Premium rate phone ban to cost insurers £90,000 per year
The proposed ban on insurance companies using premium rate telephone numbers for customers could cost insurers as much as £90,000 a year in lost revenue, according to calculations by technology firm Callstream.
In December last year the Financial Conduct Authority launched a series of proposals on changes to the rules on complaints handling and post-sale telephone calls as part of its consultation paper
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