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IT IS HARD to imagine a time before direct debits. This simple, low-cost facility has easily become ...

Abbey National Healthcare has applied to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for permission to tr...

As the General Election approaches, funding of the NHS remains firmly in the political spotlight. ...

Life offices have been strongly criticised in a new report by the Actuarial Working Party fo...

When the average client wants to take out life or critical illness cover, they usually find that the...

The end of the tax year always brings a flurry of activity in any advisers' office as they review their clients' benefits and look to maximise their tax advantages. This year, with stakeholder on the horizon, that activity could be more frenzied than...

Recommending a client writes their insurance policy in trust may well be one of the most valuable pi...

As part of the NHS Plan issued in July 2000, the Government launched the concept of intermediate care. Intermediate care is not so much about the routine of rehabilitation after an illness or treatment, which is already taken care of by the NHS, but rather...

Mortgage-holding parents are failing to buy adequate life cover according to research conducted by t...

By Rachel Williams The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is set to launch a guide to the ...