Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is making the most of data and intelligence as a means to find out which financial advisers are more likely to deliver poor advice, the regulator has...

In July, the government published its response to its consultation document, 'Health is everyone's business'. When the consultation was first published, we were disappointed to see it was close to silent on the...

Perhaps surisingly incoming critical illness (CI) enquiries appear to have fallen away as the pandemic has taken hold in favour of income protection (IP), advisers have told Health & Protection. However insurers...

The initial stage of the pandemic caused a dramatic fall in the number of diagnoses of the three most common forms of cancer in Scotland. Data from Public Health Scotland reveals that...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HM Treasury (HMT) will be consulting this month on tighter rules for the appointed representative (AR) regime. The regulator also revealed that it plans to publish...

Manulife Hong Kong has appointed Candy Au Yeung as chief operations officer. Yeung (pictured) joins from Prudential Hong Kong where she most recently led on customer service, claims, medical network and policy...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) saw it’s workplace benefits spend including healthcare and protection cover soar by almost £1m in the last year. In its annual report the regulator said its benefits...

Unum UK has appointed the former chairman of GoCompare Stuart Vann (pictured) as an independent non-executive director. Vann, who will also take on the role of audit committee chairman, is a qualified...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) spent more than £1,000 per case in the last financial year and revealed its backlog in cases grew to more than 90,000 as the Covid pandemic hit...

The future of adviser commission in the protection market maybe under the regulator’s microscope as it continues its long-term vision, according to incoming Aviva managing director of protection Fran Bruce. In an...