Protection
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We are inviting advisory firms to enter the Professional Adviser Awards 2014.
23 October 2013
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Regulation
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it is reassured by the progress banks have made in moving away from incentives-based sales models but it is still concerned about how investment and protection products are sold to consumers.
17 October 2013
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Long Term Care
The government has promised people will not be forced to sell their homes to pay for care in old age after a proposal to restrict eligibility to defer payment was exposed.
16 October 2013
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Protection
Legal & General is in talks with Unite over potential redundancies at from its protection and savings divisions.
14 October 2013
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Long Term Care
Workplace pension savers should be able to earmark part of their funds to pay for long-term care, according to a white paper.
07 October 2013
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Individual Protection
Zurich has seen a 4% rise in the number of income protection claims settled in favour of the claimant in the first six months of the year, paying out to 94% of cases.
04 October 2013
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Long Term Care
Labour's Lord Hunt was right to highlight the practical difficulties of asking local authorities to assess all self-funders as part of long-term care reforms, adviser firm LEBC Group has said.
25 September 2013
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