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Sickness absences and the cost of workplace benefits both rose at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the last financial year – however overall employee costs dropped by £16m. Sickness absence was...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) hit just two of its key outcome targets over the last financial year, however it did reduce its caseload substantially from 163,000 to around 110,000 at the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it does not expect a judicial review of its Consumer Duty after a question posed at its annual public meeting last month suggested the regime...

Benefits consultant NFP has expanded its health insurance offering into Ireland with the acquisition of Dublin-based health and life insurance adviser Tailored Finance Limited. The move marks NFP's first healthcare-focused acquisition in...

To fulfil Consumer Duty regulatory requirements, firms in the financial services sector will need to hold data about the vulnerability of their customers. And to use this data effectively, firms will need...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is to further consult on changes to its funding formula next month, but has ruled out charging claims management companies (CMCs) and other professional representatives or charging...

Adverts for a firm which arranges dental treatment in Turkey featuring three Love Island stars have been banned following a series of complaints. The complaints were made against the website of Dental...

The government's £6.6bn additional funding for the NHS over the next two years will have little impact on spiralling demand for private medical insurance (PMI). This is according to advisers Health &...

Advisers should focus on helping clients realistically get to the bottom of their financial stresses and develop and implement and a plan that enables them to maintain their 'financial wellbeing' smile, according...

Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) is high through virgin business and switching customers and aided by lower cost products despite the cost of living crisis, according to advisers. Challenges remain on...