Compliance & Regulation

Principal firms have tightened up control of their appointed representatives (AR) as a result of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) focus on the area. The regulator’s practitioner panel research found the majority...

Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt has conceded that maintaining a healthy workforce is "crucial" to ensuring and maximising productivity growth and acknowledged the soarding numbers of people out of work due...

One in five firms believe the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has not been effective in engaging with firms as they plan for and embed the new flagship Consumer Duty. More than one...

A national health at work standard should be established for all employers providing a baseline for quality occupational health provision in their organisations. The proposal forms a central plank of a government...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) improved its service levels performance last year but is still lagging behind targets for dealing with firm authorisations and approved persons. The regulator said it achieved or...

The government is asking whether there is a case for tax relief to be introduced for private medical insurance (PMI) provided though the workplace, despite not seeing the case for the tax...

Protection Guru is to add UnderwriteMe's platform as a quotation and new business processing option within its research system for protection products. Ian McKenna, founder of Protection Guru, (pictured) said the partnership...

It is "bizarre" that the preventive health agenda necessary for economic growth is talked about but rarely acted upon, according to Daisy Cooper, health and social care spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats....

The Treasury needs to stop being a "critical bystander" and own the goal of reducing health risk among the UK population while the prime minister and chancellor must lead on the issue...

A report led by Lord Filkin, with support from the King's Fund, is calling for a Covenant for Health commanding "resilient" cross-party commitment to "build a healthier nation over a generation, robust...