Appointments / Industry

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is to further consult on changes to its funding formula next month, but has ruled out charging claims management companies (CMCs) and other professional representatives or charging...

The government's £6.6bn additional funding for the NHS over the next two years will have little impact on spiralling demand for private medical insurance (PMI). This is according to advisers Health &...

The Conservative government has promised it will finally produce a highly demanded and long-awaited long-term workforce plan for the NHS next year. The move has been resisted by Conservatives despite being demanded...

Employers will pay an additional £25bn in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) over the next five years, chancellor Jeremy hunt has announced. Hunt confirmed the threshold at which employers begin paying Class 1...

Advisers should focus on helping clients realistically get to the bottom of their financial stresses and develop and implement and a plan that enables them to maintain their 'financial wellbeing' smile, according...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the NHS England budget will be increased in each of the next two years by £3.3bn. But delivering his Autumn Statement to Parliament this afternoon, Hunt...

The cost of essentials needs to increase by just £128 a month to create financial hardship for UK adults with younger adults particularly concerned, according to data from LifeSearch. The life insurance...

Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Chirantan Barua from HSBC as chief executive of its Scottish Widows business, which includes its protection insurance operation. Barua’s appointment, which is subject to regulatory approval, follows...

Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) is high through virgin business and switching customers and aided by lower cost products despite the cost of living crisis, according to advisers. Challenges remain on...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is writing to the bosses of life insurance firms to assess their treatment of customers in light of the cost of living crisis and the new Consumer...