Who is the best judge of a ‘good deal’ then?
On 22 September 2020, the FCA published its General Insurance pricing practices market study report. The two-year project explored thousands of policies and consulted with industry stakeholders in order to get to grips with the practice of price walking – where new customers pay cheaper premiums than renewing policyholders. In light of its findings, the FCA has proposed a series of measures to mitigate price walking. This includes insurers providing data to demonstrate they are pricing policies fairly and increasing the transparency and methods...