Beagle Street signs-up to PDG £5k Funeral Payment Pledge
Beagle Street has signed up to the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) Funeral Payment Pledge to offer payments for funeral expenses...
Protection sales continue recovery after year-long slump – Gen Re
Individual protection sales continued to recover in the third quarter of 2024, slightly outpacing the same period last year for...
FCA highlights some good practice in life insurance claims processes
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted some of the good practices found in its review of the bereavement claims...
FCA slams life insurance claims processes and demands significant improvements
Life insurers have been told to settle death claims quicker and improve how they monitor claims times or face further...
Another year with no FSCS levy for health, protection and mortgage advisers
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is expecting a third consecutive year with no additional levy for advisers operating in...
Advisers and insurers could face paying FOS case fees up-front when complaints submitted
Advisers, intermediaries, insurers and other financial services firms could be forced to pay fees for complaints made to the Financial...
FOS hits claims management companies with £250 case fee as FCA eyes tighter rules
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will introduce a £250 case fee for complaints submitted by claims management companies (CMCs) and...
Reeves sets out replacing FCA Certification Regime and FOS modernisation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out significant reforms to be made to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Financial Ombudsman...
Labour charges FCA and PRA to review mutuals regulation
The Labour government has requested both leading financial regulators to review the rules governing mutual organisations to “unlock the full...
NHS waiting list drops by 70,000
The NHS waiting list for treatment in England dipped by 70,000 in September although it remained around 7.6 million where...
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