Compliance & Regulation

Government's Rental Reform Bill provides the "ideal" opportunity to equalise the treatment of income protection for renters. This is according to Richard Walsh, co-chairman of the Building Resilient Households Group, who was...

Health insurers have issued a warning to intermediaries that advice practices must change, particularly around front-loaded commission and member medical history disclosure. The statements were included in Health & Protection’s latest Individual...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation setting new reporting requirements aimed at improving diversity and inclusion across the financial services sector. In particular the proposals focus on boosting diversity...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) says it stands ready to help the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) better "understand and differentiate" regulation of protection sector commission after the regulator's warning to the market....

Healthcare cash plans recorded a 74% increase in claim frequency in the first half of 2022 when compared to the second half of 2021, according to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) value measures...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a stark warning to protection insurers about “poor selling practices” and slow restorative action and is demanding better due diligence of new advisers. The regulator...

Government has unveiled a national strategy aimed at rapidly reducing England's suicide rate. The National Suicide Prevention Strategy commits to reducing England’s suicide rate within two and a half years of launch....

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on possible changes to the Work Capability Assessment, including updating assessment categories to better reflect the modern world of work and the...

While upcoming research indicates long waits for NHS treatment is proving the primary driver for patients to go private, as a general election looms into view, it is unlikely that government will...

The number of referrals to the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) relating to private medical and protection insurance has dropped by more than a third year-on-year. This is according to City of...