Protection

Chris Horlick discusses the role pensions and equity release can play in funding long term care

UK Insurance Ltd, the parent company of Churchill and Direct Line, has been fined £2.17m by the FSA for doctoring its customer complaint files.

Protection complaints continued to rise during the year and have already breached last year's totals in some product areas.

How hard is it to design disability-based protection products in 2012, asks Andy Milburn.

Bright Grey has urged Britons to cut back on spending to help stabilise their finances and provide enough to secure a safety net for emergencies.

The government is expected to recommend a cap on long-term care (LTC) fees of between £50,000 and £60,000, according to a report.

LV= has changed its underwriting rules to allow more applications to receive an immediate online decision.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) will focus on 'proportionate and cost effective regulation' for members its 2012 manifesto has said.

Groupama is to sell its UK operation as the French insurer scrabbles to raise funds to shore up its EU debt position.

Recommending products to clients based on price is not the adviser way, but Roger Edwards, proposition director at Bright Grey and Scottish Provident, says it may be time to change tack...