Protection

HSBC is set to claw back thousands of pounds of bonuses from executives after its long term care advice subsidiary was fined for mis-selling bonds to elderly customers.

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PruProtect has announced a significant rise in new business premiums and the number of lives it now covers.

The government faces a few problems in the next 12 months when it comes to its strategy for funding care of the elderly. Peter Barnett outlines the twists and turns.

Colin Godfrey looks at the different inheritance tax mitigation strategies available to those looking to fund long-term care.

With less than a year before the ECJ ruling on gender discrimination comes into effect, there is still confusion as to how insurers should respond, according to specialists.

Which? has urged banks to streamline their payment protection insurance (PPI) claim process or risk exposing customers to claims management companies, after just a quarter of the promised amount of redress was paid out in 2011.

The most unnecessarily underinsured group in the UK is the HIV community, according to specialist advisers Unusual Risks.

The strain of the payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling scandal shows no sign of slowing as figures from the FSA show redress payments surged to a new monthly high in December.

Lifesearch has applauded Legal & General's use of subject access requests (SARs) to obtain extra medical data and said it is seeing positive results for clients.