Intermediaries seeking to advise on long-term care will now be able to delegate decision-making proc...
Intermediaries seeking to advise on long-term care will now be able to delegate decision-making processes to a third party with the establishment of the Care Funding Bureau. The firm, a sister of the Annuity Bureau and the Drawdown Bureau, is the first dedicated exclusively to offering long-term care products and advice. Owain Wright, head of the Care Funding Bureau, emphasised the importance of ensuring clients receive adequate information and guidance on the issue as products and advice are to be regulated from March next year. He said: 'There is often a tick-box attitude to long-ter...
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