Compliance & Regulation

Industry experts have called on the chancellor to prioritise tax breaks to encourage greater uptake of private medical insurance (PMI) as well as laying out plans to effectively harness vocational rehabilitation ahead...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to increase minimum and flat rate fees in stages to £2,200 by 2026/27. After having frozen these fees in 2023/24, the regulator said in its...

Around 3.7 million people are working with a 'work limiting' health condition restricting the type or amount of work they can do. This is according to analysis from the Health Foundation which...

Benefits claimants who fail to find a job for more than 18 months will be expected to take on work experience placements under government plans set for late next year, according to...

Income protection policy holders who need to claim Universal Credit (UC) should not be penalised for buying such a policy. This is according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) who are...

Research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) shows health and protection insurers produced the equivalent of £6.1bn in benefits for the UK in 2021. The Futureproofing Workplace Health research, commissioned by...

Private medical insurers (PMI) face a significant issue in not being able to ask customers whether they have had a genetic test for cancer. This is according to Dr Tim Woodman, medical...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) is tendering for a new compliance consultant. The move was announced at AMII's 2023 Summit in London yesterday where executive chairman Dave Middleton told...

Victoria Atkins has been appointed health and social care secretary as part of a major overhaul at the Deparment for Health and Social Care with three of six ministers departing so far....

Advisers operating in the protection and health insurance sector are set for a second consecutive year with no additional levy for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). In its latest update the...