Compliance & Regulation

The Association of British Insurers' (ABI) push to increase use of electronic GP reports to reduce prolonged waits for cover has been welcomed as advisers have detailed how delays continue to affect...

The insurance sector may need to challenge the government's incoming ban on cold calling, a compliance expert has claimed, while a lawyer has warned the ban's impact may have little impact as...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) received 10,000 more medical and health insurance complaints in the second half of 2022 compared with the same period of 2021. The regulator's data also indicated an...

The UK's National Health Service is "barely at the races" when compared with the health systems of other leading economies, due to insufficient funding of key elements, according to shadow health and...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has terminated its membership of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The body said the decision follows "damaging" allegations about misconduct and sexual assault...

A Labour government would introduce mental health hubs in every community, train thousands more doctors, nurses and health visitors and alleviate workloads of overburdened GPs as part of its drive towards creating...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) plans to "refresh and renew" its governance and identity in recognition of the Personal Finance Society's wish to be more autonomous so that both organisations can "flourish"...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has received reassurance from insurers about their desire to work more closely with advisers and healthcare providers to improve the availability of healthcare quality data to...

Checks made by Aviva staff helped convict an income protection (IP) insurance fraudster after he claimed more than £20,000 of lost income from a job he did not have. Sydenham man Neil...

The UK group risk market posted record premiums over the past year as scheme and member numbers increased, but future growth is being threatened by double taxation of group income protection (GIP),...