Following the recent FCA changes to combined AR applications with the Approved Persons applications on 16th September, some firms who submitted prior to 16th are seeing a warning message advising them that the application cannot proceed until the Approved Person form is added.
The FCA has clarified that firms should ignore this warning message for any submissions prior to 16th September, and wait for the AR application to be processed before then adding the follow up Approved Persons information.
Dear CEO General Insurance Intermediaries Client Money Arrangements
Michael Senior Compliance FCA, protected, protection, transfer
Following a series of financial resilience surveys and a letter issued in September last year the FCA has issued a Dear CEO letter about adequate client money arrangements, that can be accessed here. The FCA is keen to ensure client money is adequately protected, that firms follow the CASS 5 rules and review arrangement […]