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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to be seen to be acting tough on risky products following the crash of the financial services industry, leaving insurers with the acute need to regain public trust, the Association of British Insurers (ABI)...

The government's defined ambition (DA) project faces "formidable obstacles", according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going in the right direction to becoming a "genuinely different" regulator and will put greater emphasis on competition, its chief executive Martin Wheatley has said.

Despite consumers feeling more confidence about available annuity options the vast majority are still not getting the best product and rate in retirement, Association of British Insurers (ABI) research has found.

Pensions minister Steve Webb says current at-retirement processes are outdated and asked whether we need to "do decumulation differently."

Bright Grey has upgraded its critical illness definition for cancer for personal and business protection menu plans.

The pensions industry must prove to government that it is "part of the solution to the pensions issue and not the problem," the director of life, pensions and savings for the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

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Skandia has launched a critical illness (CI) product as many advisers "re-prioritise" protection following changes to retail investment advice made after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).