PFS president Lord starts second term with CII deregistration pledge

‘No decisions have been made’

Jenna Brown
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Personal Finance Society (PFS) president Sarah Lord has started her second term with a promise to members that no decisions have been made over the planned deregistration of the body by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Lord, who was unanimously re-elected by the PFS' directors at its annual general meeting on 14 September, said discussions over the plans, which first emerged in April, this year were still ongoing. She said: "I want to assure you that the PFS Board is having ongoing discussions with the CII, and no decisions have been made, nor will they be made without hearing from you, our members, via the CII group's consultation.  "What the last 18 months has proved is we are a profession which can find solutions to any problems we face, we can act quickly, we can act decisively - and that will c...

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