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Aviva's merger with Friends Life will see 1,500 staff removed out of the combined workforce of 31,500 people.

The latest ad campaign for Vitality has been launched with a Dachshund voiced by comedian Ade Edmonson to star alongside athletes Jonny Wilkinson and Jessica Ennis-Hill.

The Protection Racket, featuring bands from across the industry, will perform to raise money for Disability Rights UK.

UnderwriteMe has announced that Phil Jeynes has joined them as their head of sales and marketing after leaving VitalityLife.

Ageas has completed its sale of Ageas Protect Limited for £197m to American International Group (AIG).

The financial services industry needs to do more to ensure that products are easily understood by customers, the managing director of Age UK Enterprises has said.

The members of Family Investments and Engage Mutual have both voted in favour of a merger of the two companies which will create one of the biggest mutuals in the UK.

LV= has agreed terms with the Teachers Provident Society, which trades as Teachers Assurance to take over the majority of its business, due to be completed in early 2016.

Jelf has acquired Yorkshire based insurance brokers, Beaumonts Insurance Group Ltd, in a bid to increase its presence in the North of England.

Aviva will consider another transformative acquisition once its takeover of Friends Life beds in, according to reports.