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Protection and health insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) leapt sharply in the second three months of the year.

The Post Office is promising independent advisers it will beat their business insurance - including professional indemnity insurance - renewal quotes for their offices.

The fallout from the Pensions Regulator's (TPR) attack on pension reciprocation plans (PLPs) will be a "nightmare" for people invested in them, a lawyer says.

Advisers are being misled by the Investment Management Association's definition of absolute return (AR) funds, according to a senior figure at Henderson Global Investors.

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.