Broadstone has acquired actuarial and financial services consultancy OAC plc. The employee benefits consultancy said its new acquisition's focus on serving life and non-life insurers and redress clients, alongside its data analytics...
Read moreSimplyBiz has become an affiliate of the Consumer Duty Alliance (CDA). The partnership builds upon SimplyBiz’s existing relationship with the Financial Vulnerability Taskforce, which is now incorporated by the CDA. CDA membership...
Read moreAdvisers operating in the health and protection insurance market will see their contribution to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) budget rise by 10.4% in the 2023/24 financial year. The rise comes as...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set a goal of spotting problem firms faster to help tackle the high Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy. It is developing proposals to improve complaints...
Read moreMore than a fifth of adults in the UK are in emotional distress - the worst outcome in a study of 16 major global countries. In contrast Thailand and France appeared to...
Read moreThe number of people suffering with long Covid symptoms for at least two years has soared past three quarters of a million - rising 11% since the start of the year, according...
Read moreThe Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is introducing the proactively settled category to the way it processes cases to encourage firms to solve complaints more quickly. The regulator confirmed the move will be...
Read moreTo mark National Stress Awareness Month which kicks off tomorrow, Health & Protection spoke to an array of advisers and found music, meditation, martial arts and painting - of canvasses and orks...
Read moreThe Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) expects to freeze individual case fees and its compulsory jurisdiction levy in the coming financial year. The regulator also intends to cut its voluntary jurisdiction levy for...
Read moreCleveland Clinic has appointed Dr Robert Lorenz as president of its London operation. Dr Lorenz will succeed Tomasso Falcone from 1 June - Dr Falcone has been interim president since October 2022...
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