Compliance & Regulation

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...

The CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to the Prime Minister suggesting the regulator could set new digital service standards which could include requiring firms to accept electronic verification...

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) is calling on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to reform its Consumer Duty product value/fair value assessment regime due to an "unnecessary" burden on broker productivity....

Protection Guru has hired Jason Coleman as a training and research manager as the firm intends to considerably increase its technical training and support capabilities. Coleman (pictured) will start on 7 January...