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Advisers have given the Treasury's simple products initiative a tentative thumbs up while recognising that the financial services industry is overly complicated.

The Treasury Select Committee has criticised proposals by the Bank of England to increase accountability, saying they fall "well short" of what is needed.

AIFA has appointed Chris Hannant as policy director, replacing Andrew Strange who left in August.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has launched a sanctions checking facility to help members comply with the Terrorism Act and the FSA financial crime requirements.

Introducing gender-neutral rates will result in premium hikes for life insurance and critical illness (CI), HM Treasury has warned.

The government has begun consulting on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor after a European Court of Justice ruling said providers could not charge different premiums to men and women because of their sex.

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The government should create an investment vehicle to buy up business loans from banks, says a leading thinktank.

Prime minister David Cameron will today be forced to answer calls for a government inquiry into the failure of Arch Cru and the fairness of the redress scheme set up to compensate investors.

The Treasury is preparing to water down a key recommendation in the Vickers report that would protect savers in the event of a bank going bust, according to reports.