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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing tighter controls and greater data sharing on appointed representative (AR) firms to cut complaints and consumer harm. The regulator revealed complaint levels against ARs were...

The number of people suffering symptoms associated with long Covid in the UK has increased by a further 100,000. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data covering the period to the...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is considering changing its funding model to incentivise constructive behaviour within the industry and says it has halved its complaints backlog this year. The proposal forms part...

Axa Global Healthcare has appointed Andy O'Cain as global head of distribution. O'Cain joins from Aetna International where he was distribution director and will oversee the strategic development of all aspects of...

Aviva has completed the sale of its Italian life insurance and Polish businesses. In an announcement to the London Stock Exchange, the insurer confirmed it had received £462m from CNP Assurances for...

While expats enjoy higher wellbeing than local employees, their stress levels are on the rise due to concerns about their finances, according to research from Cigna. It also revealed that since the...

Advisers are keen to keep Christmas parties and social gatherings going this year with some taking creative measures including one firm already holding its annual celebration in November. Advisers told Health &...

The number of people referred to psychological therapies through the NHS in England during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic fell by 230,000. According to the latest figures from the NHS,...

Employers are focusing their wellbeing programmes on supporting staff digital wellbeing, particularly around mental health issues. Organisations are also using wellbeing to drive culture within their workforces, according to research from Mercer...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is transferring powers for some of its regulatory interventions down to senior managers within the organisation from the Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC). It says doing so, which...