The social care minister reshuffle may cause continuity problems with the social care reforms, Partnership has said.
New minister Norman Lamb will take the place of Paul Burstow who will return to the back benches in the Prime Minister's cabinet restructure.
Chris Horlick, managing director of the care division at annuities provider Partnership, said: "In Paul Burstow's time in government he has actually presided over a wide range of important policy incentives such as the social care white paper. These are significant and monumentous reforms.
"There is an enormous risk of lack of continuity and might cause delay in the time scale for social care reform. But Norman Lamb is absolutely passionate about social care and he is a highly regarded and very senior politician so I cannot think of a more able person."
He added the whole area of social care was "incredibly complex" so the changes could have a dramatic impact on the sector.
