Protection

SimplyBiz has launched MyLearning Academy, an online learning portal developed in partnership with Competent Adviser. The academy, available from today (21 February) to all SimplyBiz member firms, offers support on a range...

An unnamed insurer has come in for praise from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for highlighting policy exclusions on its website before customers even begin to start applications. In its Consumer Duty...

Canada Life's closure of its individual protection business cost the insurer C$29m, approximately £17.1m, it has reported. This is according to 2023 financial results for the company's parent Great West Life Co...

More than a third (37%) of advice firms have reviewed or changed their fees structure since the Consumer Duty was introduced, according to Sheldon Mills, executive director of consumers and competition at...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has praised insurers for improving propositions to offer new health and wellbeing benefits and widening policy definitions to cover more customers. In its Consumer Duty implementation: good...

German insurtech Embea has raised €4m to expand its pan-European embedded life insurance platform and add new insurance products to its portfolio. The funding round was led by Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based...

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has launched a competency diagnostic tool to identify key areas of training needs to ensure adviser compliance with Consumer Duty. Proficiency+ Consumer Duty was developed in collaboration...

Mercer is bringing health and protection insurers together for a second session with the aim of improving clarity and reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials in the sector. Last year...

The government has given financial and health sector regulators an April deadline to put forward their strategies for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in their sectors. It told the Financial Conduct...

UK adults are feeling more financially comfortable compared to a year ago, according to research from LV=.   The LV= Wealth and Wellbeing Research Programme found that the nation’s financial resilience is...