Protection

Financial advisers are as likely to be reported to the Ombudsman by other financial businesses as claims management companies, it has been has revealed.

A near-25% rise in UK protection sales helped drive an increase in profits for the Royal London group in 2012.

Martin Wheatley, the managing director of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and chief executive designate of the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has outlined his plans to restore consumer trust in financial services.

In February, the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) held their first conference called ‘The Value of Advice.' Joint chair Tish Hanifan talks to Fiona Murphy about long term care advice and the impact of the forthcoming care cap

PROTECTION

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has brought the social care spending cap forward to 2016 to protect funding above £72,000.

IFAonline today brings you LIVE coverage of all the measures from George Osborne's fourth Budget.

Advisers and providers reiterated the "catastrophe" that would befall the advice sector if the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) read across a ban on commission in the retail investment market to protection.

Local authorities should only recommend regulated financial advisers to people requiring advice on funding their long-term care, an influential committee has recommended.

Symponia has called today's social care announcement "a clever pre-Budget manoeuvre" designed to divert attention away from the ailing coalition.