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.
Can you advise on Shares?
Paul Jay Compliance 2018, FCA, MiFID, Pension, PI, protection, Register, Security, transfer
What do you do? Your client has inherited some (insert company name) shares and she asks you, as her trusted financial planner, what to do with them. Do you tell her that you don’t advise on individual shares and recommend that she goes to a stockbroker? But wait, that loses you credibility and might […]