Protection

CONDENSED

A former minister who lost his job in the reshuffle has criticised the government for failing to deal with the burden of long-term care costs, suggesting the Treasury has "no sense of urgency" about the issue.

Advising on equity release and long-term care can be difficult because the client's family is often heavily involved. Fiona Murphy finds out how advisers deal with elderly clients and interested parties

LV= will switch its protection business to gender neutral rates on 1 December and has announced its pipeline strategy for advisers.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has proposed an equivalent to the fruit and vegetable ‘five a day' campaign to promote good financial habits.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Zurich is to cut 200 jobs from across its UK Life business.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said general rules governing the handling of clients' medical information by advisers are sufficient after concerns were raised by a provider.

Lighthouse Financial Advice has agreed a three-year contract extension to provide advice services to the 17,000 members of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).

More than half of the UK population has never received financial advice or cannot recall receiving any, research from the Money Advice Service (MAS) has suggested.