The Public Concern at Work charity referred to in the whistle blowing policy has now changed its name to Protect and updated its telephone number. Firms will need to update their whistleblowing policy to reflect the changes, firms should check www.protect-advice.org.uk for further details. ...
As the FCA have almost completed their move to Stratford, firms can now update any documents that contain the FCA’s address such as TOBA’s etc. The new address is 12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN....
CMC consultation briefing Update FCA sets out plans for regulation of claims management companies FCA Claims Management Consultation Good afternoon, We have published a Consultation Paper on how we propose to regulate Claims Management Companies. This Consultation Paper sets out our draft rules and guidance, and asks a series of...
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We have recently received the attached from the Central Bank of Ireland regarding the process for brokers who wish to continue to provide services to clients based in Ireland post Brexit. If you currently have a passporting permission to Ireland please ensure you read and execute...
IDD Checklist With all FCA policy statements on transposing the Insurance Distribution Directive now published, firms can have a good idea of what changes are required to meet the requirements. You may wish to use the following checklist as an aide memoire. Please note: this is...
The FCA advise that they are changing the ‘Standing Data’ option in Connect to ‘Firms Details’. This is to make it more transparent that this is the option needed when you want to change information about your firm, e.g. address, contact numbers etc. This is likely...
General Insurance Intermediaries and Insurers PS18/1: Insurance Distribution Directive implementation We have published our third Policy Statement setting out near-final rules for the implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). This Policy Statement responds to the feedback we received to CP17/33 (our third IDD CP), as well as feedback on...
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult on proposals to make information available on a wider range of individuals at authorised firms. In July 2017, the FCA published proposals to extend the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) to almost all regulated firms. Under these proposals, the FCA...
FCA and ICO publish joint update on GDPR...