The Financial Services Authority has issued a briefing note on closed with-profit funds which attempts to dispel both the myths around holding a closed book policy and consumer calls for compensation payouts.
Details of the report, issued today, are targeted more at the life insurance industry, how it should continue to manage information and keep consumers up-to-date with any changes to the fund. But what the report attempts to do is tackle policyholders calls for compensation from some with-profits providers, as the FSA points out not all with-profits funds are automatically poor performers as a handful of funds are actually better performers than some open with-profits options. “Consumers should not assume that, just because they have a policy in a closed fund, payouts and future bonuse...
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