The FCA has published PS 19/7. This Policy Statement sets out the final rules on the Directory, a new public register for checking the details of key individuals working in the financial services.
The Directory will include information available through the Financial Services Register (The FS Register), as well as information about other individuals, including those performing roles that will no longer be made public on Register following the introduction of the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR).
This information will be made public through a newly designed user interface that is intended to be clear and easy to use.
Publishing this information on an ongoing basis is intended to help protect consumers and firms by making it easier to check whether individuals work for an authorised firm. It will also support the FCA, law enforcement, professional bodies and other regulators to monitor the market, build intelligence and target interventions.
Solo regulated firms (firms regulated only by the FCA) will be able to start submitting the required data from 9 December 2019 and will have to have completed submission by 9 December 2020.
General Insurance Pricing Rules – Compliance with ICOBS 6B Attestation
Paul Caine Compliance Conduct, email, FCA, scam, Senior Manager, Update
The FCA is requesting that firms who have general insurance permissions (and premium finance providers), complete an online survey in relation to compliance with ICOBS 6B attestation. The deadline for submission is 31 March 2022, and attestation will need to be made by all firms who operate with the above permissions on a periodic basis. […]