Compliance & Regulation

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has responded to the His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) consultation on Abolishing the Pensions Lifetime allowance (LTA) and warned of several negative consequences that could...

Government has confirmed plans to consolidate NHS England's current 10 performance standards into three key standards. Earlier this week reports emerged that NHS England was planning to scrap two thirds of its...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has introduced claim assessment times as a new measure for its claims charter. The move comes as the PDG published its list of provider claims charter signatories...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared UnitedHealth’s proposed £1.2bn purchase of EMIS following an in-depth investigation into competition concerns. EMIS is a supplier of data management systems to the...

The Consumer Duty is not the only regulatory challenge keeping advice and insurance firms up at night. Incoming abolition of the lifetime allowance, right to be forgotten legislation in Europe and concerns...

NHS England is to ramp up its use of a matching platform enabling NHS staff to view and add available surgery slots in hospitals across the country, including private sector capacity. Last...

The Consumer Duty Alliance has appointed Michael Lawrence as chairman of its newly launched Consumer Duty Champions' Forum. The forum aims to help Consumer Duty Champions benchmark through early experience and the...

Insurance intermediaries saw their total revenue increase by more than £2bn last year - rising 10% from £18bn in 2021 to £20bn. Meanwhile, the total number of insurance intermediary firms declined 4.2%...

Hong Kong’s insurance industry has taken a step towards higher international standards with the passage of a bill that will implement a legal framework for a risk-based capital regime (RBC), according to...

As the NHS waiting list grows to more than 7.5 million people, the government has announced that it will push ahead with its plan to use the private sector to a greater...