ABI

Stephen Haddrill, director general of the DTI's Fair Markets Group has just been announced as the new ABI director general.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for the Pensions Commission to become a permanent body in the hope it can increase the number of people saving sufficiently for retirement.

Just four in ten parents say they are likely to invest Child Trust Funds (CTF) in a deposit-based account for their children, research indicates.

Research suggesting nearly six in ten people admit to never reviewing their pension plans has been cited by the ABI as a reason for upgrading its online pensions calculator.

The Treasury has announced further steps towards regulating controversial home reversion plans.

The financial services industry has won a short-term reprieve against the implementation of a tax on with-profits assets.

The Association of British Insurers is the latest industry group to hit out at the government's hidden plan to tax surplus assets of with-profits funds by 30%.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for the reform on contracting-out, arguing recent changes such as neutralising rebates have complicated matters as well as undermining its original purpose.

Lipper, the Reuters fund information supplier subsidiary, has won the tender to provide the ABI with data to beef up monitoring of investment classifications for life and pension funds.

The Association of British Insurers in consulting life office officials over the handling of medical disclosure requirements after the Financial Ombudsman Service ruled in favour of a customer who failed to tell insurers about treatment for a lump.