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Insurance market study—exercise caution!

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Published on: 30 July 2013
Published by a LexisNexis Financial Services expert

Table of contents

  • Original News
  • What is the aim of the FCA market study?
  • What sort of data or trends are the FCA looking for?
  • Does this present concerns or opportunities?
  • How might the market study develop?
  • Should financial services firms be taking any particular action now?

Article summary

Financial Services analysis: As the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) first market study into the practice of selling insurance add-ons gets underway, Chris Finney, partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer, advises financial services firms that have been asked to complete an FCA market study questionnaire to consider carefully what they say, and how they say it.

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