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The Department for Work and Pensions has rejected calls for a "compliance window" for age discrimination regulations for pension schemes.

Mortgages rarely make it onto the front pages of national newspapers except when the rate of borrowing goes up. However, a recent revelation by one lender was so startling that it made it as the lead item not only in the newspapers but on TV news programmes...

The majority of the population is ill-prepared for the event of a severe illness or serious accident, according to research from Standard Life.

Growth of Standard Life's sales has been heavily dominated this year by the pension reforms of A-Day, according to the life insurer's latest business figures.

Two government consultants accused of a conflict of interest over assessing companies to administer the new home inspector scheme have been suspended, reports the Daily Telegraph .

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) has accused the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of still wanting to ban commission based payments two years after it defeated the regulator on the same issue.

Standard Life declined to pay 14% of critical illness claims in the first half of 2006, according to its latest claims statistics.

Standard Life has named David Nish, formerly of Scottish Power, as its new finance director, says the Daily Telegraph.

The Financial Services Authority is set to abandon rules which require financial companies to respond to customer complaints and disputes within a fixed period, says the Independent .

Worldwide sales at Aviva rose by 22% to £22.7bn during the first nine months of the year, driven by a record performance in its domestic UK market, reports the Times.