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A growing number of financial advisers believe the UK will suffer a skills shortgage within the next decade, according to a study by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Providers are hailing it as a solution to pensioner poverty but retirement planners are taking a more cautious approach to using equity release in this way. Maryrose Fison takes a closer look at what advisers need to consider when advising on these products....

Advisers are now largely clear on what they need to do to meet the requirements of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) from 1 January 2013. However, there are still a few queries arising, particularly regarding less conventional scenarios. The Personal...

The Dilnot Commission may have come up with a workable solution to the adult social care problem but, as Peter Barnett explains, it has to get past the politician.

Candidates working towards the Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning with the Chartered Insurance Institute will now be able to study for their exams in "virtual classrooms".

Julian James, the chief executive officer of insurance broker Lockton Companies International, has been elected as the new president of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

The industry is split on the merits of the Treasury Select Committee's (TSC) key recommendation to delay the RDR for 12 months until 1 January 2014.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Graeme Sutton as director of corporate development.

The long-term care market effectively disappeared in the early 1990s. But is it about to re-open and how should IFAs approach it? Stephanie Spicer reports

Watch our latest interview with the CII about your gap fill needs in the run-up to RDR, and your CPD requirements after it.