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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has pledged that being given a competitiveness objective will not weaken its oversight of the industry. The regulator also agreed with the Treasury Select Committee of MPs...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) executive director for consumers and competition Sheldon Mills says he is “cautious” about using funds gathered from fining firms to pay for regulator or its industry levies. Mills...

Holloway Friendly has launched My Sick Pay - a simplified income protection (IP) proposition with just one product which will replace its existing Purely, short term income protection and one2protect offerings. Advisers...

Wesleyan has appointed Claire Oldstein as group customer and marketing director. Oldstein (pictured) was most recently chief marketing officer with The Openwork Partnership where she led its rebrand and marketing transformation. She...

Royal London is to roll out its Underwrite Later solution to more protection products in the next couple of months following its launch early last year. Underwrite Later enables clients to secure...

Text mining is a new concept which will speed up the process of buying protection. Customers will notice a better experience, particularly at the underwriting stage of their policy. Advisers will welcome...

Health and protection advisers are keeping calm and carrying on as Storm Eunice batters the country. As Storm Eunice makes landfall and red warnings are imposed for parts of the UK, Health...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has launched a vulnerability hub to help its advisers tackle difficulties vulnerable consumers have when interacting with financial services. The hub is designed to help advisers...

The NHS waiting list for treatment now exceeds six million people with more than 300,000 having waited more than a year to start. Earlier this month the Westminster government unveiled its plan...

Hub International has raised concerns about the low barrier to entry for insurers or firms wishing to act as insurers in the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market and urged advisers to...