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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed four directors to lead key areas of its supervision division, with Nick Poyntz-Wright heading up its long term savings & pensions unit which includes oversight of wealth management services and investment...

Skandia and International Financial Data Services (IFDS), a global IT and outsourced administration services supplier, have partnered to enhance services provided to financial advisers.

Commonly accepted health management best practices are not always effective, a population health management company has found.

The majority of advisers are positive on the impact the retail distribution review (RDR) will have on consumer confidence, while many have said there are signs it has already started to improve.

The government has unveiled a radical new blueprint for NHS procurement including the publication of what individual hospitals pay for goods and services.

Police Mutual Police Mutual Group, the UK's largest affinity friendly society, has reported an 18% rise in new life business and 13% growth in its general insurance business over in the first half of 2013.

Australian data and software provider IRESS is set to acquire adviser technology provider Avelo for £210m.

The first modern day critical illness policy was launched in South Africa thirty years ago, developed by heart surgeon Dr Marius Barnard.

Legal & General (L&G) has seen individual protection sales fall by 10% in the first half of 2013 as the group saw overall profits rise 13% in the first half of the year.

Fraud investigations are being hindered by companies misusing the Data Protection Act to share data, according to the findings of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).