Nov 10, 2026, 8:51 AMInsurance isn't an industry I'm familiar with as a lawyer, but as a consumer, I've turned off auto-renewals on the insurance products that I have. Whether that's a regulatory requirement, or just sensible commercial practice though, I do not know.
Nov 10, 2026, 8:54 AMSector-specific regulation will not always duplicate what is in this new framework (i.e. it may not cover this particular requirement already). But I imagine that, when the sectoral regulation was next reviewed, if there were gaps which left it weaker than general consumer law, those would be addressed, unless there was a compelling sectoral reason not to do so.