Compliance & Regulation

Consumers should seek regulated advice rather than listen to 'finfluncers' when making important financial decisions, according to LifeSearch chairman Tom Baigrie. Recent years have given rise to the 'finfluencer' - an influencer...

Protection insurance planning could come under greater scrutiny from customers as a result of chancellor Rishi Sunak's failure to properly address the country's cost of living crisis, advisers have warned. They also...

The chancellor should have used his Spring Statement address to incentivise private medical insurance to tackle record NHS wait times, according to David Middleton, chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and...

The private healthcare industry has been warned that it must avoid greenwashing as it becomes more aware of carbon reduction targets and the need to become more environmentally responsible. Law firm Hill...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has added data about serious injuries caused during treatment at private hospitals to its regularly published statistics. Figures from PHIN also showed that 156,000 more patients...

Diverse recruitment panels, focusing on personal and leadership development and championing senior female role models are just some of the ways insurance sector signatories to the Women in Finance charter are seeking...

The government has bowed to a mass of pressure from regulators, insurers, charities, consumer groups and other public bodies by making major changes to its Online Safety Bill to include the regulation...

Private hospital The London Clinic has been reprimanded by the competition regulator for failing to publish payments made to referring part-time consultants for six and a half years. Instead, between April 2015...

Peers in the House of Lords have voted down a proposed amendment to government's social care cap which unions warned would have picked the pockets of the UK's poorest pensioners. When the...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called on government to prioritise investment in NHS infrastructure over private healthcare providers. The call follows a wide ranging speech from health secretary Sajid Javid in...