Compliance & Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is contacting firms operating in the insurance market whose business models “may be creating heightened risks of conflicts of interest”. The regulator also warned it was “monitoring...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to up their game to make Consumer Duty monitoring proactive and outcomes-focused. It also wants them to demonstrate how information drives action and test...

As part of Health & Protection’s Guide to PMI for new entrants, Dave Middleton, executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII), explores the importance of training and development for...

Christopher McDonald has been appointed minister of state at the Department of Health and Social Care. The MP for Stockton North also retains his role as minister of state in the Department...

Complaints about protection and health insurance products have continued to rise with private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection (IP) seeing the greatest increases, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Data...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has said a number of important questions remain unresolved following its review of We Buy Life Policy. In response, We Buy Life Policy said it wants to...

Healthcare ranked top when it comes to premium pay outs, according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) general insurance (GI) value measures data for 2025. The FCA data showed that last year,...

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has launched a consultation on making amalgamations and transfers of friendly societies easier to complete. The regulator wants to improve the clarity and accessibility of Part VIII...

Dame Diana Johnson (pictured) has been appointed minister of state at the Department of Health and Social Care. The MP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham was previously minister of state...

Advisers have called for continuity in maintaining government initiatives such as Keep Britain Working and the Milburn Review tackling youth labour market inactivity following Yvette Cooper’s appointment as health secretary. Cooper is...