Compliance & Regulation

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),...

The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) has investigated 18 claims of opportunistic insurance fraud between February and March, as soaring inflation is triggering a rise in fraud. IFED...

Two private hospitals have been publically warned about not providing data on performance and patient outcomes and threatened with regulatory enforcement if they fail to meet a six month deadline to do...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of DeadHappy after a complainant alleged a TV ad trivialised the cost of living crisis. The regulator acknowledged some viewers would question the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have joined forces with Love Island's Sharon Gaffka to warn social media influencers about the risks of promoting financial scams. Both regulators...

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is conducting an independent governance review which is due to report back by the end of April. Conducted by Integrity Governance, the PFS said the review will...

Advisers operating in the health and protection insurance market will see their contribution to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) budget rise by 10.4% in the 2023/24 financial year. The rise comes as...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set a goal of spotting problem firms faster to help tackle the high Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy. It is developing proposals to improve complaints...