Compliance & Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hiked the fees health and protection insurance advice firms must pay when applying to be regulated for the first time. Health and protection insurance advice firms...

Adviser firms are generally positive about the coming year with growth, acquisitions, and partnerships high on the agenda. But as firms gear up to grow their businesses, they are also alive to...

Zurich is lobbying government to legislate that larger companies make all vacancies where possible available on a part-time, job-share and flexible basis, unless there are specific business reasons why this is not...

Health and Social Care Committee MPs have called on the the Department of Health and Social Care to work with NHS England to produce a broader long term national health and care...

During our first year Health & Protection has tackled the breaking news and major issues of the industry and analysed the key trends driving the market. We have also interviewed the key...

As we reach the end of what has been a momentous year for the sector, Health & Protection looks back on 2021. During the year our analyses have covered a wide range...

The UK government is to appoint a women's health ambassador to tackle "decades of gender health inequality" as part of its vision for women's health. To help deliver on the vision, the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes it will cost more than £1.15bn for the industry to implement its vulnerable consumer guidance over the first year, with almost £450m in costs recurring every...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) incoming Consumer Duty rules are expected to land the industry with its largest compliance bill since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) was applied, according to Association of...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Nuffield Health's Chichester hospital as outstanding. It joins Nuffield's Cambridge, Leeds and Tees hospitals in being awarded outstanding ratings by the CQC. The inspectors found...