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Aegon UK has appointed Patrick Gale to executive chairman of distribution.

An IFA has decided to itemise future client invoices to show how much of his bill relates to regulatory costs, after his FSA levy doubled this year.

Employers are still finding the timely return to work of absent employees challenging - yet Government plans are likely to make this harder.

The protection industry has made progress in communicating with consumers but more needs to be done and now maybe the time for product innovation, Swiss Re has said.

More than half of those with life cover fail to upgrade after significant changes in their circumstances, according to Sainsbury's Life Insurance.

The FSA has banned and fined a self employed trader £700,000 for market abuse through manipulation of shares and derivatives.

Income protection (IP) sales have continued to slide despite an overall rise in the volume of term assurance products sold, according to Swiss Re.

The FSA has stressed its preference for product intervention as an "essential" means of achieving consumer protection.

Last night's Panaroma expose on financial advice within banks certainly got our readers talking.

The FSA is warning wealth managers to honour their obligations to clients after a review of 16 firms raised suitability of advice concerns.