Friday, February 27, 2009

FSA Shortchanges Policyholders

FSA Shortchanges Policyholders

The Financial Services Authority has shortchanged endowment policyholders who lodge a complaint for mis-selling against life assurance companies running closed funds.

New rules preventing life companies from using surpluses held in with-profits funds to meet compensation costs will only apply to policies sold after the rules come into force.

Under the FSA's original proposal, the rule change would have applied to all payments made after the regulations came into force, regardless of when the policies were sold or any mis-selling occurred.

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