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Enhancements to pension transfer values is a practice which has been warned against by the industry for a while, but have recent decisions by government bodies and departments to crack down on the practice actually killed it off?

The Financial Services Authority's proposal to split the ICOB regime into two categories has been broadly welcomed by the industry, but questions remain over whether the line between ‘protection' products and ‘other general insurance' products has been...

Considerable doubts linger over whether the Treasury will allow pension term assurance with tax relief to exist after the Budget next week, but advisers and providers are nonetheless hopeful some form of the product will remain.

Paymentshield's plans to launch mortgage payment protection insurance which incorporates the benefits of income protection has raised hopes a 'hybrid' product may solve some of the problems inherent in the industry.

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