Be Wiser’s David Russell on the FCA’s pricing review

David Russell, chief compliance officer at Be Wiser Insurance

David Russell, chief compliance officer at Be Wiser Insurance, was part of the Financial Services Authority team that brought in the Insurance Mediation Directive and statutory regulation of brokers. Here he looks at the implications of the Financial Conduct Authority’s pricing review.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s pricing review has been a background factor in our industry for a long time now, and there’s been a tendency to sensationalise its potential impact, not least by the

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