UK life and pension sales at Standard Life soared by almost a quarter in Q1 2010, beating expectations as UK customers shrugged off economic woes.

The UK economy remains balanced between recession and recovery, Alistair Darling warned today, saying there are no guarantees the current upturn will continue.

A new RDR-compliant diploma which allows advisers to learn within 24 hours if they have passed or failed certain modules is being launched by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Household finances deteriorated at the fastest pace for four months in April, data from Markit/YouGov suggests.

Standard Life has appointed Jackie Hunt chief financial officer and executive director.

The ranks of businesses awarded chartered status swelled by 23% in 2009, the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) reports.

The chief executives of 2plan Wealth Management and Tenet Group are among the senior figures at five major financial advice firms to attack the Liberal Democrats' pension plans.

The Icelandic government has wrenched control of two of the country's bankrupt savings banks after they failed to reach a repayment deal with their creditors.

UK politics is a funny world, inhabited by strange groups that get stranger the more you move towards the fringes.

London's leading shares are showing slight gains this morning as a late recovery on Wall Street boosts investor sentiment.