Regulation
BIBA promotes Access to Insurance signposting
Core component of 2021 manifesto
Paul White announced as new chair of GRiD
He starts this month
Employers urged to seek back-to-business planning help
35% of employees say they “won’t return”
PFS on FCA guidance: 'Serving vulnerable clients not a one-off process'
‘Vulnerability comes in many forms’
FCA fines Standard Life Assurance £31m for non-advised annuity sales failures
Paid £25m in compensation
FCA publishes guidance on treatment of vulnerable customers
'Embedded culture'
MP proposes mandatory flexible working bill
‘Times are changing’
SimplyBiz bolsters SM&CR support ahead of December deadline
Workshops starting 25 June
FCA launches consultation on intergenerational differences
Baby boomers, generation X and millennials
FCA warns firms to check PI cover as FOS limit doubles
PI could rise by 500%
More than 900 ambulance-chasers now regulated by FCA
'Consumers protected from cowboys'
PIMFA urges FCA to postpone FOS £350,000 compensation limit hike
Set for 1 April 2019
FCA defends request for 'unprecedented powers'
Statutory instruments to be enforced from 29 March
FCA to canvass small adviser firms on impact of regulation
Larger sample size to follow
SimplyBiz launches attack on proposed £350,000 FOS limit
'PI insurers may leave market'
UK set for restricted financial markets access under equivalence
Draft Brexit deal
Why financial advice needs more women advisers
INDUSTRY VOICE: The advice gap in the UK cannot be understated. There are just 25,000 advisers to cover the entire adult population of the UK, meaning advisers are outnumbered six to one by lawyers and 12 to one by accountants
DWP names first two single financial guidance body non-execs
Ann Harris and Mike Dailly start roles on 1 October
FCA releases discussion paper addressing cash savings market
Feedback wanted on cash savings options
The financial adviser's guide to GDPR
Checklist for compliance
Extra 25% provider levy misses 'realities of adviser failure' - ABI
Reaction from insurers
National Insurance should be invested into wellness
Employers are not doing enough to support employees mental and physical health as NHS struggles, research by Westfield Health has found
Over three million employees juggling care with work
Flexible working options supported by most employee benefit consultants, while just under half are for paid short-term leave benefits
