Regulation

The government was in listening mode at the launch of a report to tackle state dependency and potential National Insurance rebates for income protection policyholders in Westminster today.

The FSA is conducting a review into insurance firms' use of private investigators amid suspicions of poor practice.

The majority of polled advisers have said FSA and Office of Fair Trading final guidance on short-term income protection provides complete clarity, amid recent concern over the PPI-style-product guidance.

The Financial Services Authority has banned an independent financial adviser from carrying out regulated services because he failed to pay his regulation fees.

Patient experience software has been launched in a bid to support healthcare providers in managing, monitoring and analysing online surveys in line with government targets.

England's chief medical officer has called for politicians to seriously tackle the threat of antimicrobial disease as they did with MRSA.

A shocked chartered financial planner has been forced to consider a re-brand after discovering his firm's website has been fraudulently cloned.

Networks Openwork and Sesame saw complaints against them at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) rise in the second half of last year, with Sesame receiving over 90% more claims.

The number of complaints sent to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) doubled in the last six months compared to the previous half year period, with Lloyds topping the list of shame.

The number of on-site ‘ARROW' inspections of insurers by the FSA has jumped 38% over the year, with 47 visits in 2012 to (to September 30) compared to 24 for 2011, according to law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP (RPC).