Protection

Royal Liver Assurance has been fined £550,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for mis-selling with profits savings policies.

Friends Provident is offering a pension term assurance (PTA) product - Tax Relief Life Cover (TRLC) - to coincide with the new A-Day legislation.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has made recommendations for providers of term assurance, payment protection insurance (PPI) and income protection products to consider when designing financial promotions.

Mortgage intermediaries widely support the "de-bundling" of accident, sickness and unemployment PPI, but some industry figures argue consumers will not necessarily benefit from such a change.

A new Protection Committee has been launched to oversee the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) policy development work on critical illness and income protection insurance.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a market study to look in depth at the payment protection insurance (PPI) sector following a super-complaint from Citizens Advice.

Personal care in Scotland is free only where such care falls within a precise legal definition, which some local authorities find difficult to understand and charge unnecessarily as a result, according to Alison Bowes at the University of Sterling.

Elsie, 54, is a secretary for a big law firm in the City. She is covered by her employer's group income protection scheme. However, the scheme will only cover her until she reaches retirement age - 60. While she will receive a substantial pension she...

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A report into the funding of social care for older people has suggested replacing the current regime with a 'partnership' model, which provides a universal minimum level of care and offers incentives for private top-ups.