Compliance & Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has challenged firms to improve how they oversee third parties delivering products and services on their behalf. The call comes as the regulator identified a number of...

Advisers operating in the health and protection insurance industries will not now be charged with funding the regulator’s advice guidance boundary review (AGBR). Fee rates for advisers will also be trimmed slightly...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has launched a cross-sector vulnerability data sharing taskforce to help reduce the number of repeat disclosures required of vulnerable customers across the distribution chain. It brings together...

Artificial intelligence (AI) could help tackle the protection gap, but the technology may also lead to more hyper-personalisation, making the market more opaque. This is according to a review led by Financial...

The current regulatory framework governing artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services does not need to be replaced. This is according to the Mills review led by Financial Conduct Authority executive director Sheldon...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s Protection Market Study was a “missed opportunity” to help challenger brands like Guardian. This is according to chairman Peter Mann, who was speaking at a launch event for...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has achieved compliance with the transparency provisions of the Competition and Markets Authority’s Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 2014 which enables patients to choose the hospital...

UK companies could unlock a £9.9bn “productivity premium” by encouraging their employees to discuss their health and wellbeing needs, a British Standards Institution (BSI) study found. Creating a culture of trust, where employees...

Alan Milburn’s action plan on youth labour market inactivity is set to be published in September and has the backing of the likely successor to the prime minister. This is according to...

The UK private medical insurance (PMI) market is an exciting place to be at present. Having seen a significant up-tick in membership over the last five years it is still primed for...