FCA fines Liberty Mutual £5.3m

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Watchdog hits insurer for failures in its oversight of mobile phone insurance claims and complaints handling.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe £5,280,800.

The regulator handed out the punishment for failures between 5 July 2010 and 7 June 2015 in Liberty’s oversight of its mobile phone insurance claims and complaints handling processes which were administered through a third party.

Liberty settled at an early stage of the investigation which meant it got a 30% discount. Without the discount, the penalty would have been £7,544,000.

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The FCA noted

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