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A shadow minister has claimed the FSA's Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) initiative has failed to adequately protect consumers.

Healthcare intermediaries have called for cash plan providers to offer greater product innovation and provide more training on the market.

Unum has urged advisers to join it in targeting the ‘underserved' SME market to grow their income protection (IP) business.

Cuna Mutual has agreed a partnership with Golden Charter to provide index linked funeral plans.

Allianz has developed a dormancy option for its international private medical insurance (IPMI) clients that will allow them to take up to a five year break from their personal plan.

Unum is to leave the individual protection market from 2 March.

Defaqto has changed its ratings on some private medical insurance (PMI) products and more are expected after it received stinging criticism from intermediaries.

Less than one in five parents take out life cover to protect their finances in case of them dies, according to new research.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) said it is "unreasonable" to expect consumers to understand complex financial products and services.

Simplyhealth is offering a new module on its corporate cash plans to cover private medical insurance (PMI) excesses.