Papers

Patrick Snowball, executive director of Aviva, will criticise regulation of the insurance industry in a speech today, as he warns companies they need to work on increasing consumer confidence, says the Daily Telegraph .

The government's data protection watchdog yesterday criticised 11 of Britain's banks and building societies for failing to protect personal customer information from fraudsters, reports the Guardian .

HSBC was accused yesterday of running its pension funds in a way that could be as damaging to shareholders as its disastrous foray into US sub-prime mortgages, reports the Times .

The Parliamentary Ombudsman will find the government guilty of failing to properly regulate Equitable Life, according to a draft report for the Treasury and leaked to the Daily Telegraph .

The European Council is today expected to give the green light to Europe's first serious attempt to reduce bureaucracy, according to the Daily Telegraph .

A merger between the UK's newest regulatory bodies for pensions - the Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund - has been floated by Paul Thornton, the man appointed to conduct an independent review of pension regulation, says the Financial...

Resolution, the FTSE 100 closed life fund consolidator, has ousted its chief executive Paul Thompson and replaced him with Mike Biggs, the finance director, reports the Times .

Calls from employers and the insurance industry to amend age discrimination laws to prevent the costs of insuring older workers against death and long-term illness from soaring have been rejected by ministers, reports the Financial Times .

Investment experts fear a further week of stock market turbulence will spell ruin for the 2006-07 equity Isa season by causing retail investors to run scared from the tax shelters, reports the Times .

A record year for insurer Norwich Union has helped parent company Aviva report a 12% rise in profits for 2006, says the Daily Telegraph .