The FCA will shortly be asking a sample of Insurers, Price Comparison Websites and Insurance Intermediaries to complete a short survey to assess their preparedness for the introduction of the new rules on general insurance pricing practices as outlined in the recent Policy Statement.
The survey will be sent to firms on 16 July 2021 from the following mailbox: GIPricingPractices@fca.org.uk
Firms will have 15 working days to respond and in any case responses should be made by no later than 9 August 2021.



Abridged advice – how is it going so far?
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, abridged, Drawdown, FCA, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, transfer
Based on data and live visits to firms during the period from April 2015 to rule changes in 2018 and 2020, the FCA believed that far too high a proportion of clients were being recommended to transfer safeguarded benefits. This was predicated on the longstanding rule which stated: “… a firm should start by assuming […]