Fair value: general insurance

Supporting you to meet your Consumer Duty obligations when recommending general insurance (GI) products.

To make it easy for you to demonstrate fair value on the GI products you recommend to your customers, we’ve collated all the information you’ll need in one place.

Demonstrating fair value

Consumer Duty requires you to demonstrate that you offer fair value to your customers.

To do this, you’ll need to assess your products and services in terms of the value these provide to your customers. You’ll also need to define who your target market is and, just as importantly, who it’s not. Part of this exercise will require you to assess total costs to the customer, including any ancillary costs associated with the product, as well as the cost of your services. This essentially is the fair value assessment which you will need to complete for your business.

Consider the following:

Who your services are aimed at
Who your services are not aimed at
The products you advise on
What it costs you to deliver your services and products
The benefits your services and products deliver to your customers

You will need to assess the products based on their target market and whether the provider has determined that the product features and benefits represent fair value.

That’s why, to help make this easier for you, we’ve collated all this information in one place.

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General insurance from PMS lets you demonstrate fair value with confidence

At PMS, we take the work out of demonstrating fair value for the GI products you recommend.

That’s because we only work with GI providers who can demonstrate fair value, and we undertake ongoing monitoring to ensure our provider partners continue to meet the standards set by our fair value framework.

So when you recommend GI products through PMS, you can enjoy confidence that they meet the fair value requirements set by Consumer Duty.

Below is a more detailed explanation of how we assess our providers, which will help you in meeting your regulatory obligations. This also allows you more time to concentrate on the services you offer and the overarching assessments you need to complete to fulfil your Consumer Duty requirements.

PMS’ fair value framework

Initial due diligence

At PMS, we have a comprehensive due diligence process in place, for all our provider partners.

Whenever we add a new provider to our GI offering, we conduct an overarching assessment to ensure the provider meets Consumer Duty requirements. As part of this, we look at our prospective partners’ fair value assessments, product offerings and stated target markets.

We exclusively work with GI providers who meet or exceed our strict criteria in each of these areas.

Ongoing reviews

We review our GI solution on an annual basis, to ensure that it remains suitable and continues to meet regulatory requirements.

This continuous monitoring and oversight is there to ensure that our GI offering remains appropriate for your needs, and that it continues to offer fair value to your customers.

We also hold regular meetings with our provider partners to assess their products and performance, and to make sure we have all the appropriate information on the products offered through PMS. If you write GI through PMS, you’ll have access to this information via the links below.

Where product or fair value issues are identified, these are escalated internally, and formal remedial actions will be instigated. The progress will be monitored until these are appropriately completed. If we believe that a particular product or provider no longer offers fair value to customers, the product or provider will be considered for removal.

So when you recommend GI through PMS, you can be confident that it will be consistent with the needs of the specified target market.

Where can I access the information?

Click the logos below for the following information from PMS’ provider partners:

Stated target market
Product characteristics, features and benefits
Consideration of the needs, characteristics and objectives of any customers who may potentially be vulnerable
Intended distribution strategy