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FSA Complaints Handling proposals/consultaition

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    · Firms’ Complaints Handling
    On 9 July 2009, the Financial Services Authority published proposals that will enable people to
    see how firms handle complaints – including the number received, the main products and services
    covered and how quickly they are resolved. The proposals would see firms publishing their own
    complaints data every six months and the FSA would publish results for the whole sector twice a
    year. The FSA is proposing that firms receiving the largest number of complaints publish
    information on:
    Ø How many complaints they have opened and closed
    Ø The percentage closed within eight weeks
    Ø The percentage of complaints upheld.
    This information will need to be broken down into five product areas: banking, home finance,
    general insurance and pure protection, life and pensions, and investments. The proposals are
    part of a number of steps the FSA is announcing to improve transparency. In addition, the FSA is
    confirming that it will make greater use of a number of tools already at its disposal, including
    publishing anonymised results of thematic work and reallife
    case studies demonstrating where it
    has taken action against firms for producing poor financial promotions.
    The closing date for responses is 30 October 2009. The Consultation Document can be viewed at
    the link below:
    CP09/21: Transparency as a Regulatory Tool and Publication of Complaints Data including Feedback to DP08/3

    FSA plans better information for consumers on firms' complaints handling




    FSA/PN/092/2009
    9 July 2009
    The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is today publishing proposals that will enable people to see how firms handle complaints – including the number received, the main products and services covered and how quickly they are resolved.
    The proposals would see firms publishing their own complaints data every six months and the FSA would publish results from the whole sector twice a year.
    Dan Waters, the FSA’s director of retail policy and conduct risk, said:
    "Transparency is an important regulatory tool. Publishing complaints data will mean that people can learn more about how firms handle complaints and the frequency with which they arise. We also consider that publishing this information will incentivise firms to deal more effectively with complaints and help to raise industry standards in this important area. It is essential that the information is meaningful and genuinely brings benefits by enhancing customers’ experiences of the firms they deal with."
    The FSA is proposing that firms receiving the largest number of complaints publish information on:
    • How many complaints they have opened and closed;
    • The percentage closed within eight weeks; and
    • The percentage of complaints upheld.

    This information will need to be broken down into five product areas: banking, home finance, general insurance and pure protection, life and pensions, and investments. To make it easier for people to understand the data and compare the standard of different firms’ complaints handling, firms will need to provide contextual information such as the number of complaints per 1000 customer accounts.
    The proposals are part of a number of steps the FSA is announcing today to improve transparency, building on the discussion paper it published in May last year. In addition, the FSA is confirming that it will make greater use of a number of tools already at its disposal, including publishing anonymised results of thematic work and real-life case studies demonstrating where it has taken action against firms for producing poor financial promotions.
    The FSA is inviting stakeholders to comment on its proposals relating to the publication of firms’ complaints data – the closing date for responses is 30 October 2009.
    Notes for editors

    1. The FSA’s consultation paper (CP09/21) ‘Transparency as a Regulatory Tool and Publication of Complaints Data, including Feedback to DP08/3’, was published today.
    2. The FSA’s discussion paper (DP08/3) ‘Transparency as a regulatory tool’ was published in May 2008.
    3. The FSA has recently published a number of real life case studies based on actual financial promotions cases, to help firms understand how it operates in this area and the type of action it might take where it identifies issues.
    4. The FSA regulates the financial services industry and has four objectives under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000: maintaining market confidence; promoting public understanding of the financial system; securing the appropriate degree of protection for consumers; and fighting financial crime.
    5. The FSA aims to promote efficient, orderly and fair markets, help retail consumers achieve a fair deal and improve its business capability and effectiveness.






    hmmm anonymised thematic review work...
    #staysafestayhome

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