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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-04-18more like thismore than 2019-04-18
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury remove filter
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading House Insurance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 10 April 2019 Insurance Age article entitled Citizens Advice slams home insurers in dual pricing report, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the finding that home insurance companies make over half of their profits from people defined by the regulator as potentially vulnerable. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle-under-Lyme more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Farrelly remove filter
uin 245669 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-25more like thismore than 2019-04-25
answer text <p>The Government is focussed on ensuring that the insurance industry functions well for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>To that end, Government welcomed the launch of the FCA’s General Insurance Pricing Practices Market Study in October 2019. The Market Study is investigating consumer outcomes from insurers’ pricing practices; it is looking specifically at the potential harm suffered by the vulnerable long-standing customers that Citizens Advice refers to in its press release of 10 April 2019. As a part of the Market Study the FCA will consider all potential remedies that may be required to make the market work well for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is empowered to address misconduct, and where this has occurred it can undertake investigations and impose financial penalties or order firms to cease certain activities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is monitoring the outcome of this Market Study and is prepared to ask the FCA to take further action if required.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Salisbury more like this
answering member printed John Glen more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-25T08:49:18.08Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-25T08:49:18.08Z
answering member
4051
label Biography information for John Glen more like this
tabling member
1436
label Biography information for Paul Farrelly remove filter