The FCA conducted a multi-firm review to assess whether manufacturers of general insurance and pure protection products are undertaking the necessary work to comply with PROD 4 of the FCA Handbook.
The FCA will email a letter to all firms with general insurance permissions, and those that manufacture or distribute pure protection products by the end of July 2022. This letter will explain the findings along with the actions they expect firms to take.
We have seen some quite lengthy questionnaires from manufacturers that may well take a considerable amount of time to complete.
If your firm manufactures or distributes general insurance and/or pure protection products, and you have not received the letter by the end of July, please contact the FCA at firm.queries@fca.org.uk.
Have you advised on British Steel pension transfers? Action required!
Paul Jay Compliance 2016, 2018, FCA, Pension, Pension Transfer, protection, transfer
Firms who have advised clients to transfer away from the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) should be well acquainted with the content of PS22/14 by now … … but some don’t seem to be aware that they need to have completed some key activity for clients in scope of the redress scheme. The BSPS […]