politics

Alan Johnson has been appointed shadow chancellor, beating favourite Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper to the post.

Peter Barnett gives an insider's view of the problems addressing the new Government, and their effect on the the protection and health insurance sectors

SLI head of global strategy Andrew Milligan delves into the 2010 maze of inflation, interest rates and political influences.

Offshore jurisdictions flouting their pledges to comply with international standards have been threatened with sanctions at a Berlin meeting of International finance ministers.

Pensions policy should be taken out of day-to-day party politics to allow people to plan for the long-term, industry experts say.

The conference season is over and the papers have space for stories that don't involve politics. This is a good thing.

The Conservative Party has issued a revised statement of its aims and values which, while confirming cutting taxes won't be a top priority, neither it seems is pensions.

Despite a lack of cross-party interaction, the opposition have agreed to take government comments about building a pensions consensus at face value.

With the general election now a distant memory, pensions is firmly back on the agenda and is likely to be one of the most talked about topics of the year.

Lloyd's of London's chief executive Nick Prettejohn has charged the FSA with being too soft on insurance brokers and underwriters on the issue of commissions and fees, The Daily Telegraph reports.