Some debt management firms have failed to pay clients' creditors, instead keeping their money.
Surgeons have condemned plans by Bupa to demand pre-operation second opinions as "unacceptable" and "potentially harmful to patients" while criticising the provider for not working alongside them.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will not be part of the government's planned National Crime Agency (NCA), according to reports, in a further setback for the new body.
IFAs who referred clients to advisory service debtDr fear they could be targeted for compensation after the firm went bust last night with no details available about the whereabouts of client money.
The OFT has revoked the consumer credit licences of four debt advice businesses after they targeted consumers with misleading unsolicited mailings.
Insurers are increasingly influencing private medical practice and threatening consultants with being taken off their books, doctors have said.
Can you see a change in focus for the FSA's replacement, following its renaming to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), rather than the previously suggested Consumer Protection and Markets Authority (CPMA)?
The Competition Commission (CC) has confirmed the banning of payment protection insurance (PPI) sales at the point of credit sale for seven days and introduced a wide range of rules governing the product.
Simple protection products need baseline standards and a goverment recognised stamp of approval, according to the chairman of trade body Protect.
The proposed new regulatory structure is the industry's "worst nightmare", according to a respected regulation and insurance lawyer.