Protection

Zurich has seen a 4% rise in the number of income protection claims settled in favour of the claimant in the first six months of the year, paying out to 94% of cases.

TRUSTS

PROTECTION

Labour's Lord Hunt was right to highlight the practical difficulties of asking local authorities to assess all self-funders as part of long-term care reforms, adviser firm LEBC Group has said.

TAKE NOTE

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is not seeking to pile more pressure on adviser firms already under financial strain by investigating payments they may receive from providers, its director responsible for supervising advisers said.

Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) has taken a 'strategic decision' to accept all advisers who achieve the Later Life Adviser Accreditation (LLAA) as members.

Consumer attitudes towards financial services businesses have changed irreversibly, the chief executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has said.

Zurich has appointed a new leadership team for its board following last month's resignation of Josef Ackermann over the death of the company's chief financial officer Pierre Wauthier.

An amendment to the Care Bill mandating local authorities to refer people approaching care to regulated financial advisers - a proposal originally thrown out by parliament - is to be re-submitted in revised form for consideration by MPs.