Compliance & Regulation

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has threatened to take enforcement action on private hospitals and doctors not supplying data about the quality of care they are providing. The warning was issued...

Steve Barclay (pictured) is once again health and social care secretary, succeeding Thérèse Coffey who held the role for little more than a month under the disaterous leadership of Liz Truss. Mel...

Technology firms are most likely to enter the insurance sector as competition for intermediaries but their mining of vast amounts of customer data could limit access for certain customer groups, the Financial...

Protection and health insurance advisers have raised hopes Rishi Sunak's appointment as prime minister will reassure markets and in turn have a positive impact on their sectors. Sunak was appointed PM earlier...

Complaints about protection insurance products have fallen by more than a fifth, but PMI product complaints have risen, according to data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Health & Protection's analysis of...

Almost eight million people are finding it difficult to keep up with their bills, according to research from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The regulator's snapshot of the latest edition of its...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has applauded the signposting of customers with pre-existing health conditions to specialists as a positive aspect of complying with the incoming Consumer Duty. The regulator flagged several...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has identified personal accident cover as potentially providing “poor value”. The regulator said concerns had been raised about the product’s value through the findings of its initial...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint and banned two climate change adverts placed by protection insurer and banking group HSBC as misleading. The regulator told HSBC UK to ensure...

Mark Steward is stepping down as the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) executive director of enforcement and market oversight after seven years with the regulator. Steward joined the FCA in 2015 and will...