the...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has prevented a South East London private hospital performing surgery due to safety concerns. The CQC rated the Belvedere Private Hospital in Knee Hill, South East London...

Protection insurers have received a ringing endorsement from government for the role they play in supporting workers' health. The endorsement features in government's response to its Health is everyone’s business: proposals to...