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The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is conducting an independent governance review which is due to report back by the end of April. Conducted by Integrity Governance, the PFS said the review will...

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...

SimplyBiz 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...

Advisers 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...

The 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...

More 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...

The 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...

To 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...

The 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...

Government has launched a public consultation on plans to share data from private healthcare providers with the NHS. The project would create a single source of healthcare data in England with NHS-funded...