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Advisers must warn cohabitees about risk of losing death claim payments – Gilbert
Advisers and insurers must warn their cohabiting customers about the "potentially ruinous" risk of beneficial payments going to other people after the government rejected reforms to cohabitee rights. Ruth Gilbert, partner at...
Read moreFOS rules out charging CMCs in funding overhaul
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...
Read moreThree Love Island stars caught up in ‘misleading’ Turkish dental treatment ads
Adverts for a firm which arranges dental treatment in Turkey featuring three Love Island stars have been banned following a series of complaints. The complaints were made against the website of Dental...
Read moreBillions for NHS unlikely to reduce soaring PMI demand – AMII
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 &...
Read moreAutumn Statement 2022: Hunt promises NHS workforce plan next year
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...
Read moreAutumn Statement 2022: Freezing employer NIC thresholds raises £25bn in tax
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...
Read moreEffective evaluation and planning key to financial wellbeing for clients
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...
Read moreAutumn Statement 2022: Further £3.3bn funding for NHS in next two years
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...
Read moreAutumn Statement 2022: Hunt confirms income tax rises
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a significant increase in income tax by cutting the threshold for the highest rate of tax and freezing other thresholds. Presenting the Autumn Statement to Parliament, Hunt...
Read moreYoung adults most vulnerable to rise in cost of essentials – LifeSearch
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...
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