Compliance & Regulation

Abigail Montrose hears how the protection industry is viewing the FCA’s review of the market and how greater transparency is seen as a good thing.   The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ongoing...

Sheldon Mills’ artificial intelligence (AI) review will consider the evolving fraud threat from the technology on retail financial services, including AI-enabled advisers and intermediaries. It will ask what good outcomes might mean...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering the prospect of introducing its own AI agents to help enforcement and make sure markets continue working well. The regulator floated the idea as part...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is not planning to make major regulatory changes from its review into the long-term impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on retail financial services. The regulator highlighted that...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a review into the implications of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) on consumers, retail financial markets and regulators. In November of last year, reports emerged that...

The individual life insurance market has been an increasingly dynamic one and the pattern is set to continue. Changes to inheritance tax (IHT) present a unique opportunity for advisers to engage with...

Health & Protection rounded out a busy 2025 for the protection market with our Individual and Business Protection Report House of Lords roundtable. The discussion was as animated as the previous 12...

General insurance (GI) distributors, which include most health and protection advisers, will see their Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) fees fall to a total £900,000 in the 2026-27 financial year. This is...

The government has been pushed to explore and explain the quality and availability of insurance for people with sickle cell by one of its MPs. Claire Hazelgrove, Labour MP for Filton and...

The launch of ChatGPT Health marks another step in the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and similar technologies into the health information space. However, advisers have raised concerns about individuals sharing personal data...