In March 2019 the FCA published PS19/8 to increase the ombudsman service’s award limit from £150,000 to £350,000 for complaints about acts or omissions by firms on or after 1 April 2019. It was increased to £160,000 for complaints referred to the service on or after 1 April 2019 about earlier acts or omissions.
At that time, the regulator confirmed that from 1 April 2020 both award limits would be automatically adjusted each year to ensure they keep pace with inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) subject to the adjusted figure being rounded down to the nearest £5,000.
The CPI figures for January 2022 have been released and from 1 April 2022 the limit is increased to £170,000 for complaints referred to the ombudsman service on or after 1 April 2022, about acts or omissions that took place before 1 April 2019. It is increased to £375,000 for complaints referred on or after 1 April 2022, about acts or omissions that took place on or after 1 April 2019.



Content Management Update – Royal London Portfolios
Doug McFarlane Suitability 2025, content management, Investment, platform, Royal London Portfolios, Update
We have completed the latest upgrade to ATEB Suitability on 7 February 2025. This enhancement comes at no additional cost and provides an update to our ‘Content Management’ library. Within the ‘Investments’ feature of ‘Content Management’, we have made the following changes to our Royal London portfolios: Royal London’s Governed Portfolios 1-9 have been replaced […]