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Bupa's decision to withdraw its individual PMI offering through intermediaries has been dubbed "extraordinary" by a specialist broker.

Gender-neutral pricing will stir up the market but insurers will settle down within a year with no long-term affects, Fitch Ratings stated in a seminar today.

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

William Russell has announced a major rebrand and launched a new website.

LV= has clarified for advisers its view on the effect of removing I-E accounting practice.

Financial services firms will need the right systems in place in the move from a two-stage to a one-stage complaints handling process this week, Charter UK has warned.

The Bank of England (BoE) has extended its quantitative easing programme by £50bn, in a bid to get the UK economy out of recession.

Despite elimination of most references to ‘competition' in last spring's Health & Social Care Bill, independent care providers are increasing their share of state-funded provision.

Aegon has entered into talks with third-party service provider Serco about a 10-year agreement to outsource protection business administration.

Nearly 70% of advisers are expecting to see a boost to their protection business in the run up to 21 December.