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Candidates for the FPC qualification have until 17 December to put in their applications for exams, or else risk being automatically entered for its replacement - the Cert. FP.

Information about the replacement for the FPC is now available on the website of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Former chairman of the Aifa, Lord Hunt of Wirral, has been appointed to oversee members' ethical conduct as chairman of the Chartered Insurance Institute's Professional Standards Board.

The LIA's head of public affairs John Ellis has now been promoted to group director of public affairs.

The Chartered Insurance Institute has unveiled the qualifications and competence framework which is designed to replace the existing FPC regime from January.

The Chartered Insurance Institute has revealed Financial Planning Certificate exams will be held for the last time in July 2005, to make way for its new examinations and training regime.

Members of the Life Insurance Association have voted in favour of a merger with the Society of Financial Advisers, officials have just announced.

The new Personal Finance Society will merge into the Institute of Financial Planning in future years and withdraw from its links with the Chartered Insurance Institute, predicts this morning's first speaker at this year's IFP Forum for Success .

The CII has announced not one but three qualifications accredited to QCA Level 3 under the new regulatory regime, targeting financial and mortgage intermediaries, including those advising on lifetime mortgages.

Mortgage advisers who are members of the LIA and plan to transfer into the Personal Finance Society proposed jointly with SOFA are being offered free membership of the Society of Mortgage Professionals.