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Consumers increasingly appreciate the need for protection insurance when they are told about the limitations of state benefits, new research has found.

The first report from new industry research body, The Syndicate is focusing on consumer behaviour and self-image in a protection setting.

Adviser group Paradigm is set to launch a standalone corporate wrap next week.

Financial advisers will lose out on an estimated £80m worth of commission when the government outlaws contracting out of the state pension into private vehicles in April, Standard Life has said.

Inheritance tax (IHT) has morphed from a straightforward system to a "complex maze of traps for the unwary", a report by Grant Thornton has concluded.

Bupa has reached an agreement with BMI Healthcare to re-introduce patient treatment at all but three of the hospital network's facilities.

SHIP has seen the highest level of lending for two years, according to their Q4 results.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Following Grant Shapp's comments, do you think retirees should downsize to free up larger properties for young families?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should as a matter of urgency retract its references to traded life policies (TLPs) as "toxic", EEA Fund Management has said.