Nearly half of people in a relationship would struggle with bills early after a death, while the sector takes an average three month to pay out a life policy.

The incoming FCA will focus on consumer expectation, even if it is "utterly unreasonable", according to a legal and regulatory compliance consultancy.

Symponia has called today's social care announcement "a clever pre-budget manoeuvre to create a seemingly positive headline and divert attention away from the ailing coalition, during Budget week."

Adviser network Pink has launched a business protection club as the next stage in its adviser protection development programme.

Outgoing Biba chief executive Eric Galbraith is to be replaced by the industry body's head of compliance and training Steve White.

Discovery has released its interim results for the six months ending December 2012, showing £20m of pre-tax operating profit earned by its UK businesses.

Insurers were both praised and damned in this year's speech by Lifesearch chairman Tom Baigrie.

Biba chief executive Eric Galbraith has voiced his concerns at the transactional nature of insurance and the over-emphasis on price.

CIExpert has upgraded its online knowledgebase for advisers, adding tools to simplify comparing a critical illness policy with one that a client has previously acquired

Reserving inpatient care in major hospitals for life-threatening conditions or complex surgery would make better use of NHS resources, according to the NHS Confederation.