This new year promises to produce some valuable innovations in the income protection market.
Firms' refusal to pay their case fees to the FOS until the outcome of a judicial review into PPI mis-selling could exhaust the Ombudsman's reserves in six weeks and force it to raise its industry levy by as much as 25%.
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The value of public sector pensions has been cut by a quarter and future reform will need ‘trade-offs between adequacy and affordability', according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).
Almost 30% of people who have cancelled or are considering cancelling their payment protection insurance would consider buying a replacement policy, research by Capita has revealed.
Payment Protection Insurance continues to top the financial Ombudsman's product complaints list, attracting 11% more claims in the three months to 30 September versus the previous quarter.
Protect is holding a payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints workshop aimed at explaining the impact of the FSA's upcoming policy statement.
At a key time for state and insurance sector relations, Owain Thomas meets the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services' new chairman, Jonathan Evans MP
The FSA will challenge the British Bankers' Association's judicial review of its new PPI complaints handling measures.
The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has warned the government's plan to abolish the need to annuitise by age 75 brings risks as well as flexibility for pensioners.