Regulation
Theresa May gives green light to heterosexual civil partnerships
Consultation looking into legal, tax and pension implications of decision will take place
Three out of five advisers ready for IDD deadline - UnderwriteMe
Survey reveals finds 40% of brokers unprepared for Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) deadline on 1st October
AMII chair calls for IDD prep as 'ignorance will be no defence'
Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) chairman Stuart Scullion has warned the industry to make sure it is prepared ahead of the IDD, the next EU-driven legislation set to 'shake up the sector'.
Seven reasons to attend the COVER Summit this year
Our biggest Protection & Health Summit yet comes to Hilton London Bankside on 4 October
Amanda Docherty: Modern love
Following the landmark Supreme Court ruling which saw an unmarried woman win bereavement benefit, the rights of cohabiting couples are changing
Frank Field seeks government clarity for cohabiting couples
Need 'to act quickly to provide certainty for bereaved families,' writes Frank Field in letter to DWP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Industry reacts to FSCP consumer paper
ABI makes statement on consumer panel findings while key protection figures welcome call for Universal Credit means-testing exemption
Building Resilient Households plans Universal Credit response
Lobbying group wants means-testing exemption for financial protection claims added to Resolution Foundation recommendations on Universal Credit migration
Supreme Court ruling on unmarried benefits could open 'floodgate'
'Landmark' decision to overturn government's refusal of bereavement payment to Siobhan McLaughlin will have 'significant implications' for advisers
DWP names first two single financial guidance body non-execs
Ann Harris and Mike Dailly start roles on 1 October
CII launches consultation seeking feedback on Chartered proposition
It will run from 15 August to 24 September and address five areas
Tom Baigrie: Have the stars aligned?
The recent DWP update on Universal Credit presents the protection industry with a 'wonderful opportunity'
FCA releases discussion paper addressing cash savings market
Feedback wanted on cash savings options
MPs call for non-profit insurance 'premium' to fund social care
Housing, Communities and Local Government and Health and Social Care Committees' joint report suggests 'Social Care Premium' as a sustainable funding solution
Industry reaction: FCA feedback on Access To Insurance
Comments from ABI, CII, advisers and provider following Financial Conduct Authority's call for better access to insurance for pre-existing medical conditions
FCA: Industry must improve 'access to insurance' for pre-existing medical conditions
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) publishes feedback from June 2017's Call for Input (Cfl) on Access To Insurance following 'high level of interest'
'Outdated' Insurable Interest Bill redrafted for life
Bill broadened to include insurable interest in cohabitants, group schemes and trusts
COVER Protection and Health Summit returns for 2018
Our industry conference comes to The Hilton Bankside, London, on Thursday 4 October
Tom Baigrie: Stamp out mis-selling before the regulator does
Telesales and misuse of bought data is damaging life insurance within the eyes of consumers. The industry must act before the FCA steps in...
Industry reaction: ABI issues minimum standards for CIC
Some positive moves but "major issues" missed at consultation stage to improve access to insurance
The financial adviser's guide to GDPR
Checklist for compliance
Vicki Livingstone: Protection, privacy and penalties
Surely paper-based GP reporting can't work post GDPR? Munich Re's Vicki Livingstone looks at how next month's regulation change can fuel new technologies and how insurers can improve interactions with GPs
Extra 25% provider levy misses 'realities of adviser failure' - ABI
Reaction from insurers
Johnny Timpson: For better or worse, richer or poorer
Johnny Timpson holds forth on bereavement benefits, cohabiting inequalities and the upcoming Supreme Court case in Belfast
