Topic 24 Other Regulation Affecting The Advice Process Flashcards

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Which organisation is responsible for the prevention of fraud arising from identity theft?

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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

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What is the main EU Legislation for online activity and the rise of social media that came into force in May 2016?

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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The primary UK legislation for Data Protection is what?

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Data Protection Act 2018

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Personal data is defined as an individual who can be identified by?

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  • Name
  • Identification Number
  • Location Data
  • Online Identifier
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The below are what in relation to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

  1. Processed lawfully, fairly & in a transparent manner in relation to all individuals
  2. Collected for specied, explicit & legimate purposes & not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes
  3. Adequate, relevent & limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed
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UK GDPR

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The below are what in relation to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

  1. Kept accurate & up to date
  2. Kept in a form that permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary
  3. Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data
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UK GDPR

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Which UK GDPR definition is this?

An individual (natural person) who’s personal data is processed?

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Data Subject

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Which UK GDPR definition is this?

Information that can directly or indirectly identity a natural person. Information can be in any format

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Personal data

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Special categories of personal data require the individuals consent.

True or False

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True

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What are the below in relation to UK GDPR?

  • Race
  • Religious Beliefs
  • Political persuasion
  • Trade Union Membership
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Special categories of personal data

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What are the below in relation to UK GDPR?

  • Sexual Orientation
  • Health
  • Biometric data
  • Genetic data
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Special categories of personal data

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Processing covers all aspects of owning data but what does it include?

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  • Owning data
  • Recording of data
  • Organisation or alteration of data
  • Disclosure of data
  • Destruction of data
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What are the below in relation to UK GDPR?

The “legal person” determines the purposes for which data are processed. Data controller is normally an organisation/ employer

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Data Controller

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What is a data processor?

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Person who processes personal data on behalf of the data controller

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What are the 6 lawful basis for data processing?

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  1. Consent
  2. Contract
  3. Legal Obligation
  4. Vital Interests
  5. Public Task
  6. Legitimate Interests
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The below are what in relation to a data subject?

  • Access personal data
  • Correct inaccurate person data
  • Have personal data erased
  • Object
  • Move personal data from one service provider to another
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Rights a Data Subject has

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The below are what in relation to UK GDPR

  • Establish a governance structure with roles and responsibilities
  • Keep a detailed record of data processing operations
  • Document data protection policies & procedures
  • Carry out data protection impact assessments for high risk processing operations
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How an organisation demonstrates compliance with UK GDPR

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The below are what relating to UK GDPR?

  • If receiver is located in a third country
  • Is an international organisation
  • Particular country covered by UK “adequacy rules”
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When restricted transfers are permitted

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Who is responsible for the overseeing of UK GDPR?

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Information Commissioner

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Which of the Information Commissioner’s power is this?

Requiring organisations to provide the Information Commissioner’s office with specified information within a certain period

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Serve Information Notices

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Which of the Information Commissioner’s power is this?

Committing an organisation to a particular course of action in order to improve its compliance

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Issue Undertakings

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Which of the Information Commissioner’s power is this?

Requiring organisations to take (or refrain from taking) specified steps to ensure they comply with the law

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Serve enforcement notices & “stop now” orders when there has been a breach

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Which of the Information Commissioner’s power is this?

To check organisations are complying

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Conduct consensual assessments (audits)

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Which of the Information Commissioner’s power is this?

To conduct compulsory audits to assess whether organisations processing of personal data follows good practice

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Serve assessment notices

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Which of the Information Commissioner’s power is this?

Notification that the organisation is subject to a financial penalty as a result of a serious breach of UK GDPR

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Issue Monetary Penalty Notices

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Which of the Information Commissioner’s power is this?

Those who commit criminal offences under UK GDPR

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Prosecute

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Which of the Information Commissioner’s power is this?

A temporary or permanent ban on data prosecution can be imposed

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Issue a ban

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The below are what in relation to UK GDPR?

  • Failure to comply with information or enforcement notice (Data Controller)
  • Failure to make a proper notification to the information controller
  • Processing of data without authorisation from the commissioner
  • Intentionally or recklessly re-identifying individuals from data that is pseudonmised
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Criminal offences under UK GDPR

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What is the maximum penalty for criminal offences under UK GDPR for a firm?

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Higher of

  • £17.5 Million
  • 4% of an organisation’s total annual worldwide revenue
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The below is the responsibility of who?

  • “automatic enrolment” of staff onto work based pension scheme
  • Protect the benefits of personal pension schemes & people’s savings
  • Protect the benefits of personal pension schemes where this is a direct pay arrangement
  • Promote good adminstration of work based pension schemes
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR)

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The below is the responsibility of who?

  • Reduce the risk of situations arising that could lead to claims from the Pension Protection Fund
  • Maximise employer compliance with duties & safeguards under Pensions Act 2008
  • Minimise any adverse impact of the sustainable growth of an employer
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR)

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The Pensions Regulator aims to consider the combined effect of what?

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  1. Likelihood of an event occuring
  2. Impact of the event on the scheme and it’s members
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The Pensions Regulator is required to issue what?

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Issue voluntary codes of practice on a range of subjects

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Which power of the Pensions regulator is this?

  • Identifying & investigating risks
  • Requiring all schemes to make regular returns to the regulator
  • Requiring trustees/scheme managers give notification of any changes to important information such as type of benefit provided by the scheme
  • Regulator be informed quickly if the scheme cannot meet it’s funding requirements
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Investigating Schemes

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Which power of the Pensions regulator is this?

  • Requiring specific action be taken to improve matters within a certain period of time
  • Recovering unpaid contributions from an employer who does not pay them into a scheme within the required period
  • Disqualifying trustees who are considered not fit & proper persons
  • Imposing finest or prosecuting offences in criminal courts
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Putting this right

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When recovering unpaid contributions from an employer what date in the month should the employer pay them into the scheme?

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19th day in the month after they were deducted from the employee

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The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) was established to protect who?

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Members of a private sector defined-benefit scheme in the event of it’s insolvency

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Which power of the Pensions regulator is this?

  • Preventing employers from deliberately avoiding their pension obligations leaving the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to cover their pension liabilities
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Acting against avoidance

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How else could the Pensions Regulator act against avoidance of pension payment in to a employer scheme by the employer?

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  • Contribution Notices requiring payment into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF)
  • Financial Support Directions to be put in place for an underfunded scheme
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What is Fraud Compensation Fund?

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Provides compensation to occupational pension schemes that have suffered loss through dishonesty

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Who is responsible for overseeing the Fraud Compensation Scheme?

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Pension Protection Fund (PPF)

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The below are relevant to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) but what are they?

  • Imposes a levy on defined benefits schemes
  • Takes on assets of a scheme that are transferred to the fund
  • Seeks recovery of assets from insolvent employers
  • Seeks to grow it’s funds through investment
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How the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) funds compensation schemes

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Electronic Money (E-Money) is what

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Electronically stored monetary value issued on receipt of funds for making transactions online

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The second Electronic Money Directive (2EMD) was introduced when?

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April 30th 2011

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The Electronic Money, Payment Card Interchange Fee & payment Service (Amended) regulations 2023 removed a limitation on the FCA’S power to make rules relating to what?

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  • Authorised & Small Electronic Money Institutions
  • Authorised & Small Money Institutions
  • Registered account information service providers
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Which directive covers the following?

  • Issues shares
  • Bonds
  • Units in a collective investment
  • Derivatives
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Financial Instruments Directives (MiFID)

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Markets in Financial Instruments Directives (MiFID) aims to increase competition & consumer protection in which 3 arrears?

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  1. Conduct of Business
  2. Organisation
  3. Market Transparency
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“Core Activities” of Markets in Financial Instruments Directives (MiFID) are what?

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Investment services & activities

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“Non- Core Activities” of Markets in Financial Instruments Directives (MiFID) are what?

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Ancillary Services

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The below are what in relation to Markets in Financial Instruments Directives (MiFID)

  • Receipt & Transmission of orders from investors
  • Executive of orders on behalf of customers
  • Investment Advice
  • Discretionary portfolio Management
  • Underwriting the issue of specified financial instruments
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Investment activities covered by MiFID

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Which reform under MiFID 2 is this?

Enhancing the level of protection for different types of Investor

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Conduct of business rules

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Which reform under MiFID 2 is this?

The MiFLD pre & post trade transparency regime for share is extended to non-equity shares

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Transparency

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Which reform under MiFID 2 is this?

Designed to produce comprehensive regulation of secondary training

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Developments in market structures

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Which reform under MiFID 2 is this?

Enhanced requirements in respect of the management of firms, explicit organisational & conduct requirements relating to product governance

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Organisation requirements

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Which reform under MiFID 2 is this?

Refinement of & augmentation of existing MiFID requirements

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Commodity Derivatives

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Which reform under MiFID 2 is this?

Measures to ensure high frequency trading does not adversely impact on markets

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High Frequency trading

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Which reform under MiFID 2 is this?

Requirement for aggregated cost disclosure detailing all adviser charges & product charges

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Disclosure

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Which reform under MiFID 2 is this?

The requirement to assess sustainability when recommending an Investor, buys, holds or sells (rather than buys or sells)

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Sustainability

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What do the below do?

  • Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS)
  • Alternative Investment Find Managers Directive (AIFMD)
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Regulate investment funds & their managers in the EU

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Mutual recognition of authorisation that facilities free circulation within the EU covers which directive?

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Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS)

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Applies to the managers of Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) that are sold to professional investors. Covers which EU directive?

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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)

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In relation to life assurance the below are what?

  • Provide EU citizens with access to the widest range of insurance products
  • Enable an insurance company authorised in member states to pursue it’s activities throughout the EU
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Main objectives of European Single Market for insurance

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To achieve it’s objective the EU has always dealt with life assurance & non-assurance different?

True or False

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True

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The Consolidated Life Assurance Directive (2022) does what? It includes the following parts.

  • Definitions of what constitutes life assurance also (annuities & Income Protection)
  • Rules applying to an insurer that wishes to provide life assurance on a cross border basis
  • Requirements that must be adhered to for a life assurance company to be authorised
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EU legislation on life assurance

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The Consolidated Life Assurance Directive (2022) does what? It includes the following parts.

  • Requirements for ongoing supervision of a life assurance company
  • Requirements for policy holders to be provided with clear and precise information about the features of a product
  • Cancellation rights
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EU legislation on life assurance

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What did the 2nd & 3rd Non-Life Council Directives do?

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Enables a non-life insurance firm to sell insurance in a different country from where it’s head office is located

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What does a Directive on Insurance Medium (IDM) do?

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Enables insurance intermediaries to provide services in all EU states

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What must all independent insurance intermediaries do to be covered by the Directive on Insurance Mediation (IMD)

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Be registered with a competent authority in their home state

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To operate as an insurance intermediary an intermediary must not have been?

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  1. Convicted of crimes against property or other financial crimes
  2. Declared bankrupt
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Rules for insurance intermediaries state what regarding financial capacity of a firm?

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The insurance company have reserves equivalent to an amount equal to a percentage of the premiums received per annum

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The Directive on Insurance Medium (IMD) was replaced by what in October 2018?

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Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD)

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Which reform under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is this?

To cover insurance sale and some aspects of price comparison websites

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Extension of the scope of (IMD)

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Which reform under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is this?

Formal requirement for intermediaries to undertake at least 15 hours of continuing professional development each year

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Enhanced Professional Requirements

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Which reform under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is this?

Requirement that insurance distributions must always act honestly, fairly & professionally in the best interests of customers

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Conduct of business rules

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Which reform under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is this?

Before an application for insurance is made to ensure customers receive clear information

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Mandatory Disclosures

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Which reform under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is this?

For non-life contracts

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Requirement for a standardised “insurance product information document”

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Which reform under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is this?

For the sale of life insurance products with investment elements

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Stricter requirements

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Which reform under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is this?

For the sale of bundled products

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Additional information requirements

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Which reform under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is this?

Single electronic database of cross border insurance intermediaries

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Simplified procedure for cross border entry to insurance markets across the EU

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What is the role of External Auditors?

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Published financial statements & account and are separate from the business who’s accounts are being audited

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What is the role of Internal Auditors?

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Check operations are being conducted effectively & economically in line with organisations policies

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The below are what in relation to Internal Auditors?

  • Review how an organisation is managing it’s risks
  • Ascertain whether appropriate controls have been established
  • Evaluate & suggest improvements to control & governance processes
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Tasks of Internal Auditors

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What is the role of Trustees?

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Ensure that any property held in trust is dealt with in accordance with the trust deed

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Why are most occupational pension schemes set up under a trust deed?

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Pension assets are kept separate from the employers business assets

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All the below are what in relation to oversight groups?

  • Production &; publication of compliance manual
  • Maintenance of compliance records such as complaints register & promotions records
  • Responding to & correspondence with FCA on compliance matters
  • Ensuring staff meet FCA’S requirements regarding recruitment, training, supervision & selling practices
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Responsibility of a compliance officer

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What is the professional body for a compliance officer?

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Association of Professional Compliance Consultants

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What is the pensions regulator responsible for?

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  • Occupational pension schemes
  • Personal pension schemes where employer has direct pay arrangement
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Is a Data control a senior manager?

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No