Protection

The Consumer Duty is no more challenging to advisers than any other part of the financial services sector, according to Sheldon Mills, executive director for consumers and competition at the FCA. At...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given firms a three month extension to execute its Consumer Duty for all new and existing products and services currently on sale and an additional 15...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed its Consumer Duty does not explicitly prohibit the controversial practice of loaded premiums where premium rates are inflated to pay distributors and advisers higher commission....

Women In Protection research showed that one group of people worry about their health and finances more than another group of people. Yet that same group buy almost 50% less insurance that...

The largest insurance intermediary firms benefitted most in 2021 as revenues in the market grew – but professional indemnity insurance (PII) costs soared by £141m. Revenue from insurance distribution rose 3.9% to...

Legal & General has appointed Stefana Brown to take risk oversight of its UK protection business. Brown is taking on the newly created role of UK protection and fintech chief risk officer...

Aviva is seeing group risk and private medical insurance (PMI) schemes being brought together as clients and advisers are seeking to get greater value from their premiums. The insurer told Health &...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a list of 14 firms covering more than 50,000 people who will not be authorised as funeral providers from 29 July. From that date only...

Santé Group launched its fundraising partnership with Heart Research UK with its first annual charity golf day. The intermediary firm is aiming to raise £10,000 for the charity over the next 12...

The combined impact of the pandemic and an intensifying war for talent has meant demand for group risk benefits from employers has never been so high. While advisers do not think mandatory...