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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to survey 600 smaller firms to check how they are preparing for implementing the Consumer Duty. The regulator also conceded it may have not adequately explained...

Four in five employers have upped health and wellbeing support or employee benefits to cater to the changing circumstances of their staff, according to research from group risk industry body Grid. The...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has taken action against another life insurance lead generator as part of its crackdown on the sector. This latest action has seen the regulator ban adverts placed...

The UK needs to hold to a national debate as to how it will meet the long term healthcare demands posed by an ever ageing population, according to Alex Perry, CEO of...

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves would not be drawn on whether she would introduce tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI) at next month's Budget. Responding to a question at the Association of...

Further tweaks to the implementation of the Consumer Duty will be needed to help firms navigate "significant" issues connected to closed life insurance books, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted. The...

Bupa Insurance chief executive Alex Perry has called for tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI), arguing that the industry is "extremely heavily taxed" and that the tax regime is limiting demand...

Building partnerships enabling investment in prevention of ill health and access to services aimed at improving the health, productivity of the UK population is one of the central commitments of the Association...

Junior doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly for strike action with a 72-hour work stoppage already in the works for next month. The British Medical Association (BMA) said it was the largest...

Research from Royal London has revealed the toll of the pandemic on the nation, with the vast majority of people reporting they experienced events affecting their mental health and feeling they were...