Life insurance
Regulation
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it has overhauled its systems and processes after it was found to have been "seriously inadequate" in its response to a media blunder earlier this year.
10 December 2014
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Regulation
A strategy by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to leak details of one of its upcoming projects to a national newspaper - a decision which sparked huge falls in the share prices of several major life companies - was "high risk" and inadequate, according...
10 December 2014
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Protection
Independent financial advisers have joined the Tyrannosaurus Rexs, Triceratops and Velociraptors as an extinct species in an exhibition sponsored by online life insurer Beagle Street.
17 October 2014
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Protection
Six million homes, half of all mortgaged residential property in the UK, could be at risk because the owners are not covered by any form of protection insurance, according to research from life and pensions provider Friends Life.
04 July 2014
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Your profession
Mortgage adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has supported the launch of eKeeper's life assurance quotes service AssuranceKeeper.
27 June 2014
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Critical Illness
Ageas Protect has entered the relevant life insurance market with the launch of an individual proposition.
17 March 2014
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Your profession
Insurer Zurich has made close to $1bn from the sale of its stake in Chinese insurer New China Life (NCI).
21 November 2013
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Tax Planning
Non-domiciled holders of whole-of life policies may no longer qualify for an exemption of inheritance tax under new HMRC rules, sparking the need for revised estate planning to avoid unexpected tax bills, Skandia has warned.
21 November 2013
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