The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is writing to 20 of the largest financial advice firms requesting information about their delivery of ongoing services, for which their clients continue to be charged after...
Read moreRoutine medical screens are an essential part of maintaining optimal health year after year rather than, as many people do, only heading to the local GP after a problem arises. While the...
Read moreThe UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 has launched and is now open for adviser entries, including a new category for networks and distributor services. Health & Protection would also like to...
Read moreA Northern Ireland-based adviser has laid down the gauntlet to insurance leaders to tackle the "massive" problem emerging from oversaturation of the private healthcare market and lack of hospital capacity across the...
Read moreAviva UK Health managing director Steve Bridger has admitted call waiting times at the insurer remain less than perfect, but noted it had improved and pledged advisers and customers would see near...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has rejected calls from smaller financial firms for it to intervene in the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market. The regulator dismissed pleas from two of its engagement...
Read moreAviva has seen a 25% increase in the number of children and young people seeking support from its mental health pathway through Aviva’s group healthcare schemes in 2023 compared to 2022. The...
Read moreThe Consumer Duty will not be applied retrospectively to complaints received by it and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has emphasised. The regulator repeated its assertion about...
Read moreCompany leaders are not routinely exchanging their generous private medical insurance cover for whole of workforce solutions. This is according to a panel of adviser experts, who took part in a panel...
Read moreInsurers need to proactively ensure second-hand trauma experienced when handling distressing claims is understood across the sector. This is according to a report from the 2022/23 Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) New Generation...
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