The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has emphasised insurers must have good insight of the appointed representatives (ARs) they work with in regards to the incoming Consumer Duty. ARs have been a key...
Read moreThe number of working aged adults who are economically inactive to due to long-term sickness has risen by half a million since the start of the pandemic, according to official data. The...
Read moreThe Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has repeated its pledge that it will not apply the Consumer Duty to complaints retrospectively as it sought to reassure the financial servvices industry. During an Association...
Read moreHealth secretary Steve Barclay has been urged to "get a grip" of the growing crisis in the NHS as official data indicates the number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in...
Read moreAviva’s UK health and protection operation recorded an 18% decline in new business sales from £51m to £42m in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2021....
Read moreThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slammed a lead generation firm for using "misleading" and "irresponsible" adverts for private medical insurance (PMI) which were likely to cause fear among the audience. In...
Read moreInternational health insurance provider William Russell has partnered with TruDoc to bring telemedicine services to all its members living in the UAE with a health insurance plan via its app. Users of...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is scrutinising Consumer Duty implementation plans from across insurance and financial services to understand the direction firms are taking with its flagship rules. The regulator also revealed...
Read morePremier Choice Healthcare has acquired health insurance intermediary firms Independent Healthcare (UK) (IHUK) and Paul Ganjou and is looking for more firms to acquire. The deals see GRP-owned PCH buy the client...
Read moreAxa Health is trialling a service which connects members with urgent care centres and offers them a 75% discounted rate to avoid attending accident and emergency departments. Members will be able to...
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