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Aviva is introducing additional services and a new escalation rate for its group income protection (GIP) product.

The Consumer Protection and Markets Agency (CPMS) must have a "lower risk tolerance" than the FSA, Hector Sants said today.

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services (APPG) has given strong backing to the proposals to reform consumer insurance contract law.

LV= has launched its Little Book of Protection to assist advisers through the sales process.

Employers with a Canada Life Group Income Protection arrangement written from 1 October 2009 onwards can now offer EmployeeCare and Best Doctors to non-insured staff.

Deutsche Bank has launched two physically replicated db x-trackers ETFs on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange designed to track socially-conscious indices.

Fidelity says it is looking to include a "broader range" of platforms in its draft disclosure document as it seeks to create a consistent consensus across the industry.

Aegon-owned national IFA Positive Solutions, which has previously complained of the 'underhand' recruitment tactics used by its rivals, lost about 400 partners in 2010, CEO Jim Reeve says.

Exchange-traded product provider Source is partnering with Pimco to offer fixed income ETFs in the European market.

Richard Philbin, chief investment officer (CIO) of Axa Architas, is leaving the company at the end of the year to be replaced by deputy CIO Caspar Rock.