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The FSA said it may look at ways to improve the standard of advice for products that meet care fees funding needs.

With the advent of consultant charging, group risk offers a valuable opportunity for advisory firms to achieve significant additional income, research has found.

Advisers, providers and elderly charities welcomed the Dilnot report, but urged the government not to kick the recommendations into the long grass.

Actuaries' professional body, The Actuarial Profession, has said that, if implemented, the Dilnot Report will present significant opportunities for the long term care insurance market.

The Dilnot Report on care funding today suggested its recommendations, if adopted, could kick-start pre-funded products in the long term care (LTC) market.

The Commission on Funding of Care and Support today presented its findings to the government in its report Fairer Care Funding.

People in long term care (LTC) homes should not pay more than £35,000 for care and between £7,000 and £10,000 a year for accommodation and food, the Dilnot Commission has recommended.

The BMA are still objecting to the Government's NHS reforms - despite "winning" they seem to want humiliation.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has announced excellent results for the AMII/CII IF7 Healthcare Products Exam and called for more advisers to take it.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has announced changes to its executive committee.