Opinion

If in doubt, then just leave it out

FSA rules on disclosure make it tempting to send a lot of information to clients that is next to useless. Tracey Robinson says this 'safety first' approach does more harm than good

Religion and politics

Q. An employee has complained he has not been granted leave for one of his faith festivals, despite having used all of his holiday entitlement

A raft of conflict

Q. Our firm handles mainly commercial business. I know that the FSA has written to some firms about conflicts of interest, but surely smaller firms like ours only survive by retaining satisfied clients and, as such, can state that everything is done with…

On the road to recovery

Q. Our business has undergone a recent compliance 'health check', which has flagged several areas in which we need to make some changes or improvements to our regulatory practices, which we are addressing. What view might the FSA take if it visited us…

Compensation bill gathers momentum

The government's promised assault on the compensation culture is under way and, unlike a lot of legislation the Blair government is forcing through, this one will be widely welcomed

Twice bitten?

Q. A sexual harassment complaint has been made against a director by his secretary who has previously made a similar unfounded claim

Regulatory contempt

I refer to your article FSA blames industry for paper mountain (PB Electronic, November 2005), which...

Time to get excited about premium tax

The insurance industry is running out of time to come up with an effective way to manage contract tax, before the FSA steps in. Mike Stalley says the time for brokers to act is now

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