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Unum has launched a new group income protection (GIP) product targeted at a wider range of employees than most schemes.

Equity release advances increased by 12% in Q3 for Safe Home Income Plan's (SHIP) members according to its most recent market figures.

LifeQuote has developed a decision in principle tool for the protection market to assist advisers with the process of placing difficult lives with insurers.

Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service rose by almost a quarter in the three months to September, excluding complaints for payment protection insurance.

CPI inflation surged to 5.2% in September, equalling a record set in 2008, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said today.

Rating agency Moody's has issued a warning on France's AAA-credit rating, saying it may downgrade its outlook for the country based on its overstretched budget.

Russell McBurnie, chief financial officer at national accountancy and advisory firm RSM Tenon, has stepped down from the role and will be replaced by Adrian Gardner.

The FTSE 100 is 1.3% lower after slowing Chinese GDP data and a Moody's warning over France's AAA-rating weighed on sentiment.

VAM Funds is launching a Luxembourg-based UCITS IV A share class of its International ex-USA Growth fund.

Capital Economics has said the eurozone debt crisis will have "severe adverse effects" on the UK economy, pushing it back into recession in 2012.