Compliance & Regulation
Health & Protection Q1 2023 Review: PMI tax breaks, first Health Summit, DeadHappy in hot water over Shipman ad
Health & Protection's review of 2023 kicks off with a look back on the first quarter of the year during which tax breaks on health offerings were already on the agenda, Legal...
Read moreInterview: VitalityLife MD Justin Taurog on tackling churn and lapse rates, reducing loaded commissions and supporting mortgage brokers
In a somewhat turbulent year for the protection market as a whole, VitalityLife managing director Justin Taurog is content with how the business has performed in a difficult economic environment and is...
Read moreUniversal NHS dentistry ‘gone for good’ but basic care needed – Nuffield Trust
Universal access to NHS dentistry has "gone for good" and NHS England should introduce a basic core service for children, older people and people who cannot afford private treatment, according to the...
Read moreFCA confirms final rules for retaining Insurance Distribution Directive
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its final rules for insurance firms to transfer and replace retained EU law provisions from the Insurance Distribution Directive. The regulator confirmed it is...
Read moreFOS receives more PMI complaints in Q2
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) took on more new private medical insurance (PMI) cases and upheld almost twice the percentage of complaints according to its latest data. However, the regulator made fewer...
Read moreGroup PMI eases nation’s deteriorating health but tax breaks unlikely – analysis
The numbers of people waiting for NHS treatment hits new record after new record every month. UK employers have been left carrying the can when it comes to the knock on impact...
Read moreCompliance consultant Bjelobaba disappointed at protection exclusion by FCA
Compliance consultant Branko Bjelobaba (pictured) has expressed disappointment that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has failed to up its regulatory stance on the boundary between advice and guidance in the protection sector....
Read moreAdvisers at odds over protection exclusion from FCA Advice Guidance Boundary Review
Protection advice firm leaders are at odds over the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) decision to exclude the protection sector from its Advice Guidance Boundary Review. While LifeSearch CEO Debbie Kennedy (pictured) expressed...
Read moreFCA says protection and PMI are ‘out of scope’ of Advice Guidance Boundary Review
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that the private medical insurance and protection insurance advice sectors will not form part of its Advice Guidance Boundary Review. In last year's Autumn Statement,...
Read moreFOS seeing Consumer Duty-related complaints already as insurance cases set to rise
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has already begun seeing cases brought to it which encompass elements of the Consumer Duty regulations introduced in July. And it expects to see more complaints regarding...
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