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The importance of getting to grips with the Consumer Duty may finally be hitting home ahead of the deadline for brokers to submit compliance strategies to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), according...

Increased responsibilities created by the Consumer Duty mean some advisers face a choice between setting up their own specialist protection divisions or signposting business out entirely, according to Paradigm Protect. Paradigm Protect...

Jeremey Hunt, the latest chancellor of the exchequer, has announced plans to row back almost all of the tax measures announced by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng in his mini Budget. In an...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the National Insurance hike and introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy will not take place despite making a host of u-turns today undoing much of...

MetLife has agreed a strategic partnership with international funeral planning and concierge service firm Everest as it expands into the UK.  As part of an initial three-year exclusive arrangement, MetLife will offer...

More than a quarter of UK workers who are not covered by income protection (IP) would like to be, according to research from insurer LV=. The mutual's research of 4,000 adults across...

Health & Protection wants advisers’ views on the service you receive from insurance providers and you'll earn £25. Tell us which health and protection insurers have the most knowledgeable staff. Who goes...

The UK Health & Protection Awards returned bigger than ever at the Hilton Park Lane in London. More than 700 advisers, insurers and other representatives gathered together at a packed venue to...

Besieged Conservative prime minister Liz Truss has completed the second u-turn from last month’s mini budget by reinstating the increase to Corporation Tax from April. The move was announced within hours of...

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt (pictured left) has succeeded Kwasi Kwarteng (pictured right) as chancellor of the exchequer. Hunt is the Conservative government's fourth chancellor this year - he follows Rishi Sunak,...