Compliance & Regulation

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...

The financial services regulator has rejected the option of introducing an insurer guided private medical insurance (PMI) staff benefits policy because it leads to a “reduction in choice and convenience”. The Financial...

Private healthcare providers who fail to re-employ unvaccinated workers could face claims for unfair dismissal, an employment lawyer has warned. The warning follows government's confirmation that it would be removing the legal...

Advisers should conduct risk assessments for staff carrying out face-to-face meetings as Covid isolation requirements lift or risk falling foul of duty of care rules. This is according to Melanie Stancliffe, partner...

Insurers are continuing to require staff in England to stay at home if they test positive for Covid and are reviewing policies with regards to the provision of free Covid tests. This...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted it is concerned about the possibility of people being excluded from insurance as products become more personalised. Addressing the Treasury Select Committee of MPs, FCA...