Compliance & Regulation

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has called on government to consider the role income protection can play in enabling people to stay in and return to work. The call came in...

PMS Mortgage Club, in partnership with compliance expert Bankhall, has rolled out a suite of new support to help mortgage and protection firms adapt to the Consumer Duty ahead of its 31...

Holloway Friendly has introduced a guide and training for advisers to make their communications easier to understand and more engaging. The free adviser guide is supplemented by interactive training sessions which firms...

Medical insurers in the United States may soon have to change their approach to mental health care, as US president Joe Biden has called them out for making it too difficult for...

Financial regulators in the UK have removed a proposal for a £10,000 cap on compensatory payments for those who have complaints about their actions. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Prudential Regulation...

There was a slight increase in protection and health insurance coverage in the two-year period since the pandemic first, hit fuelled by growing appetite for health cash plans and income protection. However...

The health insurance sector is being urged to participate in HM Treasury’s workplace health consultation but “has a job on its hands” to convince the department that tax incentives are worthwhile. However,...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published a guide to better inform small and medium sized (SME) brokers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The launch follows research carried out by...

Industry bodies from across the health and protection sector are planning to respond to government's call to make the case for tax relief on private medical insurance (PMI) provided though the workplace....

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a new investigation into potential consumer law breaches in will writing.  The CMA will also investigate online divorce services, and pre-paid probate plans. It...