Compliance & Regulation

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...

Phoenix Hospital Group is the latest private healthcare provider to be hit with enforcement action by regulators over its failure to provide key performance and patient outcome data. The hospital group has...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is further cracking down on doctors, hospitals and other private healthcare providers which are not supplying key data on their performance and patient outcomes. In its...

Advisers believe they will be making more protection insurance recommendations as a result of the Consumer Duty, according to research from Guardian. The insurer also found advisers did not feel introducing the...