Compliance & Regulation

Insurers and advisers need to be clearer on the limits of income protection (IP) in covering customers when they fall out of work due to stress. This is according to Alan Knowles,...

Primis network has served notice on one of its protection-only appointed representative (AR) firms leaving it potentially on the hook for £3.4m in commission clawback. The network, which is part of the...

A cross-party commission made up of health experts and MPs, has proposed transforming the NHS from a "reactive" 20th century health system to a "proactive" 21st century health creation service. The proposal...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has criticised insurers for their handling of mental health claims on income protection (IP) products and appealed for them to improve several areas. The trade body said...

This summer saw a change in government but many of the prevailing trends affecting the nations finances remain, including the ongoing cost of living crisis and a slow mortgage market. Due to...

I cannot be alone in being a little surprised by the FCAs publication of MS24: Market Study into the Distribution of Pure Protection Products to Retail Consumers, following on so closely, from...

The number of people waiting for NHS treatment in England increased by more than 1,650 in July as numbers continued to remain above 7.6 million people for another month, according to official...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has committed to the "biggest reimagining" of the NHS since its launch in 1948, telling the service it needs to "reform or die". Starmer (pictured) will make the...

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has opened the search for its next CEO as Robert Sinclair is departing after more than 12 years at the helm. The body admitted finding its...

An expert group has been founded to advise the Labour government on tackling the issue of hundreds of thousands of people leaving the workplace due to long-term sickness since the pandemic. The...