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Friends Provident has been named the top financial services company in the FTSE First Impression Index and second in the overall ranking of all FTSE 100 companies.

A proposal to aid low income families by speeding up life insurance payments is to be discussed by the ABI.

Munich Re has unveiled Ellipse, a new provider in the group risk market.

The Association of Friendly Societies (AFS) has voted to merge with the Association of Mutual Insurers (AMI).

Education and promotion are the only ways to plug a growing £2.3trn protection gap, Friends Provident's Ed Stuart-Brown says.

Legal & General (L&G) says it is now making immediate decisions on 90% of protection applications referred to its 'little t' tele-underwriting unit.

Legal & General has amended its joint life policies to protect surviving policyholders who would have suffered due to a partner's non-disclosure.

Aviva is revamping its critical illness (CI) proposition, increasing the sum assured by 400% and adding to the number of conditions covered as part of a raft of changes.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has welcomed the announcement of FSA action and an industry-wide refund on Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) totalling £60m.

The FSA and Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) firms have agreed an industry-wide package of measures for consumers.