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Scottish Provident has launched a free online training session for intermediaries explaining how to prepare for protection regulation and how it will affect their business.

Endowment policyholders are still being "misled" by insurance firms, alleges a service targeted at policyholders seeking compensation payments.

This morning's publication of the Treasury Select Committee report into long-term savings confidence has challenged the financial services industry to develop a series of new initiatives in the hope it will boost consumer confidence in the long-term savings...

IFAs are a little hot under the collar this week as invoices from the FSA relating to their levies for the next year reveal annual payments covering the Financial Services Compensation Scheme will increase by up to 375%.

Fees towards the Financial Services Compensation Scheme will increase by up to 375% next year to meet the FSCS' need for compensation funding.

Consumer complaints about financial products and services providers soared in the past year, stretching resources of the Financial Ombudsman Service to the limit as it had to both deal with caseload and try to ensure its messages got out properly through...

Product summary boxes along with a "traffic light" product risk assessment system are two of the proposals which are now expected to be presented by the Treasury Select Committee, to tackle consumer confidence in long-term savings.