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FSA provides update on implementing 'twin peaks'

February, 2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has sent at ‘Dear CEO’ Letter to all regulated firms with a dedicated supervisor updating them on the transition to the new regulatory structure...

The regulation of mortgage business

February, 2012

Firms regulated by the FSA have to comply with all of the requirements set out elsewhere in the FSA Handbook. Sections of the Handbook deal with training and competency, money laundering and dispute resolution and also detail the way in which the FSA operates as a regulator of the market. These aspects are covered in the authorisation, supervision, and enforcement manuals within the Handbook. A shorter, tailored version of the Handbook sets out the key areas applicable to registered mortgage businesses ...

Update bulletin: Financial services regulation changes in 2012 -13

January, 2012

Update bulletin for the general insurance regulatory factfiles, correct as at 30 January 2012.

FSA - General Insurance newsletter published

January, 2012

In addition to a welcome note, the contents of the Newsletter cover the following topics:

Regulation of general insurance business

January, 2012

This fact file was first published in May 2010 and follows on from the earlier one by Tony Wiltshire. A payment protection contract is a non-investment insurance contract which has elements of a general insurance contract. Promoted benefits of a PPI contract are that a policyholder can protect his or her ability to continue to make payments due to third parties. The FSA regulates UK-based insurers and intermediaries; other European firms operating in the UK are regulated by their home country regulator ...

The regulation of general insurance intermediaries

January, 2012

The FSA regulates all UK-based intermediaries. Other European firms operating in the UK are regulated by their home country regulator. The FSA is authorised to regulate the market by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Although The Financial Services Act 2010 received Royal Assent in April 2010 but has not been implemented. This is a new version of an earlier factfile by Tony Wiltshire.

FSA publishes regulatory guide on financial crime (PS11/15)

December, 2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has now published its new regulatory guide which is entitled Financial Crime – guide for firms

Financial Services Authority warns against “toxic” traded life policy investments

November, 2011

The FSA has issued guidance to warn that traded life policy investments (TLPIs) are high risk, toxic products that are generally unsuitable for the majority of UK retail investors and should therefore not be promoted to them...

Broker bodies call for reformed and simplified regulation for sector

September, 2011

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) and the Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) have called for regulatory barriers to be lowered and for the current inappropriate style and intensity of regulation facing the sector to be reformed...

FSA – Credit unions in Northern Ireland

September, 2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and HM Treasury (HMT) have published a joint consultation paper setting out proposals for the transfer of the regulation of Northern Ireland (NI) credit unions from the NI Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) to the FSA, bringing enhanced consumer protection to the 177 NI credit unions and their members...

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CII Thinkpiece 75: Converging Ideas: Building a European-Wide Supervisory Culture in Insurance and Pensions

May, 2012

Gabriel Bernadino, Chair of the new European Insurance & Occupational Pensions Authority provides a perspective on the pan-EU supervisor’s first year of operation.

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