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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has named the 26 funeral plan providers that it has authorised as it takes over regulation of the market from today. These firms hold approximately 1.6 million...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has taken a majority ownership stake in protection advice firm Vita Financial as it seeks to expand in the protection insurance market. The network said it increased its...

Maxis Global Benefits Network (Maxis GBN) has partnered with health insurance solutions provider Further Group to offer its critical advantage solution to multinational clients. By using Further multinationals will be able to...

MPs are calling on government to appoint a menopause ambassador who would report every six months on "particularly poor" employer practices in supporting menopausal women. The recommendation features in a cross-party House...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) failure to explicitly ban loaded premiums under its Consumer Duty means the pressure is on insurers and distributors to justify continuing the controversial practice, according to St...

Scottish Widows  has seen new protection business rise 50% year-on-year and an increase in market share, according to its half-year 2022 results. The results reveal the insurer saw new protection business grow...

Advisers are required to tell the the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) if they witness other firms in the distribution chain who are not meeting its incoming Consumer Duty, the regulator has announced....

The provision and servicing of group risk, group health insurance and other workplace benefit schemes is not covered by Consumer Duty rules, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed. However small and...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) decision to extend the implementation period of its Consumer Duty followed concerns raised by industry respondents who claimed the original timetable was "highly challenging" and "overly short"....

As part of it’s incoming Consumer Duty the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out ten expectations of how firms should act to ensure they are complying with the new rules. These...