FCA lacks ambition on insurance market reform
As claims service falters and essential cover vanishes, James Daley, managing director of consumer group Fairer Finance, warns the regulator is failing to deliver real change in a market increasingly stacked against consumers.
The Financial Conduct Authority’s work over the last year has identified a number of failures in the insurance market.
Levels of complaints have been rising, claims satisfaction has been falling, and
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