Taskforce proposes IP action plan

Nicola Brittain
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The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) will unveil a consumer charter for income protection early next year.

The charter will be the result of consultation with leading consumer organisations. The group expects to publish the charter by mid-January. Clive Waller, co-chairman of IPTF, said: "We produced a draft charter for the industry at our summit meeting in April but we felt there was a very real need to find out what leading consumer organisations felt needed to be done on the issue. "[The aim was] to make the product clearer and more comprehensible to the public as well as highlight what needs to be done to ensure we are treating all buyers of the product fairly." Peter Le Beau, th...

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