Compliance & Regulation

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...

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first critical illness policy on 6 August, Health & Protection speaks to four of the protection sector's leading lights to chart...

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first critical illness (CI) product on 6 August, Health & Protection speaks to Johnny Timpson about meeting Dr Marius Barnard -...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to provide “flexible forms of support” for customers and to “manage risk rather than eliminate it” as it reviews the advice-guidance boundary. However, the...