The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) incoming Consumer Duty rules will prove a strong push for the protection market by forcing all firms to consider how they approach it, according to Association of...
Read moreIf advisers are uncertain about the quality of service they will receive from insurers they will reduce or even stop talking to customers about protection, the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) is...
Read moreThe Consumer Duty requires adviser firms to think about how their charges represent fair value for different groups of consumers and they must adapt where necessary, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has...
Read moreA tick-box approach to implementing incoming rules will not suffice as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned it is already acting with a Consumer Duty mindset. This is according to Therese...
Read moreThe Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) is urging advisers to clearly communicate the value of protection cover, effectively signpost to third parties and increase the sharing of real-life claims stories. The recommendations...
Read moreThe Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has called on advisers to be more transparent with customers about how they are paid and for insurers to be more flexible with commission models for...
Read moreThe Workplace Health Insights series brings you the latest healthcare trends, interviews with medical experts and specialist insight from Bupa: all designed to keep you and your organisation one step ahead. For...
Read moreGlobal regulations in international health insurance are constantly evolving. Recently, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Covid-19 and telemedicine have posed a variety of challenges to insurers navigating the global regulation landscape. In...
Read moreThe Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has received and upheld fewer income protection-related complaints in the second quarter of its financial year than the previous quarter. However, it received and upheld more private...
Read moreAlan Knowles has praised insurers for paying out on retrospective claims and urged advisers to do a little extra probing of customers about existing protection policies they may have in place. The...
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