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A rehabilitation case management firm has expanded its immediate medical assessment (IMA) service for insurers and solicitors to deliver benefits.

Short-term income protection sales are very close to stalling, a direct to consumer provider has reported.

Executives in the global financial services sector are anticipating smaller salary increases this year compared to 2012, new data from Mercer reveals.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed that claims at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) relating to failed stockbroker Direct Sharedeal - which could total £13m - will be paid for by investment advisers.

The UK insurer sector will benefit significantly from the Prime Minister's strengthening of links to India, an independent financial services body has said.

HSBC has called for greater policymaker intervention on raising awareness of retirement income shortfall given "massive" long-term care cost increases.

Sir Mervyn King voted to increase quantitative easing by a further £25bn at February's Monetary Policy Committee meeting, latest minutes reveal.

HSBC has joined Barclays in removing all sales incentives from its frontline staff.

Income replacement is the most important protection product available, Defaqto has said in light of today's Office for National Statistics unemployment data.

A government-backed independent review to strengthen healthcare support has been announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.