Insurance Regulation

FCA Guidance For Social Media `Finfluencers’

The latest from the FCA who are keen to regulate the various memes, TikToks, YT shorts etc all over social media, offering get-rich-quick schemes. Guidance for memes, reels and gaming streams promoting financial services has […]

News

Risky Business: Facebook Marketplace Car Ads Reveal Safety Issues

In an era when most of us are questioned by the bank if we try to withdraw over £1000 it is astonishing that Facebook Marketplace remains packed with counterfeit designer and luxury goods for sale, […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Tightens Rules on Social Media Promotion

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to take another significant step in its work to combat illegal and non-compliant financial promotions. The proposals for new social media guidance will modernise the information firms should use when promoting […]

Insurance claims

Using Facebook Mate as `Independent’ Witness Costs Claimant Over 51K

Latest insurance fraud report from Clyde & Co; A Barnsley motorist’s fraudulent claim for £15,000 was thrown out after the claimant was found to have lied about a witness to the accident being independent. Crucial […]

Motor Insurance

Drivers Need Music, Nav & No Texting for Calmer Journeys

Drivers are stressed out, but could be calmer with soothing music and shoving the smartphone in the glovebox, says a new survey from Nissan highlighting the most common causes of stress between drivers and passengers […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Granite Shares Offers ETPs On Tesla, Alphabet, FB, Apple & Others

ETF provider GraniteShares has launched nine 3x long and nine 3x short (inverse) ETPs on some of the top performing US technology stocks, and all are listed on London Stock Exchange.  The daily ETPs provide […]

InsureTech

Yo Influencers! Someone Could Sue You For a Tweet. #OMG #WhoKnew

As regular readers will know, Insurance Edge’s Twitterfeed is readily available for sponsored tweets promoting multi-pack chocolate chip flapjacks at B&M, Sekonda watches or Poundland thermal vests. If we ever swing those corporate deals, then […]