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The Gold Standard Awards for 2012 are once again being run in association with TCF Index, a company that helps financial firms progress towards the FSA's Treating Customers Fairly targets.

Two-thirds of employers offer no tailored retirement support to their older workers Aviva has found.

Reinsurance capital continued to strengthen through the second quarter of 2012 as a result of limited exposure to catastrophe losses in the opening six months of the year.

Zurich UK Life is to restructure the business into a three-pronged proposition, with one unit to cater for all pre-retail distribution review (RDR) business and products.

Aviva's decision to cut its losses and leave 16 underperforming business segments could result in a share re-rate, analysts have predicted.

Bupa has launched booklet support for children dealing with family members who have cancer.

Over 70% of brokers have ranked 'speed of service' as the most important factor when insurance providers offer services to them.

The protection industry needs to look to affinity groups if it is to grow the market in the face of a lack of public trust, Cuna Mutual has said.

Legal & General and Nationwide Building Society have renewed their distribution agreement for the supply of protection products.

Munich Re has warned that cancelling the London 2012 Olympics in the event of a terrorist strike or natural disaster would cost the insurance industry as much as $5bn (£3bn), according to The Telegraph.