Compliance & Regulation

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed David Otudeko as director of regulation. Otudeko (pictured) who joined the ABI as assistant director, head of prudential regulation, in June 2021, has been...

Plans in the US for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to collect American's health records as part of a study into autism have been branded as "outdated, medicalised thinking that risks...

  Private hospitals and clinics who fall foul of gender rules following the Supreme Court's clarification of the Equality Act could face pay awards running into the tens of thousands. This is...

An overhaul of rules for insurance brokers in the UAE aims to remove outliers but advisers fear they do not go far enough in tackling poor practice, writes Owain Thomas.   Insurance...

A landmark ruling handed down by the Supreme Court on the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 has implications for private medical insurance (PMI) underwriters, according to a...

Abolishing commission would only further hasten the descent of the protection sector, according to Alan Lakey, director of Highclere Financial Services and CIExpert (pictured). He blamed the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to begin work this year on implementing digital service standards for electronic death verifications. It has previously floated the idea of requiring insurers to accept...

An evaluation of the effects of the insurance pricing rules enacted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the 2021-2022 financial year will be published later this year. The regulator announced the...

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...