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Another consumer survey suggests despite a desire to save, taxation and other factors mean most people will ultimately end up living in varying degrees of poverty in retirement.

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Borrowers are steering clear of a truly accessible policy plan, seemingly based on bad PR and lack of information. Barbara Cockburn asks why so many homeowners are avoiding MPPI Click here to download pdf

Abbey is to offer its remortgage customers a streamlined property survey services as of today.

With falling sales, concerns about viability, confusion over new ABI requirements and a poor public image, Barbara Cockburn asks whether critical illness insurance is a terminal case Click here to download pdf

One in four Britons say they have received poor financial advice and the source most quoted is IFAs.

Despite 10 consecutive years of falling subscriptions, those in the private medical insurance market remain optimistic. Georgina Kenyon investigates their reasons for being cheerful Click here to download pdf

Fund of funds take-up has risen dramatically in the last 12months and is now an integral part of the retail investment sector, suggests the IMA's annual research.

Group PMI is in good health - last year sales trumped the rest of the health insurance and protection industries - but there are clouds on the horizon, writes Georgina Kenyon Click here to download pdf

One fifth of the population believe they can survive on a retirement fund of less than £50,000, equivalent to £44.24 a week.