Compliance & Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed activity for its pure protection market study will continue until at least the second half of 2026. The regulator also indicated that the review will...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is to set sector-wide standards baseline expectations for identifying customer vulnerability and develop practical guidance help firms move beyond identifying characteristics of vulnerability, and put customers ahead...

The NHS waiting list continued to decline, falling to 7.40 million people in January 2025, according to the latest data from NHS England. The latest data revealed 7,402,148 people were on the...

HM Treasury has reappointed Nikhil Rathi (pictured) as chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for a second term. Originally hired in October 2020, under Rathi's watch the FCA said it...

Health & Protection’s second Middle East Forum, held in association with UnitedHealthcare Global, was our fourth trip to the region to assess the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market. It brought together...

Advisers working in the health and protection insurance markets will see their Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fee rate dip slightly for the 2025-26 financial year. It means they will be paying around...

Advisers should consider breadth of coverage, pay out amounts, gender specific risks and children's cover when determining whether critical illness policies offer fair value. This is according to Natalie Mayne, creative director...

Health insurance and financial advice offered on social media could generate more complaints in the coming year, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has been warned. The regulator highlighted that some respondents to...

Good fair value assessments must tell a credible story using data, according to James Daley, managing director at Fairer Finance (pictured), Daley told ProtectX9's audience that they should include a proper benchmarking...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is right to look into the issue of whether insurers loading premiums in order to pay selected networks and distributors higher commissions needs ensures fair value. This...