Individual Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not expect to be making significant interventions including the banning of loaded premiums in the protection market. The regulator highlighted that loaded premiums and restricted panels...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to help the protection insurance industry close the consumer protection gap. Furthermore, while the FCA is proposing some modest measures, it said it was not anticipating...

Abigail Montrose hears how the protection industry is viewing the FCA’s review of the market and how greater transparency is seen as a good thing.   The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ongoing...

The Apprentice is to feature another leader from a mortgage and protection advice firm. Among the candidates vying for the crown of business partner to Lord Alan Sugar in this year’s competition...

More than a fifth of UK adults believe being removed from an insurance policy could be easily dismissed as ‘normal’ or ‘not serious’ in a relationship, according to research by Axa UK....

Growing an advice business is rarely a simple task and while lead generation can play an important role when an intermediary is starting out, it appears advisers have had limited success when...

Four in 10 (44%) 18 to 40 year olds rarely or never set money aside in case they are ever unable to work, according to research from OneFamily. Women, renters, those with existing...

Sheldon Mills’ artificial intelligence (AI) review will consider the evolving fraud threat from the technology on retail financial services, including AI-enabled advisers and intermediaries. It will ask what good outcomes might mean...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering the prospect of introducing its own AI agents to help enforcement and make sure markets continue working well. The regulator floated the idea as part...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is not planning to make major regulatory changes from its review into the long-term impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on retail financial services. The regulator highlighted that...