FOS invites mortgage and insurance intermediaries

This is to enable these firms to find out more about how we work and what we do at the Financial Ombudsman Service.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will regulate mortgage intermediaries from the end of October this year, and insurance intermediaries from 14 January 2005. From the same dates, these firms will be covered, by law, by the Financial Ombudsman Service.

To find out more about what this will mean for you, why not come along and meet us at one of our free events, taking place all around the UK.

Each event begins at 10.50am. There will be a presentation at 11.00am (lasting approximately 50 minutes), followed by an informal question and answer session. There's no need to book - just turn up on the day at the venue that's most convenient for you.

date area venue

5 October Peterborough Peterborough Moat House, Thorpe Wood,

Peterborough PE3 6SG

12 October Durham Hall Garth Golf & Country Club, Coatham

Mundeville, Darlington DL1 3LU

20 October Cumbria Lakes Court Hotel, Court Square, Carlisle

CA1 1QY

27 October Devon Plymouth Hoe Moat House, Armada Way,

Plymouth PL1 2HJ

3 November Edinburgh Apex European Hotel, 90 Haymarket Terrace,

Edinburgh EH12 5LQ

10 November Gloucester Holiday Inn, Crest Way, Barnwood GL4 3RX

16 November Coventry Britannia Coventry Hotel, Fairfax Street,

Coventry CV1 5RP

24 November Croydon Croydon Park Hotel, 7 Altyre Road, Croydon

CR9 5AA

1 December Chester The Queen Hotel, City Road, Chester CH1 3AH

8 December Sheffield Marriott Hotel, Kenwood Road, Sheffield S7 1NQ

15 December Oxford The Randolph Hotel, Beaumont Street, Oxford

OX1 2LN