The FSA may have helped out small firms during its first year as regulator, but those same firms had better start complying - or face the consequences, Andrew Honey tells Johanna Gornitzki
Financial services firms are being urged to start planning for the implementation of MiFID on the basis of Level 2 documentation already published, rather than wait for finalisation of the FSA's consultation on MiFID implementation expected later this...
The updated version of the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) statement of best practice for critical illness (CI) cover is soon to be revealed. The ABI believes the revised document will help consumers better understand how CI works. Will it succeed?...
Thousands of intermediaries and hundreds of insurers may have to rewrite their Terms of Business Agreements (TOBAs) because of a lack of clarity from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over client money rules, a City law firm has warned.
With income protection failing to break new ground, has it become destined to remain one of the niche products in the market? Johanna Gornitzki investigates Click here to download pdf
Next month the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) critical illness (CI) working party will announce the proposed changes to the CI definitions. What definition changes are expected, what would be welcomed, and what impact will this have on intermediaries...
How can the insurance industry and Government better communicate with the public about the importance of getting adequate protection?