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23 Dec 2011
Insurers may be able to avoid charging higher premiums to women when a European court ruling takes effect next year by automatically renewing some existing contracts, the European Commission has confirmed.
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16 Dec 2011
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has begun a study into the costs of private motor insurance in the UK, following fears that providers of third party vehicle repairs and replacement vehicles may be "competing to extract money from each other".
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12 Dec 2011
Women drivers in the UK will pay over £900 million more a year for motor insurance than they currently do as a result of "broadly negative" changes to EU gender laws, the Government has said.
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06 Dec 2011
Three insurance companies have agreed to adopt new terms in their pet insurance contracts after the financial service regulator determined that "vague" terms previously used may have been unfair to consumers.
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01 Dec 2011
A controversial investment product which allows purchasers to effectively bet on when groups of American citizens are likely to die has been branded "toxic" and "unsuitable for the majority of UK retail investors" in new guidance from the Financial Services...
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22 Nov 2011
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has upheld 90% of complaints about mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) and may need to employ more staff to deal with a recent upsurge in complaints about the product, it has said.
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15 Nov 2011
Investment companies and insurance advisers need faster responses to their queries regarding forthcoming regulatory changes, an expert has said.
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14 Nov 2011
Senior managers at insurance companies should take "overall regulatory responsibility" for handling complaints, an EU advisory body has said.
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09 Nov 2011
Regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has promised insurers it will explore "possible ways of avoiding the costs" associated with delayed new Europe-wide solvency standards.
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03 Nov 2011
Two UK regulators have joined forces to publish proposed new guidance on selling payment protection products that they hope will stop companies selling the products to ineligible consumers.
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