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The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched an Insurance Competency Framework enabling businesses and individuals to determine the competencies individuals need to effectively fulfil their job roles.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has more than doubled the annual levy for financial advisers for 2012/13, largely as a result of known claims relating to Arch Cru and MF Global.

Failure to reform the long term care (LTC) system could force the closure of parks, libraries and public toilets the leaders of every major council in England and Wales have warned.

Britons are risking their dental health because they can not afford the money or time off work to visit a dentist, research finds.

With the exception of pensions, over a third of employers never communicate with their staff about core financial employee benefits, and another quarter do so less than once a year.

HSBC has confirmed it is to close its tied advice service, with the loss of about 600 jobs, as the bank prepares for life post Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Older workers are set to play an increasing role in the workplace and employers need to respond with more flexible working practices and better recruitment strategies, new research finds.

Although efficient claims management remains a key driver for customer satisfaction, less than one-fifth of insurers are investing in technologies to improve their customer interaction.

A charter for income protection (IP) setting out the obligations and opportunities of companies selling Income Protection was one of the key things considered a recent IP Summit in London.

Barclays is encouraging customers to review their protection needs and offering three months cash back to customers who buy a life insurance policy between 21 April and 1 June 2012.