Compliance & Regulation
FCA’s ten expectations of firms under the Consumer Duty
As part of it’s incoming Consumer Duty the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out ten expectations of how firms should act to ensure they are complying with the new rules. These...
Read moreConsumer Duty no more challenging for advisers than any other rules – Mills
The Consumer Duty is no more challenging to advisers than any other part of the financial services sector, according to Sheldon Mills, executive director for consumers and competition at the FCA. At...
Read moreFCA gives firms three-month extension to implement Consumer Duty
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given firms a three month extension to execute its Consumer Duty for all new and existing products and services currently on sale and an additional 15...
Read moreConsumer Duty does not ban loaded premiums but FCA may review issue
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed its Consumer Duty does not explicitly prohibit the controversial practice of loaded premiums where premium rates are inflated to pay distributors and advisers higher commission....
Read moreFCA reveals 14 firms with 50,000 customers not authorised as funeral providers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a list of 14 firms covering more than 50,000 people who will not be authorised as funeral providers from 29 July. From that date only...
Read moreCII focuses on member standards and pilots qualification changes
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has pledged to put greater emphasis on members’ professional standards and pilot changes to how assessments and qualifications are delivered. It will also launch an interactive professional...
Read moreTreasury and FCA ‘circus’ dodges responsibility as poorest excluded from insurance
HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) need to take responsibility for solving the problem of the poorest people being locked out of insurance cover, Fair By Design has urged. The...
Read moreJust one in 10 SME owners have taken out IP
Just one in 10 SME owners claim to have taken out income protection insurance, according to a report from the Federation of Small Businesses. The report Paying a Premium? which surveyed 819...
Read moreSMEs don’t trust insurers promoting workplace protection – BEIS commissioner
Small business leaders do not trust insurers promoting the importance of cover for their employees and organisations, a Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) commissioner has warned. Liz Barclay, small...
Read moreFCA clears complaints backlog as commissioner slams ‘unjustified’ compensation stance
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) received 1,212 complaints in the 2021/22 financial year, 24% fewer compared to 1,596 in 2020/21, allowing the regulator to clear its complaints backlog. The regulator added that...
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