Claims management companies
Regulated by Financial Conduct Authority.
- Protected title
- None. The activity, not the title, is regulated
- Legal basis
- Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; regulated by the FCA since 1 April 2019
- Statutory basis
- Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 art.89G; regulated by the FCA since 1 April 2019
- Register
- FCA’s own register
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No number is shown rather than a zero, because a zero here would be a false statement about how many there are. What the FCA itself publishes is below, attributed to them.
How somebody becomes one
FCA authorisation for the claims-management activities the firm intends to carry on, with approved persons for the senior management functions. There is no individual qualification.
What they may lawfully do
None of the six reserved legal activities. Claims management companies are regulated, and what is regulated is not a reserved activity — see who may do what.
In law, and in Parliament
49 documents on legislation.gov.uk mention this profession, 12 of them Acts, the oldest from 1990. Hansard records 154 contributions mentioning it, across 11 whole debates.
Every Act and instrument that mentions them, what was said in Parliament, and what each search phrase catches by mistake — or the same for every profession here.