Compliance & Regulation

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules requiring brokers to assess the value other intermediaries in the chain bring can apply equally to international partners as they do domestic ones. This is according to...

Commissions for advisers on private medical insurance (PMI) sales are unlikely to be abolished by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) anytime soon but brokers need to be very clear with customers around...

Ensuring financial services rules better meet the interests of the UK following Brexit is one of the key aims of the new financial services bill, the government has said. The government will...

A bill to ensure the UK's financial services industry acts in the interests of everyone was one of the standout announcements in the Queen's Speech this morning. Delivering the speech on behalf...

Compulsory private medical cover is not likely to be introduced in Qatar until next year, a leading health insurance adviser operating in the country has suggested. Amber Musson-Thorp, group commercial director -...

Conversations with government on providing tax incentives for UK firms offering health benefits are proving "slow", according to Jordan Cummings, health director of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Cummings kicked off...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty should act as the "ultimate nudge" for insurers to deliver fair outcomes to cohabitees following the death of their partner. Speaking at the Protection Review's...

St James's Place divisional director Tony Müdd has accused some non-advised protection broker firms of playing on customer confusion around the difference between advised and non-advised sales. Müdd also slammed the Financial...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consumer duty does not give any "wriggle room" for firms who think loaded premiums are acceptable, according to Tony Müdd, divisional director at St James' Place. Müdd...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has finalised its rules requiring listed companies to hit diversity targets or explain why they have failed to meet them. The regulator explained the rules will require...