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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has for the first time distinguished between advice and guidance in the way it records complaints, in new rules out today.

Legal & General (L&G) has seen the number of submissions received for its Relevant Life Plan (RLP), increase over 43% in June 2015 compared to June 2014.

All advisers surveyed for a report by Epoq Legal supported insurers doing more to remind clients about added benefits in their ongoing communications and marketing.

With the current pace of change in the Gulf States, there will be a unified healthcare system introduced, Doug Rice, director of international services at Jelf International, has said.

Nearly one in ten (8%) of UK companies have already encountered employees with dementia, new research has revealed.

Two think tanks have called for the NHS to have a transformation fund, at a cost of £9.4bn to help it improve efficiency and develop new models of care.

AXA has entered into exclusive negotiations with Genworth Financial for the potential acquisition of its lifestyle protection insurance division for €475m (£332m).

Now Health International will raise premiums for business underwritten in its European branch by 2%, while offering a 10% introductory discount for new individual Europe and Global customers.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the acquisition of Simplyhealth's private medical insurance (PMI) business by AXA PPP.

The delay to the introduction of the care cap represents a ‘golden opportunity' for advisers, Symponia has said.