A breakdown of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) value measures data on insurance products shows healthcare cash plans to be leading in almost all categories measured by the regulator. Out of more than...
Read moreInsurers need to up their game in compiling product target market statements as they are too broad and vary widely in terms of detail, but so too should the Financial Conduct Authority...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has singled out target market statements from private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection (IP) products as “examples of poor practices that could cause customer harm”. It...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is requiring insurers and intermediaries to take remedial actions including ordering them to withdraw products where it has material concerns about providing fair value. The regulator said...
Read moreInsurance provider call service seems to have improved significantly since experiencing a fall-off in quality last year, according to some brokers and advisers approached by Health & Protection. Last year several providers,...
Read moreHowden has acquired Help Me Compare Group Ltd (ActiveQuote) and its subsidiaries for an undisclosed sum. Howden said the acquisition enhances its presence in the consumer insurance sector and reflects its broader...
Read moreDeadHappy's unsecured debts exceeded £1m when it collapsed into administration last month including more than £300,000 owed to Covea Life and £110,000 to Shepherds Friendly which underwrote its policies. DeadHappy founder Andy...
Read moreAhead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony later today, Holly Hill, associate director at protection advice firm John Lamb Hill Oldridge, speaks to Health & Protection about how London 2012...
Read moreScottish Widows' imminent launch of an income protection (IP) product and continuing rollout of its intermediary platform has proven the catalyst for head of intermediary protection distribution Alun Beynon to step back...
Read moreThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two separate complaints against adverts placed by Benenden Health for failing to detail treatment exclusions and waiting periods. In the case of both adverts -...
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