Specialist research firm FinTech Global has unveiled its sixth annual edition of its prestigious InsurTech100 winner list naming Tapoly. The ranking celebrates the groundbreaking tech companies that are developing solutions to the insurance industry’s most daunting challenges. Over the last couple of years, insurance firms have faced an uphill battle to rapidly digitise their services…
More people than ever are working from home. Some are working remotely as remote employees of larger businesses. Others choose to set up and run their own businesses from home. If you’re working from home, either as an employee or a self-employed business owner, then certain insurance products can provide total peace of mind that…
Want to become an aromatherapist? This short guide will tell you almost everything you need to do to get started, from the qualifications you’ll need to the legal processes you’ll have to go through to set yourself up. We’ll also share some tips on how to find your first aromatherapy clients. Throughout this post we’ll…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is one of two major bodies that regulates insurers and the wider financial sector. They establish and enforce stringent regulations that anyone who wants to sell, arrange, or advise on insurance must meet. Part of these regulations are a set of threshold conditions. In this post we’ll explain what the…
Company directors are entitled to claim certain expenses. This is the case whether you’re the sole director of a limited company, or the managing director of a small business. In this post we’ll outline some of the expenses you can claim as a company director, along with any limits. Please note that you should pay…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is one of several organisations that regulate the insurance industry. You need to apply for FCA approval if you want to offer any kind of regulated insurance services in the UK. As part of their supervision, the FCA imposes a Code of Conduct on all the financial firms it regulates….
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is one of a few bodies that regulates financial service firms and financial markets in the UK. If you want to provide any sort of regulated financial services in the UK, then you need to get approval from the FCA. But FCA authorisation does not last indefinitely. So in this…
In recent years, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been working towards an agenda they refer to as “conduct risk”. Customers trust insurers to provide a service that offers maximum value at the best possible price. Conduct risk is a measure of how effectively insurers meet this brief. In short, conduct risk is a question…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates financial service firms and financial markets in the UK, including insurers and insurance brokers. What Does the FCA Do? The FCA sets stringent regulations concerning how financial service firms operate. Firms and individuals must demonstrate how they meet these regulations before the FCA will authorise them. And after the…
The financial services sector, which includes insurers and insurance brokers, is mainly regulated by two bodies: What Does the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Do? The FCA regulates financial service firms and financial markets in the UK. Their regulations are designed to ensure that financial markets are “honest, fair and effective so consumers get a fair…