Life companies may need to diversify their distribution channels beyond small IFAs to survive the RDR's commission ban, a study by Fitch Ratings concludes.

Britain must not raise taxes on wealth creators any further if it wants inward investment to spur recovery, one of the world's leading competitiveness experts says.

The Liberal Democrats will today challenge the government to reveal how much money part-nationalised RBS and rival Lloyds have lent since a state bailout 12 months ago.

Gordon Brown's choice of General Election date will affect when the state pension must be linked to earnings, making a late election bad for pensioners but good for taxpayers, according to Towers Watson.

Skandia is today launching a series of free seminars for advisers on with-profits reviews and retirement planning.

Attempts by Royal London to rescue Royal Liver are still in the "very early stages", the mutual insurer says.

The collapse of the Robert Gaines-Cooper case could see high net worth individuals flock to Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) in a bid to dodge the taxman.

Little-known changes to the way provider tax is calculated under Solvency II will push up premiums with no added benefit to customers, LV='s head of protection says.

The Treasury could still hit its budget deficit target for the year despite worse-than-expected January public borrowing figures, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says.

Solvency II will spur a wave of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among insurers, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts.