Royal London reported a mixed bag of new business results for the first nine months of 2009, with its Scottish Life pensions arm down 5% but Bright Grey sales up 10% on last year.

People entitled to Pension Credit will have the first £10,000 of their savings ignored from 2 November, up from £6,000, the Department for Work and Pensions announces today.

Chartwell today launches its online ‘Direct Advice' offering to new customers.

LV= says it welcomes further FSA moves to press providers into using realistic growth projections for retirement products.

Consumers are paying off personal debts despite the continuing recession, according to the ABI's latest Savings and Protection survey.

Advisers who fear they will "fall off a cliff" when their reliance on commissions ends post 2012 are missing the bigger picture, Bankall IFA Services managing director, David Golder, said today.

Ivan Martin, executive chairman of the newly-merged Sesame Bankhall distribution giant, has picked up the industry personality of the year gong at Scottish Widows' annual IFA awards.

Falling annuity sales contributed to Prudential's retail UK sales falling 22% in Q3 to £157m compared to the same period last year, but strong with-profits sales helped offset the decline.

Fears current professional qualifications will become redundant post-2012 and uncertainty about new qualifications remain widespread, according a debate chaired by The Personal Finance Society (PFS) today.

ING announces it will break up into separate companies, divorcing its banking and insurance businesses, according to the BBC.