Competition Commission

Doctors demand investigation into PMI fee schedules

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 14:59

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to extend its private healthcare market review to include insurers’ fee schedules.

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Private hospitals face tough year as PMI income falls

The coming year promises to be a tough one for the private healthcare sector, according to a new report from analyst Laing and Buisson.

Cover | 27 Jan 2012 | 15:34
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Planet Insurance - the OFT and PMI

Happy new year, and some potentially good news on PMI premiums.

Cover | 02 Jan 2012 | 08:03

Other Competition Commission articles

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Advisers and doctors demand PMI inclusion in market study

Doctors have called on the Competition Commission (CC) to expand the private healthcare market study to include the operations of private medical insurance (PMI).

Cover | 12 Dec 2011 | 11:59
IFRS Big Shock

PPI sales restrictions take effect

The Competition Commission’s first set of remedies for payment protection insurance (PPI) were introduced on Saturday.

Cover | 03 Oct 2011 | 15:36
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Market views: The FCA's view of future regulation

Can you see a change in focus for the FSA’s replacement, following its renaming to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), rather than the previously suggested Consumer Protection and Markets Authority (CPMA)?

Cover | 13 Apr 2011 | 14:31
A stop-no-go sign

Competition Commission confirms PPI sales ban

The Competition Commission (CC) has confirmed the banning of payment protection insurance (PPI) sales at the point of credit sale for seven days and introduced a wide range of rules governing the product.

Cover | 25 Mar 2011 | 14:19
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Simple products 'need baseline standards and govt approval'

Simple protection products need baseline standards and a goverment recognised stamp of approval, according to the chairman of trade body Protect.

Cover | 24 Mar 2011 | 14:52
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Future regulation plans are industry's 'worst nightmare'

The proposed new regulatory structure is the industry’s “worst nightmare”, according to a respected regulation and insurance lawyer.

Cover | 14 Mar 2011 | 12:18
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Competition Commission nears point-of-sale PPI ban

The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally banned the selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) at the point-of-sale, following a legal challenge from Barclays.

IFAonline | 14 May 2010 | 12:15
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FSA extends PPI consultation in further delay for consumers

The FSA will extend its consultation on planned Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) market reforms by six weeks, further delaying fair treatment for customers says an independent consumer panel.

IFAonline | 09 Mar 2010 | 16:00

Market Views

Was the ban on payment protection insurance (PPI) sales by credit providers at the point at which credit is taken out a victory for consumers?

Cover | 02 Mar 2009 | 09:00

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