Friends Provident is set to take inspiration from concepts including life cover by text after completing a global tour to witness first hand other nations' protection industries.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) is demanding the FSA re-think its capital adequacy proposals for personal investment firms (PIFs), arguing they could force more than a quarter of them to leave the industry.

A series of unit-linked guarantee masterclasses for IFAs designed to help increase their understanding of the products has been launched by MetLife.

A pensions microsite that highlights topical key themes in the pensions market to advisers and their clients has been launched by Zurich.

Towry Law has announced interim finance director Paul Wright is to get the role permanently.

The FSA today fired a fresh warning shot at fraudulent mortgage brokers after banning yet another adviser.

City bankers are on course to receive nearly £7bn in bonuses this spring even though the government has been forced to pump tens of billions into the banks to prevent them collapsing, according to The Guardian ..

Talk of a revival in the housing market remains unfounded, Nationwide says, after the building society published data showing house prices are still falling.

Standard Life chief executive Sir Sandy Crombie says 'prompt action' on the revaluation of its Sterling Pension fund helped new business inflows recover quickly.

The FTSE 100 opened higher on Thursday following impressive overnight gains in New York.