PA360: PFS deregistration 'not on the agenda' - Jonathan Clark

PFS is ‘absolutely critical’ to CII

Jenna Brown
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The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is an absolutely critical part of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and its deregistration is “not on the agenda”, Jonathan Clark said.

Speaking at PA360 on Wednesday 27 April, CII interim CEO Clark said the bodies would work collaboratively after a period of uncertainty which saw moves to deregister the PFS when the CII was under the leadership of former CEO Sian Fisher. Clark said: "The PFS is an absolutely critical part of what we do. It has 40,000 members and is a great voice for advice. For me, the whole of this is about customers and serving our customers well. "Deregistration is not on the agenda. We need to work collaboratively." He added: "It was disappointing. We saw headlines none of us wanted to read. W...

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